Product Description: Finally, Orson Scott Card's Hugo award-winning classic on the art and craft of writing science fiction and fantasy is available in paperback! Card provides invaluable advice for every science fiction and fantasy writer interested in constructing stories about people, worlds and events that stretch the boundaries of the possible...and the magical. They'll learn: * what is and isn't science fiction and fantasy, and where their story fits in the mix * how to build, populate, and dramatize a credible, inviting world readers will want to explore * how to use the MICE quotient--milieu, idea, character and event--to structure a successful story * where the markets are, how to reach them and get published There's no better source of information for writers working in these genres. This book will help them effectively produce exciting stories that are both fascinating and market-ready.
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Rating: - top resource for writing speculative fiction, particularly sf
Orson Scott Card (well known to sf circles as the author of Ender's Game) presents his advice on writing science fiction and fantasy. The book has a specific and limited scope: rather than trying to teach ... Read More
Rating: - It's OK but not worth the money
I received this book and was very excited to learn things that my writing has been missing. After reading this book I realized that this is not where I will find the answers. The basics of the information ... Read More
Rating: - Extremely Good
Well written, with lots of great insights and real confidence builder. Card also give a lot of resources for further study. At one point (from memory) he says that you must simultaneously believe that the story ... Read More
Rating: - Good coverage of the Subject
When you come down to the nuts and bolts all how to write books present the same or similer information as each other. The only difference is the presentation style of the writer and possibly the empasis of some ... Read More
Rating: - Don't buy this book
Honestly, buying and reading the book isn't worth the money or effort.
By all means, buy this book if you:
- want to hear accounts of the author's problems related to writing
- want to see ... Read More
- top resource for writing speculative fiction, particularly sf
- It's OK but not worth the money