{"id":92152,"date":"2016-07-18T02:37:46","date_gmt":"2016-07-18T02:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/07\/18\/heroictype-writterings\/"},"modified":"2016-07-18T02:37:46","modified_gmt":"2016-07-18T02:37:46","slug":"heroictype-writterings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/07\/18\/heroictype-writterings\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

heroictype<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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writterings<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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words-writ-in-starlight<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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dainesanddaffodils<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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One of my favorite phrases my Creative Writing professor had for when you\u2019re writing fantasy is\u00a0\u2018giving your story a Flux Capacitor\u2019.<\/p>\n

Because it\u2019s not real, it doesn\u2019t exist. But the way it\u2019s thrown into Back to the Future, at no point does it throw the audience off or suspend any more disbelief than time travel would. You believe Doc when he says he created the Flux Capacitor – the thing that makes time travel possible, because the universe never questions him.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So it essentially means like, there are going to be elements to your universe that are just not gonna make any sense, even if you set up a whole system based on it. And the only way to make it work is completely own it<\/i>. You cannot second-guess your system or else the reader will too. You can give it the strangest explanation, but write it like you own it. \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Either you\u2019ve got to follow the rules of reality and physics and shit TO THE LETTER, or you have to say\u00a0\u201cnaaaaaah\u201d and fuck off with your magic\/sci-fi\/whatever to have a marvelous garden party where reality isn\u2019t invited.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is also known as a\u00a0\u201cStar Trek approach\u201d, in which the science and technology in a fictional universe aren\u2019t explained but their existence seems plausible given the context of the universe.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This also articulates excellently why I think Welcome to Night Vale works so well. It\u2019s weird, but even where things are inconsistent, that in itself is a consistent factor in the show\u2019s worldbuilding, so just about everything fits.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

heroictype: writterings: words-writ-in-starlight: dainesanddaffodils: One of my favorite phrases my Creative Writing professor had for when you\u2019re writing fantasy is\u00a0\u2018giving your story a Flux Capacitor\u2019. Because it\u2019s not real, it doesn\u2019t exist. But the way it\u2019s thrown into Back to the Future, at no point does it throw the audience off or suspend any more … <\/p>\n

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