| Alchemy with Words: The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy vol 1 (The Compete Guide Series) (Volume 1) |  | Creators: Darin Park, Tom Dullemond
Publisher: Dragon Moon Press
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Rating:  26 reviews
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 360
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Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 0.9
ISBN: 1896944094
Dewey Decimal Number: 808
EAN: 9781896944098
ASIN: 1896944094
Publication Date: January 1, 2006
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Product Description
Written by new and established voices of Science Fiction and Fantasy, THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO WRITING FANTASY offers something for writers at all levels. Its sage advice will help you avoid many amateur mistakes. If you are already a published fantasy writer, you will still want this book, for its enjoyable style and its wealth of reference material. Explore World Building, Religions, Food, Fighting & Weaponry, and much more, to craft an exceptional story.
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 Great Background Material October 2, 2003
Moira Allen (Columbia, MD USA)
131 out of 135 found this review helpful
I've picked up many "genre" writing books that have proved a huge disappointment -- maybe a chapter or two of genre info followed by the usual "how to type a manuscript" stuff. This book is a refreshing change! For anyone seeking to build a "realistic" fantasy world, it's a compendium of expert advice -- covering food, clothing, weapons, warfare, religion, even a fantastic (no pun intended) section on diseases. There have been criticisms of this book based on the fact that many of the contributors aren't "established" fantasy authors. What they ARE is experts in the fields upon which they are contributing, whether that field is medicine, weaponry, or what-have-you. In short, if you were going to look up "experts" to talk to about some aspect of the world you're building, these are the people you'd ask. This book will stay on my shelf! --...
A great resource October 5, 2003
Sheri L. McGathy (United States)
53 out of 57 found this review helpful
The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy is a great reference guide for the aspiring fantasy author who is bubbling over with all the "How do I" questions. It is also a wonderful resource for those who have been writing in the genre for some time, but maybe need to understand one aspect of the genre more than another. I personally found the sections on medieval food, medieval clothing and the sections on armor and combat very helpful. You can't go wrong with this on your bookshelf.
Very Helpful January 3, 2006
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
This book is very helpful if you are interested in writing fantasy. It has world building tips, web sites to visit, facts about all sorts of things invoved in fantasy, ect. It goes on. Even if it is a reference book it is interesting. It shows you how or why something is like it is and is extreemely helpful. I know a lot about medieval times and yet I still learned loads. Great Book!!!
Must Have World Building Reference Book March 1, 2006
Theresa Terry Bane
17 out of 20 found this review helpful
My husband is a publisher with little time to read for pleasure, so when I saw that the book he had purchased had quickly gone from "brand new condition" to "over worn and dog eared" I had to read it for myself.
The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy is a great book for anyone who is interested in writing fantasy. It is an excellent book in the sense that it covers the basics giving the reader fundamentally all the information that they would need to know to construct their own fantasy world from scratch and how to do so with confidence.
Some of the review posted here are in my opinion very harsh and edged toward the bitter. Collectively, the biggest complaint appears to be that the authors who participated were not "big enough names" in their field. To that I say, Steven King's non-fiction novel, On Writing, is currently on the shelf in many Dollar Stores.
Theresa "Terry" Bane, author of The Bloodthirsty Weasels: On the Loose and Buck Wild
Great reference February 21, 2006
N. Marlatt (Columbus, OH)
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
This book has everything the inspiring fantasy novelist could want to know about. And even for those who are not writing but just want to have information about either medievil or fantasy. I would definatly recommend this book to anyone from the novelist to the rollplayer
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