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Dakan, Rick, author.
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Science fiction -- Authorship.
Fantasy fiction -- Authorship.
Horror tales -- Authorship.
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Writing sci-fi, fant...
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Writing sci-fi, fantasy, & horror for dummies / by Rick Dakan and Ryan G. Van Cleave, PhD ; foreword by Ann VanderMeer.
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Dakan, Rick, author.
Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2022]
Subjects
Science fiction -- Authorship.
Fantasy fiction -- Authorship.
Horror tales -- Authorship.
ISBN:
9781119839095 (paperback) :
1119839092 (paperback)
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--For dummies.
Description:
xviii, 406 pages ; 24 cm
Contents:
Introduction -- Part 1: Getting started: the basics of story -- Part 2: Worldbuilding: journey to other worlds -- Part 3: Science fiction: journeys into the future -- Part 4: Fantasy: journeys into the imagination -- Part 5: Horror: journeys into fear -- Part 6: The journey from writing to publication -- Part 7: the part of tens.
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"Aspiring writers of science fiction, fantasy, and horror look no further in your quest for a guide to help you transport your audience to faraway lands or alternate timelines. As you envision distant futures and write about new worlds, this handy guide is here to help you improve your technique. You'll find out how to see your work through the eyes of your audience (is that a magic power or a horror plotline?), so you can perfect your characters, build mystery, create conflict and resolution, write realistic space battles--and, of course, get published! Turn your wildest imaginings into captivating prose"--Back cover.
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Ewa Beach P/S Library
Adult Nonfiction
808.3876 Da
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Hawaii State Library
Language, Literature & History
808.3876 Da
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Kaimuki Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
808.3876 Da
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