INSTANTLY WRITE BETTER MONSTERS! Do you suffer writer's block? This thrilling third volume in the #1 best selling How to Write Realistic Fiction series shows you how to create compelling monsters, aliens, and fantasy races the fast, easy way. It features over 150 plot ideas to jump start the plot of your next novel, short story, or screenplay. And that's not all! There's also a complete, detailed description of both the astral and ethereal planes where ghosts and demons live. Use the unique Monster Builder to create your own custom creatures and discover the best way to assign magic spells, psychic abilities, and supernatural strengths and weaknesses to your monsters. This book is NOT just for fiction authors, but also for screenplays, comic books, and tabletop role-playing games... It's for anyone who wants to write realistic and engaging monsters as heroes OR villains, regardless of genre. Got an alien invasion or robot uprising that needs spicing up? What about serial killers, vampire covens or werewolf clans? Hey, ghosts, goblins, demons, you name it. This book is for you!Learn how to write classic, modern, and variant monsters, including: Alien Races and Civilizations Fantasy Races and Civilizations (Dwarves, Elves, Orcs, Trolls, etc.) Wild Animals and Other Predators (including Cryptids like Bigfoot, Chupacabra, and the Loch Ness Monster) Energy Beings (Banshees, Demons, Ghosts, Poltergeists, Wraiths, etc.) Human Monsters (Cannibals, Monster-Loving Familiars like Igor and Renfield, and Maniacs) Mythological Beasts (Chimera, Dragons, Medusa, Minotaurs, etc.) Machines (Androids, Cyborgs, and Robots) Mutants (the scary or superhero kind) Shapeshifters (Cursed Were-Creatures and Natural Shifters) Subhumans (Cavemen and other Troglodytes) The Undead (Frankenstein's Monster, Ghouls, Liches, Mummies, Skeletons, Vampires, and Zombies) It's an amazing value for writers of: Fantasy (Epic, Grimdark, Sword and Sorcery, etc.) Horror and Dark Fantasy Paranormal Romance Urban Fantasy Science Fiction and Space Fantasy This book is your secret weapon to defeat writer's block. Just flipping through it is guaranteed to generate new ideas—and not just for monsters and villains, but for new scenes, even entirely new stories! This book is a multi-purpose toolkit intended to take your creative writing to the next level. Who is Jackson Dean Chase? Jackson Dean Chase is the #1 bestselling author of over 20 books, including How to Start Your Novel and How to Write Realistic Characters. His books have amassed hundreds of five-star reviews.