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 Fantasy: June 20, 2012 Issue [#5109] |
  Fantasy This week: Gates through space, dimensions, or time Edited by: Prosperous Snow   More Newsletters By This Editor   1. About this Newsletter 2. A Word from our Sponsor 3. Letter from the Editor 4. Editor's Picks 5. A Word from Writing.Com 6. Ask & Answer 7. Removal instructions  “All civilizations become either spacefaring or extinct.” ~ Carl Sagan “Our heirs, whatever or whoever they may be, will explore space and time to degrees we cannot currently fathom. They will create new melodies in the music of time. There are infinite harmonies to be explored.” ~ Clifford Pickover, Time: A Traveler's Guid “The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but mankind cannot stay in the cradle forever.” ~ Konstantin Tsiolkovsky “Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.” ~ Albert Einstein    For the writer, imagination is a portal through space, time, and alternate dimensions. We choose a premise, some idea from the present or the past, ask “What if”, and then we build the story plot around the answer to that question. Writers use various ways methods to transport a character into an alternate dimension and through space or time. Sometimes an author uses machines to get the character to the desired destination. Sometimes an energy vortex, tunnel, or a gate of some type is used. It does not matter what method the author uses to get the character to his or her destination, as long as the method is believable within the context of the story. The problem for the author is making the method of travel believable. How do you do that without over burdening the story with technical explanations? Sometimes it is relatively simple and easy. For instance, few readers question Alice entering “Wonderland” through a rabbit hole. At other times, a more detailed explanation is necessary. If it is necessary to include a deeper explanation of how the character gets to his or her destination then make it part the action of the story. Before writing the sequence in the story, the author should compose a detailed written description when creating the background and plot of the story. 
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Excerpt: “Honey, have you seen my right arm? That damned prosthesis has disappeared again.”
“Our supplies are low, any longer and we will be on rainwater and rats, this siege is not working.”
Excerpt: John caught the paper in mid-air before it hit the ground. He gasped for breath as he read.
Excerpt: Cold, he thought as he pulled himself into a tighter ball and tried for the millionth time to wrap the frost covered emergency blanket tighter around his shivering body. All those times I thought I was cold and I never even knew what the word really meant.
Excerpt: A splintered flash scorched a circle in the ice and within its perfect roundness, a naked child stood holding out its arms. The people of the village came, gathering around its circumference, half fearful and half curious. They had asked their Shaman to pray for better times, something to eat, something to wear, not for another mouth to feed. A child is not some animal to be put into a pot and boiled, using its skin for warmth. Their discontent was audible. Submitted to the Newsletter
Excerpt: After saving the Earth from an alien invasion, not to mention some nasty vegetables, the Monsters, Susan Murphy/Ginormica, the Missing Link, B.O.B., and Dr. Cockroach, (as well as Butterflysaurus) decide to take a break and have some fun on a beach someplace. Contests and Review Forums
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