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Q&A Use of realism in a fictional setting

I am writing a fictional novel. It is set in many fictional places and the book will have it's own set of rules of physics. However, I feel that if I lose the sense of realism too much there will b...

3 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by Daniel Johnson‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Question novel fiction science
#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:58:11Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/15890
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Daniel Johnson‭ · 2019-12-08T03:58:11Z (almost 5 years ago)
I am writing a fictional novel. It is set in many fictional places and the book will have it's own set of rules of physics. However, I feel that if I lose the sense of realism too much there will be no relation between the book and the reader and I will lose their attention. Will I still get a sense of relation and if not, can I get it through another method?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2015-01-15T14:31:06Z (almost 10 years ago)
Original score: 1