Writing sci-fi, fantasy, and horror for dummies /
Dakan, Rick
Writing sci-fi, fantasy, and horror for dummies / Rick, Dakan, and Ryan G. Van Cleave - Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 2022 - xviii, 406 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes index
Part 1: Getting started: the basics of story -- Chapter 1: Taking journeys into the imagination -- Chapter 2: Creating characters -- Chapter 3: Laying the foundation - the power of plot -- Chapter 4: Crafting many worlds, many media -- Part 2: Worldbuilding: journeys to other worlds -- Chapter 5: Building a world like no other -- Chapter 6: Letting your research and imagination run wild -- Chapter 7: Showing the explosion: exposition that thrills -- Chapter 8: This planet will eat you: world are characters, too -- Part 3: Science fiction: journeys into the future -- Chapter 9: Answering what if? -- Chapter 10: A spaceship for every occasion, an occasion for every spaceship -- Chapter 11: Encountering aliens that audiences want to know, love, and fear -- Chapter 12: its alive or is it? - imagining robots and artificial intelligence -- Chapter 13: Constructing planetary plots and earth-changing stories -- Part 4: Fantasy: journeys into the imagination -- Chapter 14: Bringing wonder to your story -- Chapter 15: Worldbuilding on the shoulders of giants, faeries, dragons, and hobbits -- Chapter 16: Conjuring story magic -- Chapter 17: Forming really fantastic (and fantastically real) monsters -- Part 5: Horror: journey into fear -- Chapter 18: Creating dread, fear, and terror -- Chapter 19: Fashioning fearful plots and sinister scenes -- Chapter 20: Shaping your scares - menacing monsters and human horrors -- Part 6: The journey from writing to publication -- Chapter 22: Revising and editing like a pro -- Chapter 23: Getting second opinions: editors experts, and sensitivity readers -- Chapter 24: The three Ps: Publication, pitching, and promotion -- Part 7: The part of tens -- Chapter 25: Ten ways to jump-start a stalled story -- Chapter 26: Ten common pitfalls in writing sci-fi, fantasy, and horror -- Chapter 27: Ten popular story modes.
9781119839095
Science fiction --Authorship
Fantasy fiction --Authorship
Horror tales --Authorship
Science fiction --Technique
Fantasy fiction --Technique
Horror fiction --Technique
808.38 / D135 2022
Writing sci-fi, fantasy, and horror for dummies / Rick, Dakan, and Ryan G. Van Cleave - Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 2022 - xviii, 406 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes index
Part 1: Getting started: the basics of story -- Chapter 1: Taking journeys into the imagination -- Chapter 2: Creating characters -- Chapter 3: Laying the foundation - the power of plot -- Chapter 4: Crafting many worlds, many media -- Part 2: Worldbuilding: journeys to other worlds -- Chapter 5: Building a world like no other -- Chapter 6: Letting your research and imagination run wild -- Chapter 7: Showing the explosion: exposition that thrills -- Chapter 8: This planet will eat you: world are characters, too -- Part 3: Science fiction: journeys into the future -- Chapter 9: Answering what if? -- Chapter 10: A spaceship for every occasion, an occasion for every spaceship -- Chapter 11: Encountering aliens that audiences want to know, love, and fear -- Chapter 12: its alive or is it? - imagining robots and artificial intelligence -- Chapter 13: Constructing planetary plots and earth-changing stories -- Part 4: Fantasy: journeys into the imagination -- Chapter 14: Bringing wonder to your story -- Chapter 15: Worldbuilding on the shoulders of giants, faeries, dragons, and hobbits -- Chapter 16: Conjuring story magic -- Chapter 17: Forming really fantastic (and fantastically real) monsters -- Part 5: Horror: journey into fear -- Chapter 18: Creating dread, fear, and terror -- Chapter 19: Fashioning fearful plots and sinister scenes -- Chapter 20: Shaping your scares - menacing monsters and human horrors -- Part 6: The journey from writing to publication -- Chapter 22: Revising and editing like a pro -- Chapter 23: Getting second opinions: editors experts, and sensitivity readers -- Chapter 24: The three Ps: Publication, pitching, and promotion -- Part 7: The part of tens -- Chapter 25: Ten ways to jump-start a stalled story -- Chapter 26: Ten common pitfalls in writing sci-fi, fantasy, and horror -- Chapter 27: Ten popular story modes.
9781119839095
Science fiction --Authorship
Fantasy fiction --Authorship
Horror tales --Authorship
Science fiction --Technique
Fantasy fiction --Technique
Horror fiction --Technique
808.38 / D135 2022