Rick Dakan

Rick Dakan is a professor at the prestigious Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida, where he teaches such courses as Writing Science Fiction, Writing for Video Games, and Writing for Shared Worlds. He has ended a D&D campaign with a single well-placed fireball.

Articles & Books From Rick Dakan

Writing Sci-Fi, Fantasy, & Horror For Dummies
Take your shot at becoming the next Tolkien, Asimov, or King with this simple roadmap to transforming your fiction into works of artWriting Sci-Fi, Fantasy, & Horror For Dummies is your skeleton key to creating the kind of fiction that grips readers and compels them to keep turning pages (even if it's well past their bedtime!
Cheat Sheet / Updated 01-11-2022
Getting started with your sci-fi, fantasy, or horror story can be a daunting challenge. When you’re writing speculative fiction about other possible and impossible worlds, there are a thousand different details to think about. These easy-to-use tips and questions can help launch your writing process in the right direction and focus on the things that matter for your story.