How to write science fiction?

How to write science fiction? This is a difficult question to answer. If there is a fixed answer, can't everyone write science fiction? Didn't you say that science fiction will never develop again? I don't want to describe the skills of writing science fiction in detail here, but I just want to list some writers' experiences for your reference.

Let's talk about two things that happened in American writing class.

Once, when the writing class started, the students sat down in the classroom, and the teacher came into the classroom and looked at the students from the podium. The first sentence is: "I have written all the stories I can write, and I can't write a better story!" "

Another time, it was my first writing class. The teacher named this course "Writing for fun and gain". The first thing he said was: "The Cinderella Story has been written 50,000 times, so it can be sold. This story can be written again-sold again! "

What do you mean by two teachers? According to the first teacher, isn't it necessary to study writing again? According to the second teacher, aren't all stories repeated or copied?

Don't! What they mean is that we must learn from our predecessors and learn from their writing experience. They say it's only for students' humor and interest.

Now, let's list some famous science fiction writers' famous sayings about writing experience.

First, about the structure of science fiction.

Jack Williamson (who attended the Chengdu Science Fiction Conference) said:

Never let the reader assume that there are multiple basic premises ... keep the story coherent, and everything in the novel should be in a logical order ... so that the reader wants to know what you want to tell him.

The king said:

Consider some scenes of about 800 words ... each scene has a purpose, which is generally stated in the third paragraph. At the end of the scene, this goal may or may not be completed ... the scene may not be written in the final order ... just write it down when you think of it.

Second, about the characters in science fiction.

Jack Williamson said:

Keep the characters logical ... bad guys are generally easier to write than heroes.

John Bruner said:

If someone is interested in writing science fiction, extremely interested in the rise and fall of the galactic empire, but indifferent to the people on the streets of his hometown, then I advise him to go home and write the following slogan on his forehead with sulfuric acid: "Science fiction, like all novels, is about people" so that he can remind himself as soon as he looks in the mirror.

John campbell said:

First, science fiction is about people. Even with the dog as the protagonist, we will project human characteristics on the dog and only pay attention to some of its characteristics, regardless of whether it has four legs or not. If a thinking robot is a hero, then the robot is either human or hostile to the characters they support.

Third, how to learn from others.

Ray bradbury wrote:

1940 I dismantled every story of sturgeon, found out its internal structure, and saw what made his story fascinating. At that time, I was 20 years old and had not published a story, so I was keen to find the secret of a successful writer. I secretly looked at the sturgeon with painful jealousy ... but because of his originality, I kept returning to his novels, disassembling, analyzing and repeatedly examining the structure of the novels.

John campbell wrote:

People often say that if you want to write, you have to study the works of experts. This doesn't mean that you just read their novels, but you should also pay attention to their writing style. Why did you do that? Why did they succeed? What's the difference between this success and the next one?

Fourth, about the accuracy of science.

Hal clement wrote:

You can't let the story contradict the known facts in life, for example, fast animals usually have long legs and herbivores don't have developed brains.

Paul anderson wrote:

John campbell once gave a terrible example: a planet around the blue and white sun with oxygen and fluorine gas on it. This is absolutely impossible in chemistry, because oxygen and fluorine will immediately explode and combine in the sun.

Verb (abbreviation for verb) is about writing and contributing.

Finally, robert heinlein gives some advice to beginners:

You must keep writing (all talk and no practice).

You must finish the story you have started.

Don't rewrite your story unless the editor asks.

Be sure to send it to relevant magazines after writing it. It will never be published in a drawer, and it will never be heard from others. Agree 0| Comment