Activity for Cort Ammon - Reinstate Monica
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A: How to write strategy and schemes beyond my real-life capabilities? One of the things I find most powerful for constructing strategies or schemes which may go beyond what the author could do themselves is show don't tell. If you tell the audience what the strategy is, they can poke holes in it. "What if X happened?" "What if Y didn't show up?" However, if you show th... (more) |
— | about 5 years ago |
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A: The unknown and unexplained in science fiction The most important thing I recommend is to hold to Sanderson's First Law of Magics: > An author’s ability to solve conflict with magic is DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL to how well the reader understands said magic. While you draw the line between magic and science fiction, this rule is essential on both si... (more) |
— | over 5 years ago |
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A: Is a stroke of luck acceptable after a series of unfavorable events? When you're worried about a stroke of luck behaving like Deus Ex Machina, it is reasonable to think of that stroke of luck as something magical. Because of that, I believe invoking Sanderson's First Law of Magic is appropriate: > An author’s ability to solve conflict with magic is DIRECTLY PROPORTIO... (more) |
— | over 5 years ago |
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A: The role of inexplicable events in hard science fiction First off, may I suggest a post I did many years ago on WorldBuilding: What's the smallest change to physics required to allow magic?. I think the first step to answering your question is to unseat the assumption that things could ever be boring. The next thing that I'd recommend would be looking at... (more) |
— | over 6 years ago |
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A: If I'm writing in US English, am I not allowed to use the metric system? Many have mentioned that you might use km/hr as a writing tool to create an effect. I'd like to offer a global answer: if you're not intentionally using km/hr to create an effect, use mph. If you use a number in writing, the reader has to interpret that. To do so, they will use things like context c... (more) |
— | over 6 years ago |
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A: How to refer to clothes without modern words ? (e.g: t-shirt) Your options are: - Use modern terms - Use antquated terms - Use generic terms - Use invented terms If you really think about it, that's all you have to work with. However, there's a wide palette of ways to mix and match these approaches to add flavor. My recommendation would be to research the co... (more) |
— | almost 8 years ago |