Tag Archives: science fiction
Science in the News
Some amazing science research is happening, often well under the radar of the average person, but available to writers hungry for new ideas. Continue reading
Filed under Chris Eboch
Is your god insane?
Had a fabulous informal chat-over-drinks with a dozen spec fic writers, including the most wonderful Karen Joy Fowler (who has written a great deal more than the bestseller you might associate with her name; more about all that in another … Continue reading
Filed under Joni Sensel
Teen Trends In Speculative Fiction
Editors report on speculative fiction trends — but the real question is, what’s up next? Continue reading
Filed under Chris Eboch
Theories of Deep Space—How far can we stretch?
Faster than light! Sign me up! Light Speed Warp Drive Teleportation Hyperspace Wormholes The great thing about speculative fiction is it has no bounds. We can travel millions of light years across the galaxy. We can jump so far in … Continue reading
Filed under P. J. Hoover
Speculative Settings
So we’ve talked a bit about how we characterize our characters. We’ve come up with some fun characteristics including making sure if they do have powers, there is some price to pay. So good. Every hero must have a weakness, … Continue reading
Filed under P. J. Hoover
Speculative Characteristics
If you write, you’ve probably worked through at least one character worksheet. And if not, give it a try sometime. And if you review books, you probably think about how we writers should use these more, right? Me? I find … Continue reading
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The Four Plots of SF&F… As Found in Our Books
Discussing the four plots of science fiction and fantasy (as outlined by Orson Scott Card) got us thinking about some of our own books. We asked ourselves, which of these four main elements–milieu, idea, character, or event–dominates our recent novels? … Continue reading
Filed under Parker Peevyhouse
The Four Plots of SF&F
To follow up on a post about what makes for good science fiction, I wanted to talk about the diversity of story types. Comments on the previous post seemed to pit “character” stories against “idea” stories when in reality, I … Continue reading
Filed under Parker Peevyhouse
I’ll Keep This Short
I recently posted about how much I love the short stories of Ray Bradbury. Short stories are a great way to learn about structure because they generally only contain a single plot twist. They’re also easy to read in one … Continue reading
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Everything I know about writing spec fiction I learned from…
Three small words: Brave New World By Aldous Huxley. Please, tell me you’ve read it. And if you haven’t, then get thee to the library immediately and check this novel out. Consider it a homework assignment. To me, this novel … Continue reading
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