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Writing Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror: How to Create Successful Work for Publication (Successful Writing) PDF

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title: author: publisher: isbn10|asin: printisbn13: ebookisbn13: language: subject publicationdate: lcc: ddc: subject: WritingScienceFiction,Fantasy&Horror HowToBooksonSuccessfulWriting Copyright&LawforWriters CreatingaTwistintheTale CreativeWriting HowtoBeaFreelanceJournalist HowtoPublishaBook HowtoPublishaNewsletter HowtoStartWordProcessing HowtoWriteaPressRelease HowtoWriteaReport HowtoWriteanAssignment HowtoWriteanEssay HowtoWrite&SellComputerSoftware HowtoWriteBusinessLetters HowtoWriteforPublication HowtoWriteforTelevision HowtoWriteYourDissertation MasteringBusinessEnglish StartingtoWrite WritingaNonfictionBook Writing&SellingaNovel WritingReviews WritingRomanticFiction WritingScienceFiction,Fantasy&Horror Othertitlesinpreparation TheHowToseriesnowcontainsmorethan200titlesinthefollowing categories: BusinessBasics FamilyReference Jobs&Careers Living&WorkingAbroad StudentHandbooks SuccessfulWriting Pleasesendforafreecopyofthelatestcatalogueforfulldetails(seeback coverforaddress). WritingScienceFictionFantasy&Horror HowtoCreateSuccessfulWorkforPublication ChristopherKenworthy HowToBooks CartoonsbyMikeFlanagan BritishLibraryCataloguing-in-Publicationdata AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. ©Copyright1997byChristopherKenworthy. Firstpublishedin1997byHowToBooksLtd,3NewtecPlace, MagdalenRoad,OxfordOX41RE,UnitedKingdom. Tel:(01865)793806.Fax:(01865)248780. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisworkmaybereproduced,orstoredinan informationretrievalsystem(otherthanforpurposesofreview),withoutthe expresspermissionofthePublisherinwriting. Note: Thematerialcontainedinthisbookissetoutingoodfaithforgeneral guidanceandnoliabilitycanbeacceptedforlossorexpenseincurredas a resultofrelyinginparticularcircumstancesonstatementsmadeinthebook. Thelawsandregulationsarecomplexandliabletochange,andreaders shouldcheckthecurrentpositionwiththerelevantauthoritiesbeforemaking personalarrangements. ProducedforHowToBooksbyDeerParkProductions. TypesetbyKestrelData,Exeter. PrintedandboundinGreatBritainby CromwellPress,BroughtonGifford,Melksham,Wiltshire. Contents ListofIllustrations 8 Preface 9 1 11 GettingStarted WorkingatBeingaWriter 11 WritingScienceFiction 12 ExploringFantasy 15 UsingHorror 16 ChoosingaGenre 18 Checklist 20 CaseStudies 20 DiscussionPoints 21 2 22 FindingIdeas GettingtoGripswithIdeas 22 Asking'WhatIf?' 24 CombiningConcepts 26 TestingYourIdeas 27 Checklist 28 CaseStudies 28 DiscussionPoints 29 3 31 PuttingYourIdeasonPaper FindingaTheme 31 WritingYourFirstPage 33 ShowingtheStory 36 Checklist 37 CaseStudies 38 DiscussionPoints 39 4 40 CreatingPeople DiscoveringCharacters 40 NamingCharacters 43 StrengtheningCharacters 44 PuttingCharactersintoAction 45 DealingwithAlienCharacters 47 Checklist 49 CaseStudies 50 DiscussionPoints 51 5 52 EvolvingYourPlot LettingCharactersCreateYourStory 52 StrengtheningthePlot 54 FormingaSubplot 56 ClosingaPlot 56 Checklist 57 CaseStudies 57 DiscussionPoints 58 6 59 MakingYourStoryBelievable CreatingRealism 59 WritingRealistically 59 EncounteringAliens 63 HandlingTime 64 UsingMistakesasInspiration 66 Checklist 67 CaseStudies 67 DiscussionPoints 68 7 69 BringingScienceFictiontoLife CreatingImagery 69 ShowingEmotionThroughImagery 71 UsingtheSensestoRevealMood 73 Checklist 74 CaseStudies 75 DiscussionPoints 76 8 77 DevelopingYourStyle SettingtheTone 78 BeingSpecific 80 Checklist 81 CaseStudies 82 DiscussionPoints 82 9 83 DealingwithDialogue ChoosingaStyleofSpeech 83 MakingDialogueRealistic 85 HandlingtheLanguageofScienceFiction 86 Checklist 87 CaseStudies 88 DiscussionPoints 89 10 90 RoundingOffYourWork ChoosingHowtoEnd 90 RewritingCreatively 92 FindingaTitle 93 Checklist 95 CaseStudies 95 DiscussionPoints 96 11 98 SellingScienceFiction IdentifyingYourMarket 98 PresentingWork 100 ApproachingEditors 103 PromotingYourself 106 WritingSomethingNew 107 Checklist 107 CaseStudies 108 DiscussionPoints 108 Glossary 110 UsefulAddresses 115 FurtherReading 117 Index 121 ListofIllustrations 1.TheProcessofStoryCreation 34 2.TheElementsofWorldBuilding 49 3.HowtoFineTuneYourStory 94 4.SampleCoverSheet 102 5.SampleCoveringLettertoAnEditor 104 Preface Whatwouldhappenifthegovernmentwasworkinginsecretwithanalien race?Howwouldwecopewithinterstellartravel?Whatwillhappenwhen wecoloniseMars?Whatwillwedoifmachinesbecomeconscious? Theanswersarefoundinsciencefiction.Thesequestionshavebeen answeredmanytimes,indifferentways,bythousandsofwriters.Ifyouwant tobeasciencefictionwriteryouwillfindnewquestions,andyouwill answertheminanoriginalway. Asasciencefictionwriteryouwillmovereaderswithanastoundingsenseof wonder,whilerevealingtheprecisedetailofhumanexistence.Sciencefiction isauniqueformofliterature,becauseyouarefreetoexploreanypossible futurethat comesto mind. Whateverwondersyouimagine, whateverfears darkenyourthoughts,youarefreetoexpressthemthroughsciencefiction. Sciencefiction,fantasyandhorroraretheonlyformsofwritingwhereyou createwholeworlds.Whileinventingcharactersandlocationstotellyour story,youwillalsocreatenewcivilisations,planetsandtechnologies.Thisis whysciencefictionisdemandingofcreativity,butalsowhyitisso rewarding. Nobookcanturnyouintoawriter,butitcanguideyourworkifyouare preparedtoputintheeffort.Thisbooksuggestsmethodsofworkingthatwill helpyoutofindideas,charactersandthemes,sothatyoucancreate believablestories.Youwillavoidthebasicpitfallsthatplaguemostwriters, whiledevelopinganapproachtowritingthatsuitsyoubest.Withcreative effort,andpersistence, youcanlearntowritesciencefiction,fantasyand horrorstories. CHRISTOPHERKENWORTHY IsThisYou? Librarian Firsttimewriter Part-timewriter Freelancewriter Shortstorywriter Novelist Creativethinker Sciencefictionreader Horrorreader Fantasyreader Generalreader Sciencefictioncinemafan StarTrekfan X-Filesfan 'CultTV'fan Creativewritingstudent Englishstudent Englishteacher Academic Publisher Editor

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