What are some tips for writing science fiction?

[Xolanite]

any advice?

 

[Lady Rackets Ass]

Try to keep the alien banging to a minimum or don’t I’m not your boss

 

[Onni Kalsarikännit]

Laser guns

 

[Thunk Provoker]

Read influential authors.

 

[Kill a Troon for Pikamee]

No laser guns.

 

[Disheveled Human]

Smoke a lot of drugs.

 

[Chocolate Wombat]

Write because you enjoy it and don't go into it with any expectations.

 

[stupid orc]

read tomlinsons thread

 

[A Welsh Cake]

Don’t get too focused on keeping things accurate to science.
Science constantly changes so what could have been impossible when you wrote could be seen as somewhat plausible in a few decades, so don’t worry about the implications of your spaceship being super big and how to build it

 

[Historical Figure]

Take a random Morgan Kane book and set it in a space colony. It'll take less than a day and the studios will be fighting over the movie rights within a week.

 

[From The Uncanny Valley]

Kickers spaceships. Sexy robots.

 

[Not Jewish Wario]

Make sure there are science-based elements and your story is fiction.

 

[WhiskeyJack]

Best advice I can give is to figure out the specific subgenre(s) of science fiction you want your story to fall within, and understand the tropes of that subgenre before you try to break from convention and subvert the audience's expectations.

Other than that, most of my advice would be on how best to publish your work, but that's advice for after the writing is finished.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

I think SF is better when it's more realistic, like 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Or more funny, like Futurama.

 

[Open-Source Dodonpachi]

1. Investigate writing fundamentals, golden rules from authors or tips/tricks
2. Elaborate a schedule where you can organize your concentration
3. Put away distractions
4. Try to write between 500 to 3000 words per day. Also, consider the importance of writing in the early mornings
5. Take notes or make documents where you will store in order important factors of your story such as: general plot, plots per chapter, lines of events, character sheets, settings, data, extras, etc.)
6. JUST FUCKING WRITE and be consistent. No matter if you see it as a dream job or a hobby. Just get it done.
7. Once you are done, you can take it anywhere you please, wether is publishing on the web or asking some publishing house to sell your work.

Even though, you may be doing science ficition, get inspired by consuming books, movies or videos related to that theme.

 

[Flatline]

Read a lot of science fiction.
Stick to a daily writing schedule.
Throw away what you wrote and start again.

 

[Alligator Alcatraz]

Start with science topics that mean a lot to you and expand on how they would be in the future after decades, centuries of technological advancement. Consider how that technology has affected society and the average life.

It might help to write fan fiction for an existing science fiction universe and expand from there. A lot of writers get ideas from existing work and still manage to form unique stories.

 

[RollerGator]

You gotta make the aliens fuckable.

 

[Cats]

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No laser guns.