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How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy
July 21, 2008
by  Orson Scott Card
  • Learn what is and isn't science fiction and fantasy, and where your story fits in the mix
  • Find out how to build, populate, and dramatize a credible, inviting world readers will will want to explore
  • Know where the markets are, how to reach them and get published

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How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy
 by Orson Scott Card
 Writer's Digest Books, 2005
ISBN 1-58297-103-X
$12.99 paperback, 144 pages


About the Book
You’ve always dreamed of writing science fiction and fantasy—tales that pull readers into extraordinary new worlds and fantastic conflicts. Best-selling author Orson Scott Card shows you how it’s done, distilling years of writing experience and publishing success into concise, no-nonsense advice. You’ll learn how to:
  • utilize story elements that define the science fiction and fantasy genres
  • build, populate, and dramatize a credible, inviting world your readers will want to explore
  • develop the “rules” of time, space and magic that affect your world and its inhabitants
  • construct a compelling story by developing ideas, characters, and events that keep readers turning pages
  • find the markets for speculative fiction, reach them, and get published
  • submit queries, write cover letters, find an agent, and live the life of a writer
The boundaries of your imagination are infinite. Explore them with Orson Scott Card and create fiction that casts a spell over agents, publishers, and readers from every world.


More About the Book
“A must for science fiction writers at any stage of their career.”
—Chicago Sun Times

“Wit, balance and insight are uniformly present, and the result is a singular, indispensable book for the aspiring science fiction writer.”
—Booklist


About the Author
Orson Scott Card is one of the science fiction and fantasy genre’s biggest names. He won both the Hugo and the 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 ever to win a Nebula and a Hugo for a book and its sequel—Ender’s Game and Speaker for the Dead. Orson Scott Card lives in North Carolina.


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