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Q&A How much detail should I go into for a character taking advantage of physics expertise?

If you're writing for broad audience, you will be accepted if you're skimming the details and not going in-depth. If you focus on a specific audience, you might ride the wave of the success of The...

posted 8y ago by SF.‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T05:23:23Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar SF.‭ · 2019-12-08T05:23:23Z (almost 5 years ago)
If you're writing for broad audience, you will be accepted if you're skimming the details and not going in-depth.

If you focus on a specific audience, you might ride the wave of the success of [The Martian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Martian_%28Weir_novel%29) if you go really in-depth. Instead of "power of light", gain mastery of electromagnetic waves. Radio, laser, X-ray, microwave (+radar), infrared, ultraviolet, matters of light pressure, albedo, polarization, even quantum entanglement - that's all your oyster to open, discover ways the character can exploit the understanding of common "light wave" and apply it to their advantage.

Personally, I don't see how it could be derived from levitation though.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2016-06-29T14:42:09Z (over 8 years ago)
Original score: 1