Fantasy and Science Fiction are two of the most popular genres for page and screen – lots of different types of pages and lots of different types of screens. Science fiction is not the same as fantasy. The two genres abide by different rules and take a wide variety of formats in an every growing range of media. Exploring these genres using well known examples, you will go on to write in the genre and format of your choice.

**Unreality - Comparing Fantasy and Science Fiction **

Fantasy

Fantasy classics

Fables and Fairy Stories
       Aesop's Fables
       
The Brothers Grimm - The Frog Prince
        Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories

The subgenres of fantasy

Creating your viewpoint character

Creating a fantasy world

Fantasy creatures

Interviewing the fantasy character

 

 

Science Fiction

Science fiction classics

The subgenres of science fiction

Creating your viewpoint character

Defining the laws - I, Robot

Creating a sci fi world

Alien life forms

Science fiction science

Interviewing the sci fi character

Opening Sentence

Start Writing!

Further Reading

(c) content: Lynne Kelly, 2006

(c) format: EUMY Education, 2006