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

Laurie Lamson

First published 2014
Publisher Jeremy P. Tarcher / Penguin
Format Trade Paperback
Type Nonfiction
Pages xvi+367
Price $15.99
ISBN 9780399165559

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  • Date from Amazon.com as of 2023-04-10
  • There is a "1402" on the back cover which may be a date code
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  • Cover art is not credited
  • Canadian price C$17.95
  • LCCN per copyright page
  • Each essay is preceded, on essay title page, with an introduction to author
  • "Introduction to the 1831 Edition of Frankenstein" is noted as "(edited with exercise by Laurie Lamson)"
  • "How to Molotov Cocktail the Thorny Problem of Adaptations, Speculative and Otherwise (The Screenwriting Anarchist's Way)" is noted as "(edited by Laurie Lamson)"

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Page Title Author(s) Type
3 Where Does He Get Those Wonderful Ideas? Making Speculative Fiction Speculative Steven Saus Essay
7 Choosing Your Speculative Genre Jule Selbo Essay
14 Writing Horror Glenn M. Benest Essay
18 Introduction to the 1831 Edition of Frankenstein Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Essay
23 The Grimm Art of Fairy Tales Kate Bernheimer Essay
27 Credibility Vincent M. Wales Essay
29 How Do Sub-genres Impact Your Creation of a Hero? Lisa Renee Jones Essay
34 Wood Knot Dew Piers Anthony Essay
39 The Secret Room Aimee Bender Essay
42 Steal from Your Dreams with a Twist of Fevered Writing Kim Dower Essay
45 Writing About Your Childhood Brian James Freeman Essay
47 How to Channel Your Imagination Brittany Winner Essay
51 An Exercise in Dreamsnake Vonda N. McIntyre Essay
55 Walking the Dog Kealan Patrick Burke Essay
59 Magical Inspiration Sabrina Benulis Essay
62 Unlimited Ideas Elliot Laurence Essay
66 Creativity on Demand Steven Barnes Essay
73 The Constant Writer: How to Plot an Entire Story in Minutes and Never Run Out of Ideas Diego Valenzuela Essay
76 Put It in Space Danika Dinsmore Essay
79 Call of the Wylleen Xaque Gruber Essay
83 The Joy of Six Sequoia Hamilton Essay
87 Tarot for Writers James Wanless Essay
91 Freelancing Sci-Fi TV Michael Reaves Essay
95 When the World Turns to Shit, Why Should I Care? Character Arc in Dystopian Stories Raymond Obstfeld Essay
101 Story Endings: Where Monsters Lurk Lois Gresh Essay
104 Begin at the End ... Michael Dillon Scott Essay
109 Of Heroes and Villains William F. Nolan Essay
112 The Eleven Tenets of Fear Christine Conradt Essay
116 Anatomy of Choice Derrick D. Pete Essay
121 How Spielberg and Shakespeare Grab 'Em in Five Todd Klick Essay
125 Bump in the Night Sara B. Cooper Essay
129 Diabolical Evil for Beginners Ben Thompson Essay
135 Seeking the Darkness Edward DeGeorge Essay
137 The Setting in Horror Lisa Morton Essay
141 Bringing Horror Home Jan Kozlowski Essay
145 Fact into Fiction E. E. King Essay
148 Think Historical David Anthony Durham Essay
151 In Xanadu ... Grounding the Fantastic Mark Sebanc Essay
155 Humming the Sets: World Building That Supports the Story Melissa Scott Essay
158 System Rules L. E. Modesitt, Jr. Essay
161 So, What Do You Know? Deepening Your World Building Through Point of View Janice Hardy Essay
165 Feel Things Out Kij Johnson Essay
168 Building Worlds Without Boring Your Readers or Becoming the Minister for Tourism Chris Howard Essay
174 Follow the Money Nancy Kress Essay
181 First, There Was the Title Harlan Ellison Essay
187 Writing into the Spiritual Unknown Pen Densham Essay
190 Catching Up with the Future Douglas Mcgowan Essay
193 Creating Your Own Science Fiction Marc Scott Zicree Essay
198 Teaching Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers Richard Bleiler Essay
203 Understanding Yourself Better Through Creative Writing Brianna Winner Essay
207 Giving Sentience to Ordinary Objects—An Object's Purpose Devorah Cutler-Rubenstein Essay
212 Leaping into Landscape Wendy Mewes Essay
215 Finding Your Spirit in Speculative Writing Eric Stener Carlson Essay
223 Start with the Name Diana Peterfruend Essay
227 How Characters Drive Plot Karen McCoy Essay
231 How We Feel a Story Eric Edson Essay
235 The Black Unicorn Bruce McAllister Essay
240 Create a Power! Jeffrey A. Carver Essay
243 FUNdamentals of Writing Derek Taylor Kent Essay
246 The Villain's Handbook Jessica Page Morrell Essay
251 Oh, the Humanity: What Makes Monsters Tick Stacey Graham Essay
253 The Uncanny Valley Mark Sevi Essay
257 Metamorphosis Brad Schreiber Essay
261 "He Do the Police in Different Voices" Reggie Oliver Essay
264 More Than Words Can Say James G. Anderson Essay
269 Creating Convincing Communication Between Humans and Supernatural Creatures Gabrielle Moss Essay
273 What's Love Got to Do with It? Vanessa Vaughn Essay
277 Love Between the Species Mario Acevedo Essay
283 Economy Jack Ketchum Essay
285 Using Your Senses Rainbow Reed Essay
289 Make It Real J. Michelle Newman Essay
292 Describe a Spiral Staircase Lillian Stewart Carl Essay
296 Breaking the Was-ing Habit (and Making Friends with Your Active Verbs) Jody Lynn Nye Essay
298 Surprise in the Twenty-Fourth Century Scott Rubenstein Essay
303 Break the Compass Lance Mazmanian Essay
306 Paint It Dark: Creating an Eerie Atmosphere and Foreshadowing Ominous Events Simon Clark Essay
310 The Choreography of Violence John Skipp Essay
317 What You Don't Need Ramsey Campbell Essay
321 A Long and Lonely Road David Brin Essay
326 Writing Is Seeing John Shirley Essay
330 Flashing Yourself Jay Lake Essay
333 Go for a Walk Nicholas Royle Essay
335 The Art of Being Horrifically Prolific Jeremy Wagner Essay
339 Surviving Writer's Burnout Dana Fredsti Essay
343 How to Molotov Cocktail the Thorny Problem of Adaptations, Speculative and Otherwise (The Screenwriting Anarchist's Way) Peter Briggs Essay
350 Writing the Series Sharon Scott Essay
354 A Writer Writes Joe R. Lansdale Essay
xv Editor's Note (Now Write! Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror: Speculative Genre Exercises from Today's Best Writers and Teachers) Laurie Lamson Essay

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