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Hawkshaw_245 · 11th February 2007, 03:51 PM

Well, there are different approaches to story-telling, especially with SF/Fantasy.

Let's consider the two basic approaches.

1)fanciful stories about far and away places, improbable beings, and they simply drop humans into the mix.

2) HUMAN stories about believable characters, put into fanciful settings.

I go with the second choice. I tell human stories, and place them in exotic times and places.

All the gimmicks and "OMG! That's so Incredible and Original!" stories have been told.

I'm too thick-skinned for anyone to faze me with unfavorable critiques. That's why I freely share ideas with others. So, you need not ask me why I'm here, because you think I'm afraid of criticism. You won't live long enough to hurt MY feelings.

But what is marketable? 'Star Wars' wasn't an immediate sell.

"Farm Boy Saves the Galaxy"...What kind of nut job would peddle that to a mass audience?

Good stories always sell to SOMEBODY, SOMEWHERE...

Dune, 1984, Naked Lunch, 2001: a Space Odyssey...These are some of the strangest, most indescribable novels and films ever made. Yet they're considered classics in their own way.

So what makes a viable SF story? Cute and cuddly aliens adopted by schoolboys? Dinosaurs resurrected from extinction by geneticists? Supercomputers gone mad? It's all been done before.

11th February 2007, 03:51 PM	#14 (permalink)
Hawkshaw_245 On the Edge of Sanity Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 140	Re: The Outrider Chronicles Well, there are different approaches to story-telling, especially with SF/Fantasy. Let's consider the two basic approaches. 1)fanciful stories about far and away places, improbable beings, and they simply drop humans into the mix. 2) HUMAN stories about believable characters, put into fanciful settings. I go with the second choice. I tell human stories, and place them in exotic times and places. All the gimmicks and "OMG! That's so Incredible and Original!" stories have been told. I'm too thick-skinned for anyone to faze me with unfavorable critiques. That's why I freely share ideas with others. So, you need not ask me why I'm here, because you think I'm afraid of criticism. You won't live long enough to hurt MY feelings. But what is marketable? 'Star Wars' wasn't an immediate sell. "Farm Boy Saves the Galaxy"...What kind of nut job would peddle that to a mass audience? Good stories always sell to SOMEBODY, SOMEWHERE... Dune, 1984, Naked Lunch, 2001: a Space Odyssey...These are some of the strangest, most indescribable novels and films ever made. Yet they're considered classics in their own way. So what makes a viable SF story? Cute and cuddly aliens adopted by schoolboys? Dinosaurs resurrected from extinction by geneticists? Supercomputers gone mad? It's all been done before.