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Wonderbook : the illustrated guide to creating imaginative fiction / Jeff VanderMeer, Jeremy Zerfoss.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York, NY : Abrams Image, 2013.Description: 313 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781419704420
  • 1419704427
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 808/.042
LOC classification:
  • PE 1404 V237w 2013
Contents:
Inspiration and the creative life -- The ecosystem of story -- Beginnings and endings -- Narrative design -- Characterization -- Worldbuilding -- Revision.
Awards:
  • Winner of Locus Awards (Nonfiction) 2014 Short-listed for Hugo Award (Related Book) 2014
Summary: "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"
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) PE 1404 V237w 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000119547

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, Michael Moorcock, Catherynne M. Valente, and Karen Joy Fowler, to name a few"

Winner of Locus Awards (Nonfiction) 2014
Short-listed for Hugo Award (Related Book) 2014

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