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Freezer
Since: Jan, 2001
27th Dec, 2010 07:20:09 PM
My name is Freezer and my anti-drug is porn.
24.16.55.35
Since: Dec, 1969
28th Dec, 2010 12:04:54 PM
Not quite, that's when the fans ad stuff to the setting.
Freezer
Since: Jan, 2001
28th Dec, 2010 02:00:50 PM
Then try Writing by the Seat of Your Pants or I Just Write the Thing.
Edited by Freezer My name is Freezer and my anti-drug is porn.
Projectrho said "If you want to do the job right, work backwards. Decide what type of universe you want for your book, figure out what implications it must have, then figure what constraints on the FTL will create the desired implications. Finally add a bit of colorful technobabble to describe the cause.
If you want to explore uncharted terrain, work forwards. Create a few unusual constraints, spend some time deducing some implications from the constraints, and see what sort of SF universe flows from the implications. You might stumble over an interesting universe for your next novel and/or game." Is there a trope for the second one where someone makes the rules for their setting, then works out what the setting is like?