Writing Speculative Fiction: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror
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Writing Speculative Fiction: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror

Teacher's Edition

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eBook - ePub

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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Yes, you can access Writing Speculative Fiction: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror by Lelia Rose Foreman, Travis Perry in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Education & Education Curricula. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Year
2017
eBook ISBN
9781640084391
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. SCOPE AND SEQUENCE
  2. STUDENT INTRODUCTION
  3. CHAPTER ONE Genre
  4. CHAPTER TWO Cultural World Building
  5. CHAPTER THREE More Cultural World Building
  6. CHAPTER FOUR Physical World Building
  7. CHAPTER SIX More Plot
  8. CHAPTER SEVEN Character
  9. CHAPTER NINE Character Arc
  10. CHAPTER TEN Description
  11. CHAPTER ELEVEN Conflict and Tension
  12. CHAPTER TWELVE Editing, Revising
  13. CHAPTER THIRTEEN Your First Chapter
  14. CHAPTER FOURTEEN Voice
  15. CHAPTER FIFTEEN Words and Worldviews
  16. CHAPTER SIXTEEN Science Fiction
  17. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Fantasy
  18. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Horror
  19. EXTRA CREDIT ACTIVITES
  20. GLOSSARY
  21. LISTS OF RECOMMENDED WORKS
  22. AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS
  23. ANSWER KEY
  24. VOCABULARY QUIZZES