Facts

A Lesson by Hi

The facts have to be believable and sometimes real

Well, I think the first part to getting a good sci-fi story is to get the facts right. The facts are makes it science and the fiction part is your creation. If you add those together you get real stuff with imagination. So let's take some sci-fi T.V. show. First off, they introduce the surroundings: Earth, space, space ship, space dock, etc. Take note, this is what they usually do. It has to be believable;

Comments

Weaver

Posted 13 Years Ago

...And don't do something unutterably stupid like have a character use a suction cup to hang on to the outside of a space station.

You have the right idea here, but this "lesson" is far too short and lacking in details and explanations to be helpful.