TY - BOOK AU - VanderMeer,Jeff AU - Zerfoss,Jeremy TI - Wonderbook: the illustrated guide to creating imaginative fiction SN - 9781419704420 AV - PE 1404 V237w 2013 U1 - 808/.042 PY - 2013/// CY - New York, NY PB - Abrams Image KW - English language KW - Rhetoric KW - Study and teaching KW - Creative writing (Higher education) KW - Inglés KW - Retórica KW - Escritura creativa KW - Estudio y enseñanza KW - Educación superior N1 - Inspiration and the creative life -- The ecosystem of story -- Beginnings and endings -- Narrative design -- Characterization -- Worldbuilding -- Revision N2 - "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, Michael Moorcock, Catherynne M. Valente, and Karen Joy Fowler, to name a few" ER -