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writing-process-challenges
The author's struggle with narrative structure and character introduction, leading to multiple rewrites and the creation of a novel version of 'Ender's Game.'
1 chapter across 1 book
Speaker for the Dead (1986)Orson Scott Card
Chapter 6
This introduction to 'Speaker for the Dead' by Orson Scott Card explains the novel's origins, emphasizing its independence from 'Ender's Game' and the author's intention to explore honest storytelling about the dead through the concept of a 'speaker for the dead.' Card discusses the evolution of the story's ideas, including the alien species and Ender's character development, as well as the challenges he faced in writing the novel and the eventual decision to write a novel version of 'Ender's Game' first.