How to Write Realistic Monsters, Aliens, and Fantasy Creatures: The Top Writer's Toolkit for Fantasy, Horror, and Science Fiction

How to Write Realistic Fiction #3

by Jackson Dean Chase

A newly revised and expanded edition of this book has been released as WRITING MONSTERS AND MANIACS by USA TODAY bestselling author, Jackson Dean Chase. The new edition (released June 23, 2018) contains 30 new pages, including new monster types and plot ideas, as well as a greatly expanded chapter on maniacs, including new types of those as well.

* Original Edition An essential guide to writing monsters, aliens, and fantasy creatures! Includes over 150 plot ideas, plus a unique "Monster Builder" with lists of magic spells, psychic talents, and supernatural strengths and weaknesses to bring your creatures to life!

Genres: Writing, Nonfiction

154 pages, Paperback

First published September 14, 2016

About the author

Jackson Dean Chase is a USA TODAY bestselling author and award-winning poet. His fiction has been praised as "irresistible" in Buzzfeed and "diligently crafted" in The Huffington Post.

With Daniel Mignault, Chase has coauthored the epic urban fantasy series, The Gods War. The first three books, Titan, Titan: Kingdom of the Dead, and Titan: Gift of Death, are all available on Amazon). The fourth and final book, Titan: Resurrection, is exclusively available from the author along with the Titan Quadrilogy (Books 1-4) complete series bundle.

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Chase's books on writing have helped thousands of authors overcome writer's block and craft dynamite story hooks. As a ghostwriter, editor, and coauthor, his celebrity clients include actors, rock stars, and YouTube influencers.

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"[Jackson Dean Chase is] a fresh and powerful new voice."
-- Terry Trueman, Printz Honor author of Stuck in Neutral

"[Chase] grabs readers from page one."

― Nate Philbrick, author of The Little One

"[Jackson Dean Chase] succeeds in taking fiction to a whole new level."
-- TheBaynet.com

"Irresistible... [Jackson knows how to write] a heart-pounding story full of suspense, romance, and action!"
-- Buzzfeed

A MESSAGE FROM THE AUTHOR:
I've always loved science fiction, fantasy, and horror, but it wasn't until I combined them with pulp thrillers and noir that I found my voice as an author. I want to leave my readers breathless, want them to feel the desperate longing, the hope and fear my heroes experience as they struggle not just to survive, but to become something more.

Join me as I take you on a journey you'll never forget!

Reviews

[Dan · Rating 1 out of 5]

Always, always, always check how many reviews a 5-star Amazon book has. I impulsively added this to my cart a week or so ago. When it arrived, I picked it up first on a whim and started reading. When I got to the section that declaratively states that ghosts originate on the 'ethereal' plane and demons and other 'energy' beings on the 'astral' plane, I knew things weren't going the right way. Suffice it to say that the rest of the text went directly downhill.

Aspiring writers, this is how *not* to approach creatively writing monsters.

[André Caniato · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't hate it, it's not a bad book; it's just... very basic and obvious IMO. It felt like I was reading something I would've been really thrilled about when I was a teenager—a monster manual aimed at curious, excitable nerds instead of writers. The "150+ plot ideas" were all very clichéd, and the way the author spent pages and pages describing a demon system that a reader might just ignore completely in their own story didn't do it for me.

The movie recs were pretty good, and the appendix bit seemed useful, but that was it.

[Tom · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am no stranger to Jackson Dean Chase’s writing guides and help books. He seems to have found a niche for his phrase and craft volumes within the horror, sci-fi and fantasy genres. They supply quality prompts and hints to help budding and experienced writers alike. This latest offering draws on Chase’s extensive knowledge of the genres and leaves no stone unturned in his pursuit of writing a resource that is splitting at the seams with helpful and inspired advice. Like all his other books, the guide is extremely well organised and is divided into sections ranging from aliens, monsters, ghosts and demons to cyborgs, zombies, ghouls and shapeshifters, to name but a few. The sections provide a background to each monster type, their origins in film and fiction, together with concrete suggestions of how to integrate them into the plot and narrative of your book. Of particular note is Chase’s guidance in mixing things up and creating original beings that move a writer out of the familiar tropes.
I downloaded the e-book version and, as usual, the hyperlinks within the book are meticulously applied and aid in navigating around the references. I shall certainly be using this resource in my future works, and wholeheartedly recommend it to all.

[Johanna Hefer · Rating 5 out of 5]

As always Jackson Dean Chase has outdone himself. I found 'How to write realistc monsters' to be very informative and entertaining at the same time.

Jackson has opened a new world of writing to me with his 'How to' books, and as always he did not disappoint.

I have recently started writing other genres than fantasy and romance, one of them which are 'demons'. I wanted to try my hand at a more darker genre, but I got stuck, needless to say. But with this book I was so inspired that I think, no, I know, I'm going to be able to do this. I found the part about demons extremely informative.

I think this book came just in time for those Halloween enthusiast. Now you can start your 'scary' story.

I was very intrigued by the sample and plot ideas after every monster and of course 'monster builder'. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to write their 'monsters' more realistically.

[Julie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Are you an author that uses monsters in your books? If you do than this book can do nothing but help you. Jackson Dean Chase shows you all the different ways to portray them. From how they look, walk, talk and even think. You will learn things about monsters you never knew before from different kinds of ghosts to creating your own type of monsters. You can create one, use a standard model and tweak it. Whatever you want to do Jackson has it covered in this book. A lot of books today have some form of monster in it. Don't miss out on reading this new "How To" book. Buy it today. You won't be sorry.