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Fantasy/fiction world and its creative freedom.

The Virtual Shadow ⋅ 7 years ago

I love fantasy and fictional worlds. They give me freedom to make the entire galaxy pretty much.

What i want to know is what you guys love about each one the most and how it has been for your stories.
For me:

Fantasy: Nothing can beat creative ideas and a good story and fantasy has helped me be able to get this. i love to write worlds i can make, i find it easier when something is done from the start, not using preexisting stuff.

Science fiction: I'm a big fan of futuristic technology and the world they live in. They can be slightly limiting but i love having something like a giant plasma launcher or a robot that can change and hold people as a suit. I really love this, and when its on other planets and space

SparkleCadet ⋅ 3 years ago

@The Virtual Shadow, Fantasy:When you write a fantasy, their are so many different possibilities to choose from. Your book is like a blank canvas. Even if it you're using as a side genre.

The Virtual Shadow ⋅ 3 years ago

@SparkleCadet, Agreed, i got a few ideas rumbling around. Just haven't made anything for a long time.

DynaD ⋅ 7 years ago

Fantasy:I like how we can do many things with this genre.So many ideas and basically you can create your own world.

Science fiction:I love when it involves space and planets because I love astronomy.Most of scifi has a thrilling plot and someone's vision of the future.

The Virtual Shadow ⋅ 7 years ago

Agreed. What makes both great is the potential and possible ideas.

Banko ⋅ 7 years ago

apocalyptic fiction I like trying to imagine what's in store for people.

The Virtual Shadow ⋅ 7 years ago

Interesting way to look at it. Sounds cool to be honest, could lead to some good stories.

Banko ⋅ 7 years ago

@lightofshadows,
What does the future hold will the earth be desolate or overcrowded
How will they live will animal's be hunted to extinction
Im working on a few sc fi books but if anyone wants to join forces and write somthing between us im up for that

The Virtual Shadow ⋅ 7 years ago

@Banko, I had one i was going to solo. Kinda based on a game i play. Keeping it to myself for now.

I like what your coming up with here, you could turn those into great books. I'll be happy to read them as well.

Banko ⋅ 7 years ago

Iv done a book called cage bit mad max type of setting please have a look and tell me what you think thanks

The Virtual Shadow ⋅ 7 years ago

I'll have a look when i can, been wanting to see the Mad Max films so this sounds cool.

Elle ⋅ 7 years ago

Fantasy-you have so much artistic freedom regarding the rules/what happens in your story.

Science Fiction-You have the opportunity to comment on the world; someone can read your story and think: "wow, this could really happen?!"

The Virtual Shadow ⋅ 7 years ago

Very much true. Freedom to me is how the imagination shines.

SarahWeaver6 ⋅ 7 years ago

Fantasy when it's not Epic Fantasy. Science fiction when it's not hard scifi.

The Virtual Shadow ⋅ 7 years ago

So like elements in the story?

SarahWeaver6 ⋅ 7 years ago

@lightofshadows, Generally the elements I use tend to come from both genres. Some of the elements are borderline fantasy, but executed in a science fiction way.

Electronic telepathy, a program on a computer that remote views a target. Except it's based on actual remote viewing in military style remote viewing. For example. Like in Magnet Girl Wireless, it's essentially a biohacker that repurposes remote viewing for use in secret surveillance operations against her government. She uses magnets to disrupt electronics.

The Virtual Shadow ⋅ 7 years ago

Interesting. Now i understand what you mean as well.

SarahWeaver6 ⋅ 7 years ago

@lightofshadows, I tell friends, imagine combining something like Life Of Pi, a magic realism novel. Or say 100 years of solitude.

Then set it in a futuristic setting, and make the MC a rookie computer hacker in a setting similar to William Gibson's The Sprawl.

It has a lot of elements of Magic Realism and Cyberpunk, but is really kind of its own thing.

INKYLORE ⋅ 7 years ago

i enjoy how with fantasy... almost any story plot is possible

i like sci-fi to because you can make up your own explanation for how things work in the story... kinda like changing the laws of physics

ShadowBobcat10 ⋅ 7 years ago

I enjoy science fiction because you can explore cool scientific options that only have a semblance of being possible in our world and our time. You can use parallels between the sci-fi world and our world and communicate difficult ideas though a different lens.

Fantasy is cool because you can create new rules, and like above, speak on important issues with a different perspective.

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Meredith Moran ⋅ 3 years ago

I love the world-building and falling into something that has never existed. I also love following around well-built characters that make you love or hate them just by being themselves. Fantasy stories for me are forgetting the rest of the world and completely losing your self in another.

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