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Wonderbook : an illustrated guide to creating imaginative fiction / Jeff VanderMeer ; art by Jeremy Zerfoss (and many others).
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- VanderMeer, Jeff, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Creative writing.
- English language--Rhetoric.
- English language.
- Fantasy fiction--Authorship.
- Fantasy fiction.
- Genre:
- Nonfiction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (585 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- Revised and expanded.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Abrams Image, 2018.
- Summary:
- "This all-new definitive guide to writing imaginative fiction takes a completely novel approach and fully exploits the visual nature of fantasy through original drawings, maps, renderings, and exercises to create a spectacularly beautiful and inspiring object. Employing an accessible, example-rich approach, Wonderbook energizes and motivates while also providing practical, nuts-and-bolts information needed to improve as a writer. Aimed at aspiring and intermediate-level writers, Wonderbook includes helpful sidebars and essays from some of the biggest names in fantasy today, such as George R. R. Martin, Lev Grossman, Neil Gaiman, Michael Moorcock, Catherynne M. Valente, and Karen Joy Fowler, to name a few"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1. Inspiration and the creative life
- 2 The ecosystem of story
- 3. Beginnings and endings
- 4. Narrative design
- 5. Characterization
- 6. Worldbuilding
- 7. Revision
- Workshop appendix
- Additional writing exercises.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781613124635
- 1613124635
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