>I wholeheartedly agree, and in fact have taken a sharp turn in my
>writing career in that direction. I am studying storytelling, NLP, and
>magick (please don't flame me if you don't know what magick is) and plan
>to create storybooks that communicate more effectively than the
>nonfiction I have been writing.
At 10:37 AM 28/10/96 -0800, Richard Brodie wrote:
>I wholeheartedly agree, and in fact have taken a sharp turn in my
>writing career in that direction. I am studying storytelling, NLP, and
>magick (please don't flame me if you don't know what magick is) and plan
>to create storybooks that communicate more effectively than the
>nonfiction I have been writing.
Interesting! I too have started researching the craft of storytelling.
Two books I've recently finished and would recommend:
The Craft of Writing Science Fiction That Sells by Ben Bova
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0898796008/thechurchofvirusA
How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy by Orson Scott Card
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0898794161/thechurchofvirusA
Bova's book covers the traditional story elements: plot, character,
setting, etc., each in separate story of his own device, and bracketed
by chapters on theory and analysis.
Card's book discusses a lot of other authors and stories, and mainly
teaches one how to finish the story you start (not nearly as easy as
it sounds).
Perhaps the main difference between them is Bova's is from an editor's
perspective while Card's is more from an author's perspective (though
Bova is also an author and, in fact "discovered" Card, I think the latter
is a better writer).
I look forward to seeing your fiction, Richard! Is anyone else writing?
-- David McFadzean david@lucifer.com Memetic Engineer http://www.lucifer.com/~david/ Church of Virus http://www.lucifer.com/virus/