Timeline for Is there such a thing as a "setting sketch" for a science fiction writing?
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| Oct 29, 2020 at 11:50 | comment | added | lessthanideal | As a reader, I disagree with "In a book on science fiction that I briefly read, the author makes the distinction that in science fiction it is the idea that is most important". No. You can have a story about an idea. Or you can have a story about people who happen to be in weird scifi scene. Or you can combine both, that's best but either will be good enough. - I don't know about setting sketches or similar, but as a reader I want an interesting story. - for a short story an idea is enough, for a novel I want idea and characters, please. | |
| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:40 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Jan 9, 2016 at 12:51 | answer | added | StarPolisher | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jun 14, 2014 at 16:27 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackWriters/status/477849876798009344 | ||
| S Jun 13, 2014 at 13:59 | history | suggested | JMcAfreak | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Added one paragraph from his answer. User may supply short synopsis in another edit.
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| Jun 13, 2014 at 12:59 | answer | added | CLockeWork | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jun 12, 2014 at 20:47 | answer | added | Dutch Rhudy | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 12, 2014 at 20:26 | answer | added | JMcAfreak | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jun 12, 2014 at 20:03 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Jun 12, 2014 at 14:23 | comment | added | Lauren-Clear-Monica-Ipsum | Edit your post with your synopsis and let's see if that makes it work better. | |
| Jun 12, 2014 at 12:21 | comment | added | user9885 | I apologize if anything got lost in the translation when I wrote my post. I have a brief synopsis that could serve to clarify what I mean by "setting sketch", a term that I made up. Not sure about the rules - can I post a synopsis for sake of explanation or would that cause my post to get flagged? | |
| Jun 12, 2014 at 10:23 | comment | added | Lauren-Clear-Monica-Ipsum | Isn't this sort of what Tolkien did? He invented the Quenya language and had to write a bunch of novels to justify it and create somewhere to use it. | |
| Jun 12, 2014 at 8:49 | comment | added | CLockeWork | I'm not sure that question is saying that setting is more important in Sci-Fi than story. If anything story and character are at the heart of a good sci-fi; it's all about how people react to what happens to them and how their world works. That aside I have to agree that it's not super clear exactly what you're asking, or perhaps more that I feel like I'm missing something: there's such a thing as anything you want to make, after all. | |
| Jun 12, 2014 at 8:47 | history | edited | CLockeWork | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Cleaned up and linked to original question
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| Jun 12, 2014 at 4:22 | history | edited | user9885 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 12, 2014 at 3:54 | comment | added | Goodbye Stack Exchange | Welcome to Writers. Asking what to write is off-topic on this site. Do you think you can edit this to avoid that? | |
| Jun 12, 2014 at 3:29 | history | asked | user9885 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |