Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Writing Relatable Scifi (part 2)


Right from the beginning, you need to grab your audience with something intriguing but relatable. Established writers have more luxury with their writing because they’ve established trust with their audience—previous popular works of these writers create enough familiarity and confidence in their writing that they can write with more flexibility. Established writers can take more time with the story in the beginning, and fans will stay with it, knowing that the author will deliver. However, new writers face a situation that might be contrary to their preferred writing style, because new audiences are likely to be less willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. Instead, they may impatiently move on to something else if a new writer has failed to really grab their attention in the first few pages. When writing science fiction, this can be even more challenging, because the writer is inviting the reader into an imagined world that might require too much faith upfront.

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