: Re: When writing science fiction, how important is it to provide scientific details for the (fictitious) things you are presenting in the story? I know there is a difference between 'hard' and 'soft'

Another reason why you should go as light on the science as you can is to avoid jarring knowledgeable readers. Suppose you need a faster-than-light drive for your story. Cool, I have no problem with that. Now suppose you try to explain it scientifically. I probably know enough physics to realize why what you said wouldn't work, and that will be unnecessary verbiage that will jar me while reading.

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: First, get an income stream you can live on while you write. It could take a long time to become successful, if you ever do. Second, read more than a few novels. If you like something,

: How do I make it clear that someone is going through something, like Obito and not like someone pushed through something? Thereâ€™s a car and itâ€™s going through a fence and I say â€œthe

: I feel like my book is too small and Iâ€™m kind of just throwing all my ideas out too quick. Does this mean filler might be necessary? My book seems like itâ€™s going to be way too short.

: I'm going to suggest Jim Butcher's Dresden Files as an example. In every book, Harry Dresden faces a threat. Sometimes it's something that would doom the world, sometimes it's something

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