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| pH [Studying Science Fiction]'s Notebook |
| I have tried, but as you know, writing short stories is hard. I made several newbie mistakes and just didn't feel like fixing it once I figured out what was wrong. Good luck with your work&busyness! | |
| Political turmoil sets the stage for many scifi novels, and it it often the cause of the protagonists' troubles. Examples... Let's see... Dune, for starters. Also, Ender's Game is centered around a war with an alien race, caused by bad diplomacy. The Softwire series, which is  , is about a ship of children that lands on a plant that is very socialist, and humans= the bottom casteIn all these books, the government of the future causes huge probs and/or is in a war. | |
| Sci-Fi: one of my favorites! My favorite science fiction has a lot of details so that the world is real. I like the imaginative explanations. Instead of "The doors here go Whoosh!", it's "the whoosh comes from the airlock being depressurized and the wind escapes into deep space, dispersing as gases are known to do." Another key element of sci-fi is political turmoil. Of course the government isn't exactly the same in the future as now, in fact, we expect to see some thought-provoking issues. | |
One of your favourites? How many favourites do you have, exactly?  Hmm, so I'll need to learn these scientific language -- depressurise, etc, etc. I never have any use of them in fantasy. And political turmoil? Okay ... I'll try to think something about that. I'm curious, though: why does it tend to have political turmoil? Can you give me a little example, one or two of them? | |
| I'm curious how the world of Science Fiction looks like. So far I only focus on Fantasy genre, so I have really limited knowledge in SF. Does anyone know what I must know first before beginning my study of the genre? Tips and tricks? What SF has that Fantasy doesn't? Any help will be appreciated. | |
| Thanks again for the review. Wow, we have some common favorite books. I checked out. Jonathan Stroud is really a fine writer! I also like him. Have you read of the Artemis Fowl Series? By Eoin Colfer? It is also a great one. It just excited me to share. I have this vacation when I read Bartimaeus (first book) followed by Percy Jackson series and then the Artemis Fowl series all at the same time. Of course, it took long enough to finish them all. You might want to check that out! | |
| A lot of common favourite books! I just love Stroud! Especially Bartimaeus Trilogy. I'm also gonna check Eoin Colfer once I have time (and money to buy). I did see it before in the bookstore, but I got confused which one of the series I should buy. Any suggestion which title of Artemis Fowl I should read first? And I'm glad to find someone who also loves Lewis Carroll. He's my personal favourite among classical authors! | |
| It's been a while since I review anything in WdC. Lately all I review are articles/stories for school or novel excerpts for work -- after doing it all the time, I felt kind of lazy to do it again here. But since now it's holiday ... well, it's nice to be back. | |
| Thanks, and I'll be sure to look that up. While we're talking fantasyXrock, I want to mention that I really enjoyed Pay the Piper by Jane Yolen. It's really weird, but I like all of her books about the Fey. Hmmm.. Troll musicians... | |
| Jane Yolen, eh? I'll make sure to try that if I happen to find one of her books. Oh, Gosh, there are too many good authors in this world and I just can't read all of them! Yep, troll musician. In that book, he's playing by banging rocks together (some kind of a prehistorical drum, I reckon), but you can use other things as well. Perhaps vampire pianist or banshee singer. You can name them ... The Coffin or something.  | |
| In the near future, I can't see myself getting to write that bit. I have a music competition this weekend, and then I need to do about five chapters in my economics book. Anyways, you can take Liliana. I was going to have her sneak away from Wilfred and drag Creed off to go clubbing, or whatever the Escape-era version of clubbing is. However, the story I ended up with in my head doesn't really require Liliana. I'll enjoy reading anything you post, so write it quickly! | |
Wow, a music competition! I didn't know you're a musician!  Best luck.Clubbing in Escape ... well, I can hardly imagine clubbing in this kind of world, but if a concert like that, I guess it's still possible. Have you ever read Terry Pratchett's Soul Music? That's a weird one, a rock 'n roll concert in this kind of world, with a troll, a goblin and an elvish man in the band. Maybe you can put something similar like that. I'll be looking forward to read that. | |
Doggone it! Inheritance appeared in the bookstore in the busiest month of the year, and I can't resist buying! Ooh, how can I finish NaNo now...?  | |
Actually, I'm a bit relieved, as I have a crazy november too... I have exams from the 23-30th, and I'm going away to India for a week  . But I will be online everyday, except for the one week in India from the 11-18th. | |
| Well, its usually set in modern times in big cities, and tends to involve vampires, witches, werewolves and the like. Supernatural activity is often hidden and comes alive at night. The main characters are often supernatural in some way themselves, and/or have been trained to fight bad supernatural creatures. A good example of a teen urban fantasy is City of Bones. | |
