Worlds of Wonder

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Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-02-01
Publisher(s): Writers Digest Books
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Summary

Worlds of Wonder showcases the range and power of the human imagination, transported across strange worlds, lost civilizations, and brave new realities. Now, with the help of David Gerrold, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author, readers will learn, step-by-step, how to turn their words into works of wonder.Drawing on a career spanning three decades of writing and teaching, Gerrold also uses examples from numerous classic books and films to support their growth within the genre. Readers will gain insight into the craft as well as practice techniques that will immediately improve their writing as they are charmed and challenged by Gerrold's infectious passion for his craft and profession. Worlds of Wonder will ignite the engines of readers' enthusiasm in ways that will astonish them.* Written by one of the biggest, most-recognized and most-honored names in the field!* the science fiction and fantasy genres are currently riding a new wave of popularityDavid Gerrold is one of the most popular science fiction writers working today. His first professional sale, the Star Trek episode "Trouble With Tribbles," won a Hugo Award. He has written for television, published over forty books, and has written columns for six magazines. In 1995, his novelette the Martian Child won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. Gerrold lives in San Fernando, California, and teaches writing at Pepperdine University.

Author Biography

David Gerrold is one of the most popular science fiction writers working today. His first professional sale, the Star Trek episode "Trouble With Tribbles," won a Hugo Award. He has written for television, published more than forty books, and had columns in six different magazines. In 1995, his novelette "The Martian Child" won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. Gerrold lives in San Fernando, California, and teaches writing at Pepperdine University

Table of Contents

Start Here
1(6)
The Literature of Imagination
7(4)
Inventing Wonder
11(2)
If---The Most Powerful Word
13(2)
Science
15(3)
Science Fiction
18(4)
...and Fantasy
22(8)
What Is a Story?
30(3)
A Story Is
33(3)
Crises and Challenges
36(3)
The Hero
39(6)
Who Is This Person?
45(4)
Setting the Stage
49(3)
To Build a World
52(6)
Detailing the World
58(8)
Building Aliens
66(5)
Believability
71(5)
Fantasy Worlds
76(12)
Complications
88(6)
Structure, Structure, Structure!
94(7)
Transformation
101(3)
Theme
104(3)
Style
107(3)
First Lines
110(6)
Last Lines
116(5)
Punch Lines
121(7)
Write From Inside
128(10)
Sex Scenes
138(10)
Love Scenes
148(14)
Sentences
162(2)
Simile
164(2)
Metaphor
166(2)
Adjectives and Adverbs
168(2)
Finding the Right Words
170(3)
Paragraphs
173(5)
Evoking
178(3)
Metric Prose
181(5)
Memes
186(9)
To Be or Naught to Be
195(5)
Find Another Way
200(2)
Style Redux
202(3)
Who's On First?
205(5)
Tense
210(4)
Pronouns
214(4)
800 Words
218(2)
Dialogue, Part I
220(2)
Dialogue, Part II
222(3)
Discipline
225(4)
The First Million Words
229(1)
Be Specific
230(5)
Why Write?
235(2)
Ten Pieces of Good Advice
237(1)
Recommendations
238(1)
Index 239

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