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Writing Science Fiction Fantasy & Horror: How to create successful work for publication (Successful Writing) - Softcover

Kenworthy, Christopher

 
9781857034561: Writing Science Fiction Fantasy & Horror: How to create successful work for publication (Successful Writing)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1857034562 ISBN 13: 9781857034561
Publisher: How To Books, 1997

Synopsis

The aim of this book is to demystify the art of science fiction writing. Using exercises, examples, questionnaires and checklists, it helps turn ideas into stories that will sell. It guides the reader through themes, structure and plot and explains how to create memorable characters.

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From the Author

Inspiration and craft advice for cross-genre fiction
How To Write books are generally dreadful, especially when publishing constraints require authors to use bullet-points, and mini-paragraphs, and keep everything short and sweet. Despite this, I did my best with this book, and the response from readers has been good. There are many books available on writing SF, but this might be the only one that works with the idea of cross-genre, or slipstream fiction. With this type of fiction, SF, Fantasy and Horror infect mainstream literature, or SF is written in a literary style with good characterisation and strong writing. For me, all SF should be like this; pure Mars trilogies bore me senseless, and literature without a strain of the bizarre doesn’t seem realistic. If you agree, and want to write this stuff, my book might help.

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Publisher
How To Books
Publication date
1997
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1857034562
ISBN 13 
9781857034561
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
128