| Sounds cool! I never read about City of Bones, but from your description, I wonder if my current story can be considered urban fantasy. I don't know. I guess I can worry about the genre later. Speaking of which, sorry if I couldn't reply earlier, but NaNo happens really in the wrong time for me. I'll try to open my WdC account as often as possible, although I can't promise I'll do it daily. So sorry for being such a bad NaNo buddy.  | |
I didn't do any of the scheduled stuff, to busy  . I keep changing the plot of my piece too. I normally have 3 plotlines going in my head. My story is about a teenage boy who finds an ancient genie. But its not Aladdin, I promise. Its urban fantasy. | |
| Urban fantasy ... Well, I must be honest. I don't know much about urban fantasy, although I do hear it very often. What is it like, actually? And what is the difference from other types of fantasy? | |
| Hmm, I'm not ready as of yet, I'm doing almost all of my outlining this weekend though. What sort of preparation are you doing? Do you do the exercises recommended by the group? | |
| Yes and no. Yes, because I did everything they scheduled; no, because I keep changing the main plot itself. I'm still having a difficulty to keep my mind on one story only. I guess I just need to write whatever coming up to my brain when the time comes. What is your story about? | |
| Hello! We've been assigned as buddies for NaNoWrimo! Nice to meet you | |
| Hi! Sorry I couldn't open my WdC account until today. Nice to meet you! Are you ready for NaNo? | |
| Rewriting an old story. Total rewriting an old story. Extremely total rewriting an old story, Seriously, extremely total rewriting an old story. Redundantly, seriously, extremely total rewriting an old story. Feeling very, very redundant.  | |
| Oh man! At this rate, how will you ever find the time to start your assignment? | |
| I dunno. Maybe when I'm sleeping, there would be good little fairies came to my room and did my assignments for me. For this reason, it's always a good idea to sleep with the window open. But will it work? I dunno. But I'll sleep to find that out. Oh, well, that's my life. How's your study going? | |
| oh man, if you find any little fairy people to do your work for you, please send them my way! I always seem to have more homework than time to do it . but homework aside, school is going really well for me so far! Just had a review of one of my stories today, and I'm so happy with how the review session went! | |
| Wait.. let me re-write that.. I dropped by to say hi... | |
| yay!! I'm glad you're back to writing.. are you stil reviewing?? or.. they are meant to go hand in hand .. but yeah.. sometimes you need to separate reading from writing.. | |
Yep, I'm now doing both of them, though I've limited the reviewing so it won't disturb the writing. It's much easier that way, and much more fun. And I join a small group where we play some kind of Role-Playing Game in writing, and it's much more fun that way!  It's called "Escape: A Fantasy Role-Playing Group"  . I found it so much fun! (Although my time's limited again ever since my uni started.) You could check it if you want to. | |
| role-play!! oh.. I .. took part in a role play in wdc chat a few times.. but I can never stay in character.. I barely write now, but.. I do want to help other people to write.. somehow | |
| You are the first person in a long while to know of Poirot. I commend you. Also, welcome to Escape! I look forward to your first addition. Feel free to send me a message if you ever need help figuring things out. Let's make this fun! | |
What? You're joking! And here I thought everyone knows Agatha Christie! I mean, well, she's pretty famous! Yeah, thanks! I think I'll just wait for now. Already too many new friends for one night. It'd be awkward, not to mention repetitive, if my characters also popped up from nowhere. Even the friendliest person will be suspicious if people keep coming up, especially after they had been blamed for a murder. Maybe I'll wait in the next town, or perhaps until the morning came. | |
| aww I hate it when that happens! I've had a number of "babbling like an idiot" presentations, where later people have told me I did well. but congrats all the same. Yeah I had it today, it was really something. They told me that they were confused by certain parts of my story, but loved other parts. I can't wait to begin revisions. But don't worry, I'll wait until the summer to post the stories and avoid getting into trouble with pladgerism.  | |
| thanks! and yes, that's true; sometimes all they ask for in those sorts of contests is that your piece be under a certain number of words, and other times they ask for something super precise But still, good luck my friend! | |
| Yeah, thanks! Good luck for you, too! Actually, at the moment I'm just having fun with a role-playing game here, in WdC. Do you like playing games? It's all in writing, of course. If you want to, perhaps you want to check this out: "Escape: A Fantasy Role-Playing Group" . It's all just for fun. | |
| Oh sounds like fun; I'll have to check them out | |
| ohh fairy tales are fun, though I agree (if I read that right) that the "damsel in distress" can feel stale sometimes. Good luck, by the way! And as for my other story, I'm ashamed to say it hasn't got a title yet, and isn't quite as ready as Beyond the Gate was to be shared yet. I'll happily send you some excerpts, but only after you let me see some more of your writing, too | |
| Yep, you bet it does! I can't help but research more and more for my upcoming presentation, and somehow I feel quite confident about it. It hasn't been done yet, but soon. Can't wait for next week! Yeah, it feels exciting and worrying at the same time! It's like "Oh man, what if my poem sucks?" But there's also an anticipation for opinions. It's so much fun! Wow, next story for your class? Do you need to make a short story or novel or something? Good luck! | |
