
Writing Speculative Fiction: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror
Teacher's Edition
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Writing Speculative Fiction: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror
Teacher's Edition
About this book
This textbook develops an 18-week program designed to guide prospective students through creating their own speculative fiction story, that is, a science fiction, fantasy, or horror story. Designed for homeschoolers and small-school settings, this textbook draws on excerpts from dozens of speculative fiction authors and writing experts. It gives detailed information about genre, cultural world building, physical world building, plot, character, character arc, heroes, villains, sidekicks, bystanders, description, conflict and tension, editing and revising, "your first chapter, " voice, words and worldview, science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Each chapter in the course contains exercises for students, including extra credit activities, in addition to guiding the creating of an individual short story.
The teacher's edition includes a section on scope and sequence and contains answer keys.
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Table of contents
- SCOPE AND SEQUENCE
- STUDENT INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER ONE Genre
- CHAPTER TWO Cultural World Building
- CHAPTER THREE More Cultural World Building
- CHAPTER FOUR Physical World Building
- CHAPTER SIX More Plot
- CHAPTER SEVEN Character
- CHAPTER NINE Character Arc
- CHAPTER TEN Description
- CHAPTER ELEVEN Conflict and Tension
- CHAPTER TWELVE Editing, Revising
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN Your First Chapter
- CHAPTER FOURTEEN Voice
- CHAPTER FIFTEEN Words and Worldviews
- CHAPTER SIXTEEN Science Fiction
- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Fantasy
- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Horror
- EXTRA CREDIT ACTIVITES
- GLOSSARY
- LISTS OF RECOMMENDED WORKS
- AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS
- ANSWER KEY
- VOCABULARY QUIZZES