Eighth day genesis
Subtitle: a worldbuilding codex for writers and creatives
By: edited by Sabrina Klein
Publisher: Alliteration Ink
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Dayton, OH
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9780985825409
Subjects: Creative writing; Authorship; Fiction; Technique; Création littéraire; Art d'écrire; Roman
Other titles: 8th day genesis
Description: "Featuring Maurice Broaddus, Tim Waggoner, Matthew Wayne Selznick, Donald J. Bingle, Janine Spendlove, Bryan Young, and fifteen more authors, this collection of essays cover topics from crafting believable ecosystems, creatures, and legal systems to the ways you can best share your world with your audience."--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Editor's foreword  -- Sabrina Klein; title: Building worlds in a hostile universe  -- Patrick S. Tomlinson; title: The Descartian dilemma, or hey, where'd everybody go?  -- Aaron Rosenberg; title: Cause ways  -- Donald J. Bingle; title: The world as a character  -- Paul Genesse; title: Geography and the evolution of your world: logical flora et. al  -- Chanté McCoy; title: Creatures  -- Ramsey Lundock; title: Domesticated animals  -- Ramsey Lundock; title: Crafting urban landscapes  -- Janine K. Spendlove; title: The religious order  -- Maurice Broaddus; title: World building: magic systems  -- Kerrie L. Hughes; title: Putting words in your character's mouth  -- Rosemary Laurey; title: The work of our hands  -- Kathy Watness; title: Shaping societies: technology and its effects  -- EA Younker; title: History for story's sake, or, no one cares who the emperor was 500 years ago. Unless they should  -- Matthew Wayne Selznick; title: Alternate history-- why just saying "Hitler won" isn't enough  -- Sue Penkivech; title: Developing a layered, credible, and compelling government  -- Lucy Curtis; title: The effects of forming a government  -- Graham Storrs; title: Building a believable legal system in science fiction and fantasy  -- Addie J. King; title: The art of restraint  -- Bryan Young; title: A sense of style  -- Tim Waggoner; title: Making a consistent world  -- Kelly Swails; title: Publisher's note -- Steven Saus.