tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4864423579966406496.post8669378202327348..comments2024-02-17T13:12:02.048-06:00Comments on Rockets and Dragons: Do Your ResearchStephanie Barrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17772217449161603561noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4864423579966406496.post-73252457113926359822010-03-11T14:56:12.029-06:002010-03-11T14:56:12.029-06:00I love this, Stephanie. (Why didn't I know abo...I love this, Stephanie. (Why didn't I know about this blog before??)<br /><br />I remember when I first started writing my own fantasy novels, reading some advice about how even in fantasy, you couldn't just have any old thing happen whenever you wanted it to. Even if the rules in your world are somewhat different from the rules in this world, whatever you write has to be consistent with those rules. So you can't just stick something in that wouldn't happen in that world if you're following the rules (physics, magic, etc) that you've set out for it.<br /><br />That was some of the best advice I ever got. But yes, you also need to be sure that the laws of gravity etc aren't contradicted in any world, unless you've got a plausible mechanism to accomplish the contradiction.Phylhttp://bookishgal.shinyideas.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4864423579966406496.post-21456967614821775722010-03-03T17:35:16.459-06:002010-03-03T17:35:16.459-06:00What?? You mean space ships don't just STOP???...What?? You mean space ships don't just STOP???The Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15157821003454766570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4864423579966406496.post-80820592923592437042010-03-03T09:58:22.900-06:002010-03-03T09:58:22.900-06:00Funny that you wrote about this, I was planning to...Funny that you wrote about this, I was planning to write about it today as well.<br />One thing that good research does is make a horror story scarier. If you've done all the research into how a scary something could really happen, it gives the reader the creeps as they are reading. As opposed to having them suspend their disbelieve.Darrell B. Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02851443183217238218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4864423579966406496.post-25152580051987446972010-03-03T08:35:12.950-06:002010-03-03T08:35:12.950-06:00I have the same problem with science fiction. When...I have the same problem with science fiction. When people shoot guns out of open portholes or the engines cut out and the ship just "stops", I have to shake my head. <br /><br />That ain't how it works.Stephanie Barrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772217449161603561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4864423579966406496.post-4596841979573661552010-03-03T07:52:14.494-06:002010-03-03T07:52:14.494-06:00Pet peeve.
I love thrillers, but so many play fa...Pet peeve. <br /><br />I love thrillers, but so many play fast and loose with science (or should we say pseudoscience?) that I often lose faith.<br /><br />The real world is so damn interesting, that I really don't understand.The Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15157821003454766570noreply@blogger.com