The Ecology of Story: World as Character

By Nina Munteanu, Pixl Press (June 11, 2019)

Learn how to write for the Anthropocene: from habitats and trophic levels to metaphor and archetype. Explore the fundamentals of ecology, insights of world-building, and how to master layering-in of metaphoric connections between setting and character. The Ecology of Story: World as Character is the 3rd guidebook in Nina Munteanu’s acclaimed “how to write” series for novice and professional writers.

Nina Munteanu is a Canadian ecologist / limnologist and internationally published author of award-nominated speculative novels, short stories and non-fiction. She currently teaches writing at the University of Toronto and George Brown College. Her non-fiction book “Water Is…”–a scientific study and personal journey as limnologist, mother, teacher and environmentalist-was recently picked by Margaret Atwood in the NY Times as a 2016 ‘The Year in Reading’ selection. Her latest novel “A Diary in the Age of Water” will be released by Inanna Publications in 2020. www.NinaMunteanu.ca