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  1. Writing Science Fiction: How to Approach Exposition in Sci-Fi Novels

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  5. Characteristics of Science Fiction

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  1. The Story Telling Podcast #17: Writing Science Fiction

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  1. How to Write a Science Fiction Novel

    Robert Lee Brewer Aug 13, 2019 In this post, learn how to write a science fiction novel from beginning to end, including 4 approaches for the first chapter of your novel, tips for writing about fictional technology, writing dystopian fiction, writing a science fiction series, and more.

  2. 5 Tips for Writing a Science Fiction Novel

    Last updated: Aug 24, 2021 • 3 min read Science fiction (or speculative fiction) is one of the most popular, varied, and enduring genres. It encompasses everything from H. G. Wells's War of the Worlds to modern dystopian and cyberpunk variations.

  3. Writing Science Fiction: A Beginner's Guide to Writing a Sci Fi Novel

    The Oxford Languages defines Sci-Fi as: Fiction based on imagined future scientific or technological advances and major social or environmental changes, frequently portraying space or time travel and life on other planets.

  4. The Ultimate Guide to Writing Science Fiction: 6 Expert Steps

    Guides Apr, 27 2021 • 9 min read The Ultimate Guide to Writing Science Fiction: 6 Expert Steps Learn the art of writing science fiction in this guide and tutorial that will get you started on the path of authorship. Writing science fiction can be an equally arduous and amazing process.

  5. 6 Fantastic Tips for Writing Stellar Science Fiction

    1. Find out what your audience expects Science fiction is a vast category with many subgenres — a space opera and a dystopian novel will both fall under the same big umbrella.

  6. A Beginner's Guide to Writing Science Fiction

    1. Creation of characters 2. Character arcs 3. Character relationships 4. Character tropes and stereotypes in science fiction 5. The dramatic plot 6. The importance of drama in science fiction 7.

  7. Writing Science Fiction: The Ultimate Guide

    This is novum. Ask a big question and answer it with novum. This will give you the most important foundations for your plot. Decide on Your Themes Every great science fiction novel explores heavy themes. Many touch on race, gender, and class. Some explore what it means to be human or the indomitable human spirit.

  8. Writer's Digest Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy

    Dec 16, 2009. The Writer's Digest Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy. by Orson Scott Card and the Editors of Writer's Digest. Writer's Digest Books, 2010. ISBN: 978-1-58297-609-9. $24.99, hardcover, 432 pages.

  9. How to Write a Good Science Fiction Novel: A 10-Point Plan

    1. Identify the 'big idea' for your story. For well over a hundred years, readers have turned to science fiction to find big and bold ideas brought to life. And the sci-fi genre has delivered with a steady outpouring of grand concepts.

  10. 9 Steps to Writing a Science-Fiction Novel

    1. Think, Then Think Harder Science-fiction fans are sticklers for cold, hard science. That's why so many of them are exclusively sci-fi readers—other genres just don't give up the goods. Get the science right, and earn the readers' respect. Wing it, and prepare to be heckled out of the building.

  11. How to Write a Science Fiction Novel Series: 6 Tips

    6. One Book At A Time. Regardless—and this is the may be the most important thing when you write a science fiction novel series—you're only writing (and your readers are only reading) one book at a time. If the series itself maps a whole storyline, then each installment, each new book, is a stop on the journey.

  12. What Are The Do's And Don'ts Of Writing Science Fiction?" (Navigating

    October 22, 2023 Writing October 22, 2023 15 mins read So you've always been fascinated by science fiction, and you've finally decided to try your hand at writing your own sci-fi story. But where do you start? How do you make sure your story stands out amidst the countless other tales of futuristic worlds and advanced technologies?

  13. Science Fiction World-Building Guide for Writers

    Step 1: Map Out the Time and Place When and where does the story take place? What is the nature of that time and place? When and where do the major events unfold? These are some of the first considerations you'll encounter when planning your story and building your world. A couple of tips to help you pin this down:

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  15. 7 Mistakes to Avoid When Writing Science Fiction Stories

    This isn't a writing class and there aren't any rules. Some of the best sci-fi stories were created by authors who broke the conventional rules for fiction writing. By definition, science fiction starts with what is known and then takes the reader on a journey into the unknown. It grants authors total creative freedom.

  16. 10 Writing "Rules" We Wish More Science Fiction and Fantasy ...

    7) Women can't write "hard" science fiction. This is one "rule" that most people are at least sensible enough never to say out loud — but it often seems as though "hard SF" refers ...

  17. 8 Rules for Writing Fiction: Tips to Guide Your Writing Process

    Written by MasterClass Last updated: Dec 2, 2021 • 5 min read Writing fiction is one of those mysterious feats that feels impossible without some good advice and a few writing rules to guide you along. The truth is there are no truly ironclad rules of writing—although there are plenty of useful guidelines. Learn From the Best Jump To Section

  18. Science Fiction Writer Robert J. Sawyer: On Writing

    Rule One: You Must Write It sounds ridiculously obvious, doesn't it? But it is a very difficult rule to apply. You can't just talk about wanting to be a writer. You can't simply take courses, or read up on the process of writing, or daydream about someday getting around to it.

  19. How to Publish Your Science Fiction Novel

    Here are the essential elements of writing an effective query letter: Sentence that lays out what you're pitching. This sentence should include the full title of your novel, genre (or sub-genre), and word count. A completely made-up example would be: The Boy Who Rides Horses is a 120,000-word science fiction novel.

  20. 10 rules for better fiction writing

    1. Follow these six rules from George Orwell. Here are six rules on writing from George Orwell: " (i) Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print. (ii) Never use a long word where a short one will do. (iii) If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.

  21. Ten rules for writing fiction

    1 Never open a book with weather. If it's only to create atmosphere, and not a charac­ter's reaction to the weather, you don't want to go on too long. The reader is apt to leaf ahead look­ing for...

  22. 3 Rules for Writing a Better Dystopian Novel

    If so, take this six-week workshop and transform your ideas into creative science fiction and fantasy novels. You'll discover the essential elements of fictional worlds, how to write a science fiction novel with intriguing characters and plot, and write up to 2,500 words for your science fiction or fantasy story.

  23. The 8 Modern Rules of Science Fiction

    The first, and potentially most important, rule of modern science fiction is to never let the science or technology get in the way of the story. Old, pure science fiction from masters...