Other Sellers on Amazon
& FREE Shipping
91% positive over last 12 months

Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Learn more
Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web.
Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app.


Writing Speculative Fiction: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror: Self-Paced Adult Edition Hardcover – June 29, 2018
Price | New from | Used from |
- Kindle
$8.99 Read with Our Free App - Hardcover
$29.95 - Paperback
$24.95
Enhance your purchase
This self-help book uses an 18-step program designed to guide prospective authors through creating their own speculative fiction story, that is, a science fiction, fantasy, or horror story. Designed for self-paced work, this book draws on excerpts from dozens of speculative fiction authors and writing experts. It gives detailed information about genre, cultural world building, physical world building, plot, character, character arc, heroes, villains, sidekicks, bystanders, description, conflict and tension, editing and revising, "your first chapter," voice, words and worldview, science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Each chapter in the course contains exercises for learners in addition to guiding the creating of an individual short story.
- Print length480 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherBear Publications
- Publication dateJune 29, 2018
- Dimensions8 x 1.06 x 10 inches
- ISBN-101640084479
- ISBN-13978-1640084476
The Amazon Book Review
Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more. Read it now.
Product details
- Publisher : Bear Publications (June 29, 2018)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 480 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1640084479
- ISBN-13 : 978-1640084476
- Item Weight : 2.62 pounds
- Dimensions : 8 x 1.06 x 10 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #11,863,257 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #754 in Science Fiction & Fantasy Writing
- #11,540 in Curricula (Books)
- #13,822 in Adult & Continuing Education (Books)
- Customer Reviews:
Customer reviews
Customer Reviews, including Product Star Ratings help customers to learn more about the product and decide whether it is the right product for them.
To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. It also analyzed reviews to verify trustworthiness.
Learn more how customers reviews work on Amazon