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Tee Morris and Valerie Griswold team up as editors for the title that picks up where Alchemy With Words leaves off. The Opus Magus takes on the advanced topics of writing, such as incorporating horror, mystery, herbalism and advanced worldbuilding.
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28 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
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Stands above the rest, but how far?, Mar 2 2005
By the bookshelver - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy Vol 2: The Opus Magus (Paperback)
The greatest compliment I can give this book is that I've owned it for less than a week and it's been borrowed four times. The first volume goes over general character and world generation--anyone with access to roleplaying reference materials knows general character and world generation--but this book won my heart because it describes other areas of fantasy fiction. High notes are Tony Ruggerio's chapter on horror fantasy and Tee Morris' chapter on Asian-based fantasy, and a few chapters concern editing and publishing specifically for the fantasy writing market. However, the rest of the book rehashes the same information laid out in the first volume, albeit with a few tweaks (like a full-blown "sex in fantasy" chapter instead of a few hints).
All in all, it's one of the better fantasy resources I've found in print. If you've got the cash to spare and you write offbeat fantasy, it's worth owning.
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Better than Volume 1 in series, Feb 27 2005
By David A. Olson "davidolson22" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy Vol 2: The Opus Magus (Paperback)
For all that this book rambles on about such "interesting" topics as the discussion on how to this book (not your book, but this book!), I found it better than the original volume in the series. There is once again wasted space, i.e. chapters about writing short stories, that don't fit well and are covered much better in other book on writing. Some somewhat useful sections on combining genres.
What makes this book shine is two of the sections are quite good. There is a detailed section on Asian culture (though I wish it had a reference section) and an intruiging chapter on government.
To summarize my thoughts on these books: I was looking for something that would overview a lot of information (which these do) in enough detail (which these sometimes do) and with good references (the references were spotty at best. Some chapters ended with suggestions on how to do an internet search.) If there were a better set of books that covered this information, I would recommend it, but I have yet to find any such thing.
Unless you want a detailed discussion on Asian culture, I recommend purchasing "The Writer's Complete Fantasy Reference" instead.
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Good tool for writing, Feb 27 2011
By JC - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy Vol 2: The Opus Magus (Paperback)
Lots of good incite and details to watch for, for anyone thinking about writing fantasy. The chapters on self-editing and short stories were epically enjoyable and helpful. This book picks up where the Complete Guide Vol. 1 lets off.
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