| How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy Contributor(s): Card, Orson Scott (Author) |
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ISBN: 158297103X ISBN-13: 9781582971032 Publisher: Writer's Digest Books OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2001 Annotation: Card's Hugo award-winning classic teaches how to produce market-ready stories based on worlds readers will want to explore. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing - Fiction Writing - Reference | Personal & Practical Guides |
| Dewey: 808.387 |
| LCCN: 90012347 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.35 lbs) 144 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Learn to write science fiction and fantasy from a master You've always dreamed of writing science fiction and fantasy tales that pull readers into extraordinary new worlds and fantastic conflicts. Best-selling author Orson Scott Card shows you how it's done, distilling years of writing experience and publishing success into concise, no-nonsense advice. You'll learn how to: - utilize story elements that define the science fiction and fantasy genres - build, populate, and dramatize a credible, inviting world your readers will want to explore - develop the rules of time, space and magic that affect your world and its inhabitants - construct a compelling story by developing ideas, characters, and events that keep readers turning pages - find the markets for speculative fiction, reach them, and get published - submit queries, write cover letters, find an agent, and live the life of a writer The boundaries of your imagination are infinite. Explore them with Orson Scott Card and create fiction that casts a spell over agents, publishers, and readers from every world. |