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Hello Olivia! Welcome “back” – and good luck with all your projects, keep us posted!
But there is a spirit within people, the breath of the Almighty within them, that makes them intelligent.
I don’t usually listen to music while I write because it distracts me, but I usually get pumped up before a session with a playlist of some thematically relevant music.
For my current novel, that’s this: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/70BOyelUSDTVfgbtEFbx83?si=b82ba8854dd54e59
Lots of Needtobreathe and indie 🙂
Additional shout out to the Interstellar soundtrack though – a perfect balance of ambient and melodical, and absolutely SPOT on for my work in progress, which is also a science fiction with an agricultural backdrop.
But there is a spirit within people, the breath of the Almighty within them, that makes them intelligent.
I feel like first person present tense is quite popular right now. The Hunger Games was in that viewpoint if I’m not mistaken, and a lot of YA series seemed to follow suit – Divergent, at least, off the top of my head. Hunger Games did it well, but following that, in my generation at least, there seemed to be a huge influx of hobby writing that used it, um, not as well lol. The main pitfall there, in my humble opinion, was that it becomes really easy to slip into introspection, while using present tense as a crutch to create the illusion of action. You still have to have things happening on the page.
I don’t know if that’s much of a tip… I don’t do a lot of writing in that POV myself, but that’s my observation from a reader’s perspective at least.
But there is a spirit within people, the breath of the Almighty within them, that makes them intelligent.
I love that title, Murder of Swans – I am already intrigued!
But there is a spirit within people, the breath of the Almighty within them, that makes them intelligent.
@rose-colored-fancy just hearing “I like sci fi and I like that idea” is actually a great encouragement for what I’m trying to figure out lol. Thanks so much!
But there is a spirit within people, the breath of the Almighty within them, that makes them intelligent.
So! Do you have a current WIP (Work in Progress)? What’s the storyline?
Anyways, what’s your current WIP about? Do you have a favorite genre or author?”
I’d love to hear all about your project, or any ideas if you don’t have a project yet! Do you have any hobbies and interests besides writing? What are your favorite books?
Right now I’m writing science fiction, about a disaster on a tiny, remote research planet. It leans toward a lot of Western tropes as well. I talk about it more here, and in my profile. I know most people don’t like to work this way, but I cannot work on a story without having a clear theme pictured first. This one is along the lines of “how should one live in doomed times” or slightly more specifically “how should a young person live in times without guidance?”
As for hobbies, I travel when I can and enjoy occasional diy projects – woodwork, gardening, knitting, sewing. As for reading, the genre of my youth was fantasy, but lately I have been trying almost everything and I like it all – mystery, westerns, literary, contemporary, fantasy, and sci fi. Cormac McCarthy’s All the Pretty Horses has been my favorite find of the last few years.
Thanks for the interest guys! I can’t wait to hear more about all your ideas as well!
But there is a spirit within people, the breath of the Almighty within them, that makes them intelligent.
If you’re still interested in the theme (which I certainly find interesting!) I see no reason to let it go.
It doesn’t strike me as derivative of 80s movies. At least from the part posted, I get more of an Andy Weir vibe, the near-future perspective, pulling from all those extant schools and organizations. Also, even amid words like “quarantine,” I really don’t think I will ever truly associate the surrealist absurdities of our recent history with hard sci-fi alien virus stories. For what that’s worth.
I think whether it’s “worth continuing” though depends more on your interests and goals than the state of the piece itself, right? I take it you’re still interested, or you wouldn’t be here! So if you don’t have anything else you’re more enthusiastic about, why not? 🙂
But there is a spirit within people, the breath of the Almighty within them, that makes them intelligent.
Playing on the opposite side of the “famous Christians wrote famous fantasy” card, I think it’s also worth noting that conversely, some of the most famous science fiction has also been written by some of the most famous atheists. Douglas Adams and Isaac Asimov come to mind immediately. There’s that nasty preconception, so thoughtlessly assumed by today’s culture and even some Christians, that religion and science are in opposition.
But that’s exactly why I am so excited about writing science fiction. It’s time to bring philosophy and theology back into science.
But there is a spirit within people, the breath of the Almighty within them, that makes them intelligent.
