7/18/2014

What The Best Sci Fi Books Should Try To Do Away

By Marylou Forbes


It is only natural for readers and writers to try the science fiction genre. It is all because of the fact that in science fiction, almost anything goes. You can do anything to the story, for the writers. You can read almost any plot twist, for the readers. It is really interesting to delve yourself in science fictions or fantasy stories.

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.

First, you should try to do away with the third-person omniscient. This means that yous should avoid having to use a third person narrative where the readers can see what is in the head of every character of the story. In a nutshell, you should avoid having to expose everything through this third person omniscient.

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.

Try to create a plot where the story does not have to rely on a portal to have the fantasy take effect. Most of the fantasy stories these days take on the premise of having discovered portals or have accidentally fallen into portals before they are taken into a new world. If a world can be discovered without going through portals, then that should be good.

You might also want to do away with light travels and space travels. You can do better with your science fictions when you go ahead with other plots aside from delvig into quantum physics where you can turn back time or where you can jump from one time period to another. You can stop using time machines for this.

It is also a must for you to do away with magic. Regardless of whether it is a science fiction or a fantasy story, magic is commonly used. It might be better for you to find a plot where you can only have the magic as a source of rumor but not really the premise of your story. You can use other premises for this plot.

Try to use the present tense appropriately. Some of the writers these days say that present tense is disconcerting. However, it can actually work out better if you want to make your story feel more immediate. There is a vague arty literary presence with the use of present tense in your science fictions or fantasy stories.




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