Writing Fantasy & Science Fiction: How to Create Out-Of-This-World Novels and Short Stories

10 best books like Writing Fantasy & Science Fiction: How to Create Out-Of-This-World Novels and Short Stories (Orson Scott Card): Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them, Asimov's Science Fiction July/August 2019, Son of a Trickster, A Poetry Handbook, Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence, Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction, The Fantasy Hall of Fame, The Complete Handbook Of Novel Writing: Everything You Need To Know About Creating & Selling Your Work (Writers Digest), Now Write! Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror: Speculative Genre Exercises from Today's Best Writers and Teachers, Save the Cat! Writes a Novel

Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them

Author	Francine Prose
ISBN	0060777052

In her entertaining and edifying New York Times bestseller, acclaimed author Francine Prose invites you to sit by her side and take a guided tour of the tools and the tricks of the masters to discover why their work has endured. Written with passion, humor, and wisdom, Reading Like a Writer will inspire...

Asimov's Science Fiction July/August 2019

Author

Sheila Williams

Just the cover story - Suzanne Palmer’s long novella “Waterlines” - is worth the price of admission for Asimov’s 2019 summer issue. A sharply written thriller set in a mostly frozen remote planet, where a human colony coexists with a subaquatic alien species, also non-native to the planet....

Son of a Trickster

Author	Eden Robinson
ISBN	0345810783

With striking originality and precision, Eden Robinson, the Giller-shortlisted author of the classic Monkey Beach and winner of the Writers Trust Engel/Findley Award, blends humour with heartbreak in this compelling coming-of-age novel. Everyday teen existence meets indigenous beliefs, crazy...

A Poetry Handbook

Author	Mary Oliver
ISBN	0156724006

A Poetry Handbook is something I wish I had read a lot earlier in my career as a student of literature, to say nothing of the tentative ventures I’ve made into writing poetry since I was young. A lot of people say this book is a good reiteration of things they learned in their college classes, but I sincerely...

Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence

Author	Lisa Cron
ISBN	1607742454

This guide reveals how writers can utilize cognitive storytelling strategies to craft stories that ignite readers’ brains and captivate them through each plot element.

  Imagine knowing what the brain craves from every tale it encounters, what fuels the success of any great story,...

Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction

Author	Jeff VanderMeer
ISBN	1419704427

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...

The Fantasy Hall of Fame

Author	Robert Silverberg
ISBN	1568658583

Trouble with water / H. L. Gold --
Nothing in the rules / L. Sprague de Camp --
Fruit of knowledge / C. L. Moore --
Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius / Jorge Luis Borges --
Compleat werewolf / Anthony Boucher --
Small assassin / Ray Bradbury --
Lottery / Shirley Jackson --
Our fair...

The Complete Handbook Of Novel Writing: Everything You Need To Know About Creating & Selling Your Work (Writers Digest)

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Writer's Digest Books

Get advice from the best in the business on every stage of the novel-writing and publishing process!

In The Complete Handbook of Novel Writing, 3rd Edition, you'll learn from established writers about how to make your novel a reality. Discover techniques and strategies for generating ideas,...

Now Write! Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror: Speculative Genre Exercises from Today's Best Writers and Teachers

Author

Laurie Lamson

Featuring speculative fiction-writing exercises from Harlan Ellison (R), Piers Anthony, Ramsey Campbell, Jack Ketchum, screenwriters of The Twilight Zone and Star Trek: The Next Generation, and many more.
 
The fifth volume in the acclaimed Now Write! writing-guide series offers a...

Save the Cat! Writes a Novel

Author

Jessica Brody

SAVE THE CAT!® by Blake Snyder is a popular screenwriting book series and storytelling methodology used by screenwriters, directors, and studio execs across Hollywood. Now, for the first time ever, bestselling author and writing teacher, Jessica Brody, takes the beloved Save the Cat! plotting...