| Re: Research
Remember though that SF and fantasy aren't necessarily all about the science/fantasy, unless you're writing a book about some amazing invention. In a space opera like Star Wars, say, references to "the warp drive" or whatever need only be very infrequent, and need never be properly explained.
Both fantasy and SF have a set of archetypes (elves, teleporters, wizards, robot suits etc), and it is hard to write any SFF without including something a bit like one of them at least. Sometimes the trick is to sit down and work out something new with what's already there. I think if you say to yourself "I must think of something totally new" you'll just fry your brain: not to say everything out there's been done, but that originality often comes from giving an old idea a startling new twist. |