Paragons

by Wilson, Robin Scott

• ISBN13: 9780312156237
• ISBN10: 0312156235
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-05-01
• Publisher: Griffin

Summary

A dozen of today's leading science fiction writers provide an inside look at how their craft is accomplished. An invaluable and delightful tool for anyone who writes, "Paragons" includes advice from Kim Stanley Robinson, Bruce Sterling, James Patrick Kelly, Karen Joy Fowler, Greg Bear, and seven others.

Author Biography

Robin Wilson has edited numerous anthologies, including a companion volume to Paragons, entitled Those Who Can. The founder of the famous Clarion Writer's Workshop, he now lives in Carmel, California

Table of Contents

Introduction: To the Reader	p. IX
Editor's Note	p. XIII
Plot: the Tangled Web	p. 1
The Price of Oranges	p. 4
One Damn Thing After Another	p. 29
Monsters	p. 37
Making Monsters	p. 60
Character: The Determinant of Incident	p. 69
Sisters	p. 72
Characters Great and Small in SF: "Sisters"	p. 103
Rachel in Love	p. 106
Imaginary Friends	p. 135
Setting: A Local Habitation and a Name	p. 141
Glacier	p. 143
The Psychic Landscape	p. 164
Beast of the Heartland	p. 169
God Is in the Details	p. 195
Theme: To Mean Intensely	p. 207
Lily Red	p. 209
Once More, with Meaning	p. 223
Our Neural Chernobyl	p. 229
About "Our Neural Chernobyl"	p. 237
Point of View: Who's Minding the Store?	p. 243
Feedback	p. 246
Point of View	p. 273
Buddha Nostril Bird	p. 280
Uncle Henry, Uncle Zorp, and Crazy Cousin Bingo	p. 301
Style: the Dress of Thought	p. 309
Pretty Boy Crossover	p. 312
The S Word	p. 323
Fair Game	p. 326
Iceberg, Goldberg, It's All the Same to Me...	p. 342
A Workshop Lexicon	p. 351
Contributors	p. 365
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