You are fond of literature and would like not only to read other people's works, but also to create your own. Closest to you is science fiction: you can place a hero in a fictional world, send him into space and make such a tangle of adventures that no reader can tear himself away from your book. However, the form of the story involves its limitations.
Instruction manual
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The first principle is fundamental, it applies in the case of science fiction in general, not only with stories: do not try to outwit the existing reality and present the fruits of your tormented imagination to the audience. You still can’t get away from the real world in which you revolve every day, and the same laws will apply in your book. In the end, the story, which describes some kind of fictional world or space journey, is designed to point people to some problems in their real life, should correlate with everyday life, with our world, in which there are neither starships, nor six-legged horses, no stupid giants. Only then it will be a work of art, only then your story will remain in the minds of people.
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Immediately think over the storyline and the number of characters. The story is not a novel in which there can be as many characters as you like, several storylines and a time span of several decades. Develop, if possible, one or two storylines, pay more attention to the main character and his immediate environment. Be prepared for the fact that you will most likely be able to uncover not a complex of problems of an entire era, but a few particular points, which, however, may not lose this importance. Remember: brevity is the sister of talent, and you can say more in one short story than in the whole thousand-page novel.
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Do not overload the reader with the details of your fantastic reality. Do not confuse it in the interweaving plot. Do not crush with flat jokes. In no case do not imitate someone: in fiction, this is immediately noticeable and is not encouraged by anyone. Fiction is a popular trend. Here you can give vent to imagination, do without actual knowledge of the real world. And alternative reality inspires people much more than this. Therefore, there are many works. Finding "your string" in this sea is very difficult. No need to imitate, say, Tolkien, and write for the hundredth time about the hobbits. Better invent something of your own.
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Think of a syllable. Fiction is also literature, albeit massive at the moment. You need to work not only on the details of the costumes described, but also on your text. No matter how developed your fictional world was, your separate planet, do not forget to take care of rhetorical figures, beauty and harmony in constructing sentences, the colorfulness and accuracy of epithets, valuable phraseological units and humor. Without all this, your brainchild, no matter how much soul you put into it, fiction will not last long on Olympus.
