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Introduction to fantasy and science fiction - The emergence of fantasy and science fiction
- Writing short fiction and novels
- Settings for your stories
- Influence of media
| Young adult and children fantasy and science fiction - Importance of young adult and children - genre fiction
- Writing for children and teenagers
- Age group borders
- Market overview
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Dreams into words part I: writing a first story - An idea is not a story - yet
- Title
- Recycled theme
- Tension, action and confrontation
| Fantasy, science fiction and the education market - Popularity, political correctness and parents
- Comics and literacy
- Reluctant readers
- Public lending right and educational lending right
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Dreams into words part II: personal favourite themes - Developing personal dreams
- What are the major themes
- Human frontiers
- Recent successes
| Crossover genre - Non-fiction
- Computer games and comics
- Judging and competitions
- Journalism, theatre, movies and television
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Dreams into words part III: fantasy - The borderlands of fantasy
- Swords and sorcery
- High fantasy, heroic fantasy
- Lessons from lifestyle versus fantasy
| Readings and conventions - Importance of readings
- Rehearsal and experience
- Reading and analysis of reading
- Personal content
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Characters, worlds and futures - Models for characters
- Writing characters that you do not like
- Worlds - more than just other planets
- Futures - how most people get them wrong
| Markets, agents and promotion - Agents and markets
- Promotion occasions and conventions
- Book launches and interviews
- Associations and Writers centres
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Writing books - Long fiction versus short fiction
- Science fiction and fantasy books
- Techniques for books
- Translations
| Ideas: original and recycled - Re-use of ideas/variations
- Ideas from themes: transplanted themes
- Generating original ideas
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