pThe highest purpose of storytelling is to shift the perception of what's possible in the universe.ppThe writing process is emnotem mysterious. ppIt is emnotem uncontrollable.ppYou just think it is. ppThis book can help.ppbrppDavid Gerrold, award-winning screenwriter and novelist, gives advice for would-be science fiction and fantasy writers, covering such topics as setting, plot, character, and dialogue, as well as the mechanics of grammar, tense, sentence structure, and paragraph transition... and why the heck you're writing at all.p