Writing Fantasy and Science Fiction
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.37 (722 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1434435997 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 190 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-28 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Five Stars Yamabiko This is a pretty good how-to book, very thoughtful -- from a pro!. Much more than I expected MichaelQuaMan Very lucid insight into plotting in Chapter 3.
Every would-be author should read this book--and more than once!". The author has published more than seventy novels in the field, more than twenty short story collections, and more than twenty related works of non-fiction; he has, as the saying goes, been there, done that, and chewed his t-shirt in relevant frustration. It also suggests strategies that might enable the problems to be handled constructively and productively. This book provides an elementary introduction to problems of those kinds, and the ways in which they modify the general problems of writing fiction. Stableford has much to say that potential writers of ALL fiction might find valuable, interesting, and highly illuminating. Robert Reginald says: "An absolutely first-rate guide to writing fantastic literature. His reasonable discussion and dissection of the basic issues facing authors of creative fiction--and the solutions to be found to each problem--are dollops of solid gold advice, in this editor's humble opinion. Although the problems of writing fantasy and science fiction include all those pertaining to the writing of any kind of fiction, particular problems arise in stories in which u