This self-help book develops an 18-step program designed to guide adult learners through creating their own speculative fiction story, that is, a science fiction, fantasy, or horror story. This book draws on excerpts from dozens of speculative fiction authors and writing experts. It gives detailed information about genre, cultural world building, physical world building, plot, character, character arc, heroes, villains, sidekicks, bystanders, description, conflict and tension, editing and revising, "your first chapter," voice, words and worldview, science fiction, fantasy, and horror.
- | Author: Lelia Rose Foreman, Perry Travis
- | Publisher: Bear Publications
- | Publication Date: Jun 30, 2018
- | Number of Pages: 480 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1640084487
- | ISBN-13: 9781640084483