| Hey sorry for the late reply (again), I'm trying to be better, honest! But anyway, how did your presentation and workshop of your poem go? I hope it went well! And that story I mentioned in my last post is due on Thursday! For this particular class, we have to write two short stories by the end of the term. I hope to post mine to WdC this summer so you can read them | |
It goes ... quite well, I think. They said my presentation is good, but I don't know. I was too nervous in the front that I barely noticed what I was talking about.  Wow! You mean ... this Thursday! Oh, Gosh, awesome! The best luck for that! I think you better wait until the semester is over before posting it in WDC, in case your lecturer thought you were copying from here. That's wrong, of course (hey, both are your copyright!), but better avoid trouble. Again, best luck! | |
| I'm so ashamed of myself. I just finished my "winter break" from school, and have barely done any work on Beyond the Gate. I worked on a lot of other stuff, sure, and read obsessively, but finish chapter seven? No. But enough about me; how have you been, my friend? | |
| That's cool. What's the new novel you're going to write? To be honest, I'm no better than you. Remember my NaNo novel? I don't know why, but since December, suddenly I feel too lazy to continue it. November rush has gone, and now I just let the data scattered everywhere. Hope I can get my mood back someday...For now, I'm focusing in another story that keeps nagging my head since December. I've made a vow to complete it, no matter what. I have to learn to be more consistent. | |
| In a nutshell, it's the story of a woman living in 19th century France who's obsession with science causes her to make a number of bad decisions that could cost her her sanity. Not exactly a happy story, but I'm having fun writing it nonetheless and aw really? lol well I'm sure that once I get back to Jeih and The Doctor's tale, you'll get back around to finishing Hansel's story What's the new story of yours about? | |
Right now I still can't say much about it. I'm still struggling with the basic. Let's just say I'm trying to combine an awful lot of fairy tales into one story. I love fairy tales, except some damsel-in-distress kind of stories.  Gee, are you going to post each chapter here again? What's the title of the book? | |
| Thanks for the scribble in my notebook. Hadn't heard from you in a long time. Hope things are going well for you. I am buried so deep in projects, I just sit and play PS3 every day! | |
| You're welcome. It's all fine for me, and wish the same for you. Hearing you playing PS3 reminds me of my own PS2 back home. What game are you playing now? It's been a long time since I played video games. I hope I haven't lost my touch. | |
| Hang in there Buddy! You're almost at the end of the month! Idk how many words your at, but I'm positive you'll make the deadline! | |
| Oh no! Well, I hope it'll be at least a -little- less than a hundred years! And maybe I will! I've always wanted to... | |
| Cool! Let's stress next year! It's all for fun! By the way, oh gosh, it's nearly Christmas already! Merry Christmas! | |
| Yes! I'd love to! and OMG! Merry Christmas to you, too! | |
| I don't know how you can manage with all that handwriting! You rock! | |
| Thank you, and congrats for your winning it earlier! Have I congratulated you before? Sorry, but I didn't open my account lately for working on NaNo.(e:pthb) Er, okay, I must admit that for the last five days, I continued the rest of my story in laptop, so I don't deserve your compliment. That was a hard work, and I kept running out of paper. At least I don't have to worry about papers in laptop. Thank you again! You're the best! | |
| Thank you! But, lol, I don't know. It hasn't been finished yet. First, I have to finish my homework (please, if you're so kind, don't ask how much it is. Enough for nightmare). Second, I want to finish the whole story. And then, lastly, I will type everything up! Still a long way to go! | |
| Well, I'm a day late with this message, but I just wanted to stop by to give you some moral support. GOOD LUCK WITH NANO! | |
| Wow, thanks! Good luck with your writing, too, and tell me if you have added the next chapter for Beyond the Gate! | |
| Thank you very much! You're the best! | |
| Hey Pumpkinhead! Just stopping by to say Happy first account birthday! Your energy in the NaNo Prep forum is positively infectious! | |
| Wow, thank you very much for your kind word! I don't know if it's "positively infectious" -- I just had a little free time, so I came to visit and be involved a bit. I hope your preparation for NaNo also goes well ! | |
| Congrats on your promotion, Pumpkinhead! Very happy for you! | |
| Thanks, you're so nice! I see you have added other chapters for Beyond the Gate. I can't wait to read it right away! By the way, do you participate in NaNoWriMo this year? | |
| Very good day, thanks! Prepare for the NaNo!!! | |
| Thank you very much! And, funny, I never realize emoticon for balloon yellow is "balloony". Sounds pretty much like "baloney". | |
| hi there! Congratulations on your promotion to Preferred Author! Hope you're having a great day | |
| A very great day! Thanks! | |
| Thank you! | |
 Congrats on your new promotion and good luck! | |
| Thank you for your kind words! Good luck with your writing, too! | |
 Happy WDC Birthday!!!  Hope you are having fun! | |
| I am!!! Thanks for visiting by! Hope you also have fun as always! | |
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