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Speculative Fiction
Your story is a piece of narrative fiction that is either set in the real world and contains fantastical happenings, depicts an alternate version of our world, or is set in a completely separate world with its own logic. As such, speculative fiction includes popular sub-genres such as Magical Realism, Surrealism, Fabulism, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Dystopian, Steampunk and Fairytale. Angela Carter, Jules Verne, Margaret Atwood, Philip Pullman and Ursula K. Le Guin are authors of note within these sub-genres.
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In this extract from the Writers' & Artists' Yearbook, Aliette de Bodard offers her experience in the special art of science fiction and fantasy...
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You started your novel full of good intentions but now it’s sat at the side of the road like a tired donkey, refusing to move.