Fantasy Fiction
eBook - ePub

Fantasy Fiction

A Writer's Guide and Anthology

  1. 344 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Fantasy Fiction

A Writer's Guide and Anthology

About this book

The first fantasy-writing textbook to combine a historical genre overview with an anthology and comprehensive craft guide, this book explores the blue prints of one of the most popular forms of genre fiction. The first section will acquaint readers with the vast canon of existing fantasy fiction and outline the many sub-genres encompassed within it before examining the important relationship between fantasy and creative writing, the academy and publishing. A craft guide follows which equips students with the key concepts of storytelling as they are impacted by writing through a fantastical lens. These include:

- Character and dialogue
- Point of view
- Plot and structure
- Worldbuilding settings, ideologies and cultures
- Style and revision

The third section guides students through the spectrum of styles as they are classified in fantasy fiction from Epic and high fantasy, through Lovecraftian and Weird fiction, to magical realism and hybrid fantasy. An accompanying anthology will provide students with a greater awareness of the range of possibilities open to them as fantasy writers and will feature such writers as Ursula Le Guin, China Miéville, Theodora Goss, Emrys Donaldson, Ken Liu, C.S.E. Cooney, Vandana Singh, Sofia Samatar, Rebecca Roanhorse, Jessie Ulmer, Yxta Maya Murray, and Rachael K. Jones. With writing exercises, prompts, additional online resources and cues for further reading throughout, this is an essential resource for anyone wanting to write fantastical fiction.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Contents
  6. Section 1 An Introduction to Fantasy Writing
  7. 1 Fantasy and Its Evolution
  8. 2 Fantasy Genres (A Mostly Comprehensive Review)
  9. 3 Fantasy Fiction, Publishing, and Creative Writing in the Academy
  10. Section 2 The Craft of Fantasy Writing
  11. 4 Character and Dialogue
  12. 5 Point of View
  13. 6 Structure and Plot
  14. 7 Worldbuilding Part One: Overview
  15. 8 Worldbuilding Part Two: Setting and Detail
  16. 9 Worldbuilding Part Three: Ideology and Culture
  17. 10 Style and Revision
  18. Section 3 Genres and Styles of Fantasy Writing
  19. 11 Epic Fantasy, High Fantasy, and Sword and Sorcery Fantasy
  20. 12 Historical Fantasy
  21. 13 Weird Fiction, Lovecraftian Fantasy, Gothic Fantasy, and Cosmic Horror
  22. 14 Contemporary and Urban Fantasy
  23. 15 Fabulism and Magical Realism
  24. 16 Mythic, Fairy-Tale, Folkloric, and Fairy Fantasy
  25. 17 Hybrid Fantasy
  26. Conclusion
  27. Anthology
  28. Notes and References
  29. Index
  30. Copyright