How to write Science Fiction
Technology with rules, factions with agendas, futures with consequences. Pin down your tech constraints so the FTL drive works the same way on page 300 as page 3.
Includes
Science Fiction, Space Opera, Cyberpunk, Hard Sci-Fi, Military Sci-Fi, First Contact, Time Travel
Beats readers look for
- Tech Reveal
- Space Battle
- First Contact
- Uprising
- AI Moment
- Mutiny
- Zero-G
- Time Skip
- Hard Choice
- New World
Story structures that fit
- Seven-Point Structure: You write the ending first, then work backwards. Best when you know how it finishes but not how to get there.
- Three-Act Structure: The plain spine. Eight beats, no ideology. Best when other frameworks feel like too much scaffolding.
- Hero's Journey: A transformation arc. Best when the story is about who the protagonist becomes, not just what happens.
Worth keeping track of
- Technology
- Factions