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How to write science fiction & fantasy - part seven

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About How to write science fiction & fantasy - part seven

Introduction to workshop 7

The 7 levels of meaning in DUNE

Review of techniques in DUNE

Stages of transformation

Savior stories

Psychological models

What You Will Learn?

  • Savior stories are at the core of many of the most powerful science fiction and fantasy. Neo in the Matrix. John Connor in the Terminator. Superman in all his manifestations. And of course Paul Atreides in DUNE..
  • The seventh workshop in Writing The 21st Century Myth explores how scifi saviors all have their origin in the original Savior to save them all, the central character of Christian mythology – Jesus of Nazareth. And how scifi stories can be shaped around the stages of transformation, to take audiences on their own personal journeys of Salvation..