Wonderbook : an illustrated guide to creating imaginative fiction /
VanderMeer, Jeff.
Wonderbook : an illustrated guide to creating imaginative fiction / Wonder book Jeff VanderMeer ; art by Jeremy Zerfoss (and many others). - New York : Abrams Image, 2013. - xix, 323 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Inspiration and the creative life -- The ecosystem of story -- Beginnings and endings -- Narrative design -- Characterization -- Worldbuilding -- Revision.
"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 approach, Wonderbook energizes and motivates while also providing practical, nuts-and-bolts information needed to improve as a writer. Aimed at aspiring and intermediate-level writers, Wonderbook includes helpful sidebars and essays from some of the biggest names in fantasy today, such as George R. R. Martin, Lev Grossman, Neil Gaiman, Catherynne M. Valente, and Karen Joy Fowler, to name a few"--
1419704427 (pbk.) 9781419704420 (pbk.)
2012042807
016478062 Uk
Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Creative writing (Higher education)
English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching.
Imagery (Psychology)
Imagination.
Literature--Aesthetics.
Originality in literature.
Wonderbook : an illustrated guide to creating imaginative fiction / Wonder book Jeff VanderMeer ; art by Jeremy Zerfoss (and many others). - New York : Abrams Image, 2013. - xix, 323 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Inspiration and the creative life -- The ecosystem of story -- Beginnings and endings -- Narrative design -- Characterization -- Worldbuilding -- Revision.
"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 approach, Wonderbook energizes and motivates while also providing practical, nuts-and-bolts information needed to improve as a writer. Aimed at aspiring and intermediate-level writers, Wonderbook includes helpful sidebars and essays from some of the biggest names in fantasy today, such as George R. R. Martin, Lev Grossman, Neil Gaiman, Catherynne M. Valente, and Karen Joy Fowler, to name a few"--
1419704427 (pbk.) 9781419704420 (pbk.)
2012042807
016478062 Uk
Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Creative writing (Higher education)
English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching.
Imagery (Psychology)
Imagination.
Literature--Aesthetics.
Originality in literature.