In summary, writing science fiction involves creating a believable and consistent world, incorporating elements of science and technology, and exploring complex themes and ideas. It is important to balance scientific accuracy with imagination, and to avoid clichés and overused tropes. Strong character development and world-building are crucial for engaging the reader, and incorporating social commentary can add depth to the story. It is also helpful to read widely in the genre and to constantly brainstorm and revise to create a unique and compelling sci-fi narrative.
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Elijah Talbot
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I'm new here (duh) and somewhat dumb. However, I am interested in writing and Sci-fi. So this lovely community of super genius can ask lives greatest questions. I am hoping to chat with you guys soon. :)
Please take some time to read our guidelines. While we do have a sci-fi forum where you can ask a wide variety of questions. We restrict the other forums to be more mainstream STEM based science, math and engineering questions. We don't discuss personal theories or speculative science that hasn't been peer reviewed.
Also, we are all volunteers here with some experience and knowledge in STEM fields and we are not a bunch of super geniuses. I don't want to raise your expectations that you'll be talking to Einstein or Bohr or the like.
With respect to your sci-fi interest, there'a couple of books that might be of interest to you:
- Orson Scott Card's book on writing science fiction
- Saves the Cat sequence of books on writing screen plays for various types of movies. These books can help you frame short story ideas around successful models used in screenplay writing today.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Snyder
Blake wrote the kid comedy Blank Check, many screenwriters used his recipes to write their plays. The first book talks about the 10 movie types and what works and doesn't work when writing one of the types. The second book catalogs 500+ movies into the 10 categories. The third book is about how to sell your screenplay.
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Lastly, sci-fi stories often take liberties with real science and so the best strategy has been to violate one or two rules of science but not many more as the story becomes totally unbelievable unless of course you're writing fantasy and magic prevails everywhere then consistency of the magic is important.
Take care,
Jedi
PS: I've read some of The Expanse novels and they are very well written and would be good references on how to write a story. The Expanse authors have a connection with George RR Martin and have learned a lot from him. They advance the story timelines via character first person views and each chapter replays events from another characters vantage point.