Writing - Posts tagged science-fiction

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Q&A Can I conceal an antihero's insanity - and should I?

6 answers · posted over 2 years ago by Monty Wild‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Mark Baker‭

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Q&A What are the top most important key elements for a computer game story?

3 answers · posted over 2 years ago by Stefanos Zilellis‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Secespitus‭

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Q&A What's "fair use" for borrowing someone else's invented term?

4 answers · posted over 10 years ago by Lauren Ipsum‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Amadeus‭

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Q&A Is anything like the propulsion systems (warp/impulse drives) copyrighted from being use in other sci-fi novels?

4 answers · posted over 2 years ago by SKKennell‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by celtschk‭

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Q&A How do you show, through your narration, a hard and uncaring world?

8 answers · posted almost 3 years ago by Liquid‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A Worth writing, if end is obvious

2 answers · posted almost 5 years ago by Alexander von Wernherr‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A How to deal with nameless characters?

2 answers · posted 5y ago by Victor Matheus‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A Use of past tense in a book about the future

2 answers · posted over 5 years ago by Soha Farhin Pine‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A How much science/medical detail is too much?

3 answers · posted over 5 years ago by Richard Stanzak‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A How to write a utopia?

3 answers · posted over 5 years ago by System‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A How to expand beyond a single series?

1 answer · posted 6y ago by Ferus Olin‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A Looking for informed people to evaluate a creative writing project about psychiatry

1 answer · posted almost 6 years ago by user9885‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A Writing from a hive mind POV

3 answers · posted almost 7 years ago by Babika Babaka‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A How to introduce a world that's alien to the reader

2 answers · posted 8y ago by Burnlan‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A My first comedy plot draft is very bland - how far can I go on calling this out?

3 answers · posted over 8 years ago by Nzall‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A Can we enable readers to connect to far future humanity, without pretending they wouldn’t be different?

3 answers · posted over 8 years ago by CLockeWork‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A When do I explain my created world scenario in a prologue vs. letting it unfold in the story?

1 answer · posted over 8 years ago by Lauren Ipsum‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A Can Readers Relate to a Book without Humans?

3 answers · posted over 8 years ago by Bullfrog‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A How can I dig conflict out of an optimistic SF-nal premise?

3 answers · posted almost 9 years ago by Standback‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A How can I convey dates (with ordering) for events happening under different dating systems, e.g. a Sci-Fi story spread over the galaxy?

2 answers · posted 9y ago by Shantnu Tiwari‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A How should I introduce new and complex technologies or tools?

4 answers · posted 9y ago by JMcAfreak‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A A cross-[What] kind of romance?

3 answers · posted over 9 years ago by Lauren Ipsum‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A My story portrays a process, not a conflict - how do I make the process my focus?

3 answers · posted 10y ago by Standback‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A Is it okay to attempt to write in the style of another person, and how is that done well?

1 answer · posted over 10 years ago by m4tt‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A How do you connect a non sequitur hook to a novel?

2 answers · posted over 10 years ago by m4tt‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A Does this beginning hook the reader? [closed]

2 answers · posted over 10 years ago by Mussri‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A Portraying life in a current milieu for science fiction that wants to be timeless

1 answer · posted over 10 years ago by Vic Goldfeld‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A World Building critique: Building an SF society off a tangent of "Adaptation"

2 answers · posted almost 11 years ago by Qcom‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A Vision/dream as an effective opening?

4 answers · posted 11y ago by Nick Bedford‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A English words in a non-english sci-fi novel

4 answers · posted 3y ago by Liquid‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A The unknown and unexplained in science fiction

7 answers · posted 3y ago by Liquid‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A Using substitution ciphers to generate new alphabets in a novel

3 answers · posted 3y ago by Liquid‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A Characterizing a sentient robot: sensory data

2 answers · posted 3y ago by Liquid‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A Characterizing a sentient robot: inhuman PoV

1 answer · posted 3y ago by Liquid‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A Future battlegrounds

2 answers · posted 3y ago by Galastel‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A Is it time to start closing up my novel?

4 answers · posted over 3 years ago by Liquid‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A How to explain the main plot with science based concepts, without the non-sci-fi fans getting bored?

5 answers · posted over 3 years ago by Guilherme‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A How to "defy" physics on a sci-fi?

3 answers · posted 8y ago by Victor Matheus‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A Alien checking, by making questions [closed]

1 answer · posted almost 8 years ago by greuze‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A Can I bring back Planetary Romance as a genre?

2 answers · posted 3y ago by wetcircuit‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A Sci-fi change: Too much or Not enough

2 answers · posted almost 3 years ago by Galastel‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A 20 Minutes into the Future - problem with setting the period

2 answers · posted almost 3 years ago by Galastel‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A How do you build a story from a world?

1 answer · posted almost 3 years ago by Terri Simon‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A Is a lack of character descriptions a problem?

2 answers · posted almost 3 years ago by Igor‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A Is time travel science fiction or fantasy?

2 answers · posted 3y ago by Cyn‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A In the background of the Future

3 answers · posted over 3 years ago by Galastel‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A How to describe movement in zero-G?

2 answers · posted over 3 years ago by Nicholas Wu‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A The role of the supernatural in hard science fiction

5 answers · posted almost 4 years ago by Ash‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A The role of inexplicable events in hard science fiction

5 answers · posted almost 4 years ago by Ash‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A Writing a short story set in a place I’ve never been

1 answer · posted almost 4 years ago by auburg‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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