Writing Fantasy & Science Fiction: And Getting Published: Stableford, Brian: 9780844200200: Book: Reference: eCampus.com

Acknowledgements

1 Falling Sparrows: Worlds within texts

(17)

The scope of this book

(2)

The pleasures of creativity

(1)

Writers and readers

(2)

Real and imaginary worlds

(2)

The art of extrapolation

(3)

Plausibility and probability

(2)

The moral order of worlds within texts

(3)

Tragedy and comedy

(2)

2 Once Upon a Time: Beginnings

(25)

What is to be done?

(1)

The tactics of introduction

(3)

When?

(2)

Where?

(2)

Who?

(3)

What?

(3)

Why?

(2)

How?

(2)

The beginning and the end

(2)

Some further examples

(5)

3 The Yellow Brick Road: Plots

(26)

What is a plot?

(1)

Challenges

(2)

Complications

(2)

Climaxes

(3)

Linear plots

(2)

Plots and counterplots

(3)

Multi-stranded plots

(2)

Originality

(3)

Troubleshooting

(3)

Doing without plots

(2)

Where do you get your ideas from?

(3)

4 Happily Ever After: Endings

(21)

Ritual endings

(2)

Twists in the tail

(3)

Normalising endings

(2)

Normalising endings in science fiction

(2)

Wish-fulfilment endings

(4)

Improving endings in science fiction

(2)

Upbeat and downbeat endings

(3)

Some further examples

(3)

5 A Funny Thing Happened to Me: Viewpoints and characters

(22)

Narrators

(2)

Viewpoints

(2)

First-person narrators

(3)

Useful viewpoint characters

(3)

Characterisation

100

(3)

Characterisation in fantasy and science fiction

103

(2)

Characterising non-humans

105

(2)

Characters larger than life

107

(5)

6 `So, What Happened, Exactly?': Dialogue and exposition

112

(23)

Content and style

112

(1)

Dialogue and characterisation

113

(3)

Dialogue and explanation

116

(2)

Dialogue structure

118

(3)

Description

121

(2)

Describing places and people

123

(5)

Describing actions and feelings

128

(4)

Exposition and explanation

132

(3)

7 Beyond the Slush Pile: Marketing fantasy and science fiction

135

(22)

Manuscript preparation

135

(2)

Submission

137

(1)

The politics of submission

138

(4)

Finding markets

142

(4)

The politics of production

146

(2)

Pleasing the audience

148

(2)

Changing fashions in fantastic fiction

150

(5)

Some notes in conclusion

155

(2)

Glossary of specialised terms

157

(3)

Suggestions for further reading

160

(3)

Index

163


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