Create Vampires

Create Vampires is a book intended as a guide to avoid literary pitfalls, and as a nonfiction resource for those fascinated by vampires. This book examines vampires through a cultural, literary, and historical lens to help writers create authentic vampire narratives. Vampires Of The Imagination Although vampires are creatures of folklore, monsters from the afterlife that are sometimes called the "undead," vampires are uniquely different from ghost, those lingering spirits who refuse to die. Although vampires, by definition, are animated corpses, most vampires of the imagination must feed on human blood in order to continue their earthly existence. This unique quality makes vampires a popular and original type of fiction, slightly different from other creatures found in folklore. Because of their unique characteristics, vampires have become massively popular in popular culture and in literature. We hope this book will clear up many misconceptions, and common misunderstandings associated with the "undead," especially a common confusion about the actual people who did inspire vampire folklore, verses the evolved horror creations called vampires of the imagination. Create Vampires aims to treat vampires as a cultural, literary and historical construct. Perhaps Create Vampires should be considered a friendly craft-manual for building a believable vampire concept, available across different medias. Preface: The Factual Roots Of Vampires Factual Basis For Vampires? /Factual Basis For Vampires/ is a special page intended to offer information about the factual bases for vampires. What Type Of Book Is This? Create Vampires is one of many free Wikibooks Wikibooks.org is a part of the Wikimedia project. Writers and contributors are volunteers who cull through websites, use online search engines to find facts, and volunteer to work on special projects that are open to the public. Volunteers are people who write, edit, and help people understand the powerful tools at their fingertips. Edvard Munch - Love and Pain / Vampire (1895) "Les Vampires" thumb|Edvard Munch - Vampire (1895) - Google Art Project thumb|Les vampires All About Vampires Not All Links Work Table Of Content Introduction: "Original Fictional Creations" Proper Spelling: "How do you spell vampire? "Alternative Spellings" What Is A Vampire? Create Vampires /A Definition For Vampire - Wikibooks, open books for an open world Why Create A Vampire? : Create_Vampires/Why_Create_VampiresCultural Vampire ConstructWhat Is A Cultural Construct? - Create Vampires/Cultural Construct - Wikibooks, open books for an open world Vampire Folklore: Create Vampires/HistoricalAndCross-CulturalOriginsOfVampireArchetypes African Folklore: Create Vampires/AfricanFolklore Latin-American Folklore: Create Vampires/LatinAmericanFolklore - Wikibooks, open books for an open world Asian Folklore: Create Vampires/Asian Folklore - Wikibooks, open books for an open worldEastern Folklore: "Eastern European Folklore" Eastern Folklore: Create_Vampires/Dracula_Behind_Vlad-The_ImpalerCreate Vampires/HowCulturalTraditionsShapedVampireTraits - Wikibooks, open books for an open worldLiterary ConstructWhat Is A Literary Trope? Create Vampires/What Is A Literary Trope Literary And Media Pitfalls To Avoid: Create Vampires/Examples Of Literary Pitfalls - Wikibooks, open books for an open world Authors Who Created Influential Vampires Of The Imagination: Create Vampires/Authors Who Created Vampire Tropes "Writers Who Did Not Create Vampires" Popular Culture: Create Vampires/Vampires In Popular Culture - Wikibooks, open books for an open world Vampire Memes? Create Vampires/Vampires Memes - Wikibooks, open books for an open worldAre Vampires Real? Historical Construct Create Vampires/What Is A Historical Construct - Wikibooks, open booksCreate Vampires/Factual Basis For VampiresHistory of Vampires: Create Vampires/Vampire History "Science and Vampirism" For Vampires: "Scientific Evidence For Vampires" Against Vampires: "Scientific Evidence Against Vampires" Writing Vampire Prose: "Writing Vampire Prose" Create Vampires/Ethics Of Creating Vampire Lore - Wikibooks, open books for an open worldPublic Domain Primary Sources: Create Vampires/PublicDomainPrimarySources Information for Spanish speakers: "Vampiro" Closing: Create Vampires /All About Vampires - Wikibooks, open books for an open world List of All Pages in This Book Reference Literature Paranormal Cultural anthropology 75%