Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Tips For Unconventional And Best Sci Fi Books

By Marylou Forbes


People who love to read will normally go for science fictions and fantasy genres. This is most likely because anything can happen in these stories. As long as the author makes the idea seem plausible, then it is a good story to pursue. It does not even matter if there are rules or no rules being followed for it.

There are numerous benefits that you should be able to enjoy with writing the said book if you just learn how to break the rules for it. It should allow you to write a fascinating story if you break the rules for the best sci fi books. Here are those rules that you should consider breaking when writing your story in this genre.

If you are writing, there is the option for you of taking out the third party omniscient. You can just go ahead with the story without having to divulge what your characters are thinking about. Since the minds of these characters are not open for your readers to read, you can easily make a world where anything can happen.

Avoid infodumps. This basically says that you should stop dumping on the readers a boat load of backstories and even technical schematics. If you push these information down the throat of your readers, they will definitely put down your book and look for another one they can read.

It is also a good idea to break the idea that fantasies always have a trilogy. Or a fourth book, for that matter. It is actually interesting to find a book that is completed in just one book. Even if it is a science fiction or a fantasy story with a good premise behind it, you should still consider one book for all.

The plot should be created without having to rely on portals. This basically means that the protagonist should not always be in situations where he suddenly falls into a portal, he suddently finds an open pathway leading to a new world, or other similar situations. There are enough of that going around in the bookstores these days.

Space travels or light travels should also be taken away of the common plot for science fiction plots. Of course, it is definitely awesome to warp speed or to jump into hyperspace. However, there is a bit less realism in there. It might be exciting to go for space travels but the charm has already worn off after being used in lots of science fictions these days.

Instead of using magic as a vital part in science fictions, you might want to consider it as a minor part of the world. Do not just rely heavily on it when you want to write this genre. There is more to science fictions and fantasy stories than just the magic that you can produce from wands or with the wave of your fingers.

Using present tense should be encouraged these days. Most writers do not really want to use present tense because they think it is too disconcerting. However, you can actually take advantage of present tenses if you want to make the story more immediate. You can make your story work better if you use the present tense.




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