TY - BOOK AU - Dakan, Rick. AU - Van Cleave, Ryan G. TI - Writing sci-fi, fantasy, & horror: for dummies SN - 978-1-119-83909-5 AV - PN 3377.5 .S3 .D36 2022 c.1 PY - 2022/// CY - Canada PB - John Wiley & Sons, Inc. KW - SCIENCE FICTION KW - FANTASY LITERATURE KW - HORROR FICTION KW - CREATIVE WRITING KW - LITERATURE KW - AUTHORSHIP KW - SPECULATIVE FICTION KW - NARRATIVE TECHNIQUE N1 - Include index; Introduction.--Part 1. Getting started: the basics of story.--Part 2. Worldbuilding: journeys to other worlds.--Chapter 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 N2 - 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 landsd or alternate timelines. As yoiu envision distant futures and write about new world, 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 plotlines?), so you can perfect your characters, build mystery, create conflict and resolution, write realistic spacec battles--and, of course, get published! turn your wildest imagining into captivating prose ER -