Do you dream of - Crossing the galaxies? Living in the far future? Entertaining millions with your imagination? This book can help make those dreams come true! Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy brings you expert advice on how to craft and market tales of the fantastic. Award-winning writers such as John Barnes, James Patrick Kelly, Norman Spinrad, Connie Willis, and Jane Yolen reveal some of their secrets of crafting believable stories, while Grand Masters Isaac Asimov and Robert A. Heinlein provide timeless advice for beginners and veterans alike. The editors also provide valuable insights into the process by which stories get published and they offer helpful hints on getting your story out of the slush pile and into print. Contents Seeing Your Way to Better Stories • essay by Stanley Schmidt You and Your Characters • essay by James Patrick Kelly Living the Future: You Are What You Eat • (1976) • essay by Gardner Dozois Dialog • [Asimov's Editorials] • (1985) • essay by Isaac Asimov Plotting • [Asimov's Editorials] • (1989) • essay by Isaac Asimov On the Writing of Speculative Fiction • (1947) • essay by Robert A. Heinlein Turtles All the Way Down • essay by Jane Yolen Learning to Write Comedy or Why It's Impossible and How to Do It • essay by Connie Willis Good Writing is Not Enough • essay by Stanley Schmidt The Creation of Imaginary Worlds: The World Builder's Handbook and Pocket Companion • (1974) • essay by Poul Anderson The Creation of Imaginary Beings • (1974) • essay by Hal Clement How to Build a Future • (1990) • essay by John Barnes Building a Starfaring Age • essay by Norman Spinrad The Ideas That Wouldn't Die • essay by Stanley Schmidt The Mechanics of Submission • essay by Sheila Williams Revisions • [Asimov's Editorials] • (1982) • essay by Isaac Asimov Writing for Young People • [Asimov's Editorials] • (1986) • essay by Isaac Asimov New Writers • [Asimov's Editorials] • (1987) • essay by Isaac Asimov Authors vs. Editors • essay by Stanley Schmidt Market Listings • essay by Ian Randal Strock