Futuristic Jobs as SFF Authors See It by JL Nich This article examines three areas of Science Fiction and Fantasy jobs authors write as possibilities in our futuristic world(s). Jobs, Big Business, and Food are examined. Will everyone own their own spaceship or work on a flight crew? Will the big business have conglomerates like […]
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You’ve heard soap operas, maybe horse operas for westerns, lets discuss SFF space opera books, the ultimate subgenre of Science Fiction. Why is this such a galactic subgenre? It’s got it all. Technology, space travel, aliens, the future, politics, greed based, and extraordinary militant based battle, and so much more.
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What mode of transportation does your main character use to get from point A to point B? How do your favorite author’s characters travel? Is the travel made with advanced technology or by fantasy magic?
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Somewhere during the book, a change took place, and, oh boy, you were not expecting it. Does Science Fiction Fantasy have a plot twist? Let’s jog your memory. “I see dead people.” “Where’s the Goat?” Ok that last one was Jurassic Park. I love that missing goat scene.
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Does your idea of an alien look like a little green Martian, or sentient robots, maybe a deep oceans Titan race, a foreign planet, an alien hosted in your body? Perhaps it’s an alien female spaceship captain in a Space Opera?
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Foreshadowing – A good writer will give warnings or indication in hints or clues to an unknown future event.
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I must begin this article by stating I am a huge apocalyptic reader fan. I’ve read a ton of this subgenre. I watch movies and listen to audibles. I’m not the know all but I enjoy a good Apoc book that tells me how things might END THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT .
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Writers build worlds. Readers critique worlds. It’s a simple formula called Writer bleeds from the readers cut. Of course, there are band-aid readers too but knives to band-aid are 100:1. That’s a random ratio made up in my very creative mind.
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