Ways Of Writing Science Fiction Short Stories

By Ulmer A Westford


Writing science fiction short stories will only take some pages. The story does not have to entail all the minor details or a complete look into the story. It may be a skeleton of a full event rather than all the events in detail. This article will come in handy in guiding one to write those stories the way you want them and well too.

For a start, get a brief idea of what you intend to write. There are various themes that you may use to write science fiction. Just like other genres there are various themes within that genre. It could be a romantic theme or something of the sort.
Sketch out a frame of the story. This may be done by a number of questions. This shall be your departing point in writing the piece. Remember though that it is just a guide to lead you in starting off but does not necessarily limit you within those guidelines.

Draft out the story. The draft will be your first piece of work. This will be formulated based on the guidelines that had been written down. If you feel that the storyline is not flowing in terms of the ideas you could take a break or restart to refresh your mind and get you to write better.

Be the first to judge if you have formulated a good piece. That way you will know whether or not you made the point that you intended to. This is also the time when you shall be able to make any necessary corrections to your work. You should however keep in mind that you will still have to proof read later.

Read through a second time. This is for the purpose of making the story spice. You will add the spice by replacing flat phrases with those that are catchier.

After all this, one will need to proofread the whole piece. This is the step where one looks out for any mistakes or errors in spelling or grammar. This is the last stage as well. Furthermore one can remove any parts that he or she deems unnecessary. It may be advi
Be the first to judge if you have formulated a good piece. That way you will know whether or not you made the point that you intended to. This is also the time when you shall be able to make any necessary corrections to your work. You should however keep in mind that you will still have to proof read later.

Read through a second time. This is for the purpose of making the story spice. You will add the spice by replacing flat phrases with those that are catchier.

After all this, one will need to proofread the whole piece. This is the step where one looks out for any mistakes or errors in spelling or grammar. This is the last stage as well. Furthermore one can remove any parts that he or she deems unnecessary. It may be advisable to have someone else go through the work for you.

When the book is still being published you may send an excerpt of the book to magazines that review this genre. This may be a way of advertising before the book comes out. It might improve the sales greatly especially if it is targeted at an interested group of readers. You may also enlist the publishers help in marketing the book ahead of its release.




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