How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy

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ISBN: 9780898794168 | 0898794161
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 7/1/1990

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Orson Scott Card shares his advice on how to break into this field, how to develop fantastic story ideas, and evolve fresh plots.

Orson Scott Card is one of science fiction and fantasy's biggest names. He won both the Hugo and Nebula science fiction awards for best novel for two consecutive years -- something no other writer has ever done. In addition, he was the first writer to ever win a Nebula and a Hugo for a book and its sequel -- Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead. His latest book, Shadow of Hegemon, is a national bestseller. Orson Scott Card lives in North Carolina

Introduction

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The Infinite Boundary

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What is, and isn't science fiction and fantasy, and by whose standards: publishers', writers', readers'

What basic concepts and approaches qualify a story as true speculative fiction, and how SF and fantasy differ from one another.

World Creation

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How to build, populate, and dramatize a credible, inviting world that readers will want to share with you

Dragging ideas through ``the idea net'' of why, how, and with what result

Developing the rules of your world ...and then abiding by them and making them matter: the rules of Time, Space, and Magic

Working out the history, language, geography, and customs of your invented world.

Story Construction

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Finding a character for an idea, or developing ideas for a character to enact

Qualifications for the main character: who hurts the most? Who has power and freedom to act?

Should the viewpoint character be the main character? How do you decide?

Determining where the story should begin and end

The MICE quotient: milieu, idea, character, event--knowing which is most important in your story will help you decide its proper shape.

Writing Well

(16)

Keeping exposition in its place

Leading your reader into the strangeness, step by step

Piquing the reader's interest

Keeping the ``level of diction'' appropriate to the story's imagined world

Using invented jargon sparsely and effectively.

The Life and Business of Writing

104

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The markets for short and long speculative fiction--magazines, anthologies, fanzines--and how to reach them

Classes, workshops, conferences and conventions

Collaboration, adaptation, and shared worlds

Professional writers' organizations

Awards in speculative fiction.

Index

138

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How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy

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