What The Best Sci Fi Books Should Try To Do Away

By Marylou Forbes


It is only natural for readers and writers to try the science fiction genre. It is all because of the fact that in science fiction, almost anything goes. You can do anything to the story, for the writers. You can read almost any plot twist, for the readers. It is really interesting to delve yourself in science fictions or fantasy stories.

It is actually more interesting for authors to break the rules when it comes to writing the best sci fi books. This is most likely because breaking the rules is the only way for a fascinating story to be told. For those who are interested in writing the story, here are some of the rules that must be broken.

When you are writing, you might want to take out the third party omniscient part of your story. Third party omniscient refers to that which allows the readers to peek through what the characters are thinking. Instead of opening up the character's minds bare for the world to see, you just have to do away with that narrative.

Infodumps are actually common with the science fiction genre but it should be avoided. If possible, you should avoid having to right technical schematics and even backstories that overload the information dump of your readers. It will just bore them out if you go ahead with this kind of style.

Try to complete your book in one publication. This means you should avoid those conventions where a science fiction stories span three books, four books, or seven books. If you can, you should make it so that there will only one book needed for the readers to be satisfied with the books you published in the market.

Try to create a plot where the story does not have to rely on a portal to have the fantasy take effect. Most of the fantasy stories these days take on the premise of having discovered portals or have accidentally fallen into portals before they are taken into a new world. If a world can be discovered without going through portals, then that should be good.

Space travels or light travels should also be taken away of the common plot for science fiction plots. Of course, it is definitely awesome to warp speed or to jump into hyperspace. However, there is a bit less realism in there. It might be exciting to go for space travels but the charm has already worn off after being used in lots of science fictions these days.

Magic is a very common element with fantasy and science fiction genres. If you can, you should make sure to avoid using the said element to the story you are making. You should write the science fictions or the fantasy stories without having to rely heavily on the magic or power of legendary people to make your world go round.

Using present tense should be encouraged these days. Most writers do not really want to use present tense because they think it is too disconcerting. However, you can actually take advantage of present tenses if you want to make the story more immediate. You can make your story work better if you use the present tense.




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