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| DRAFT: Creating a Universe | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: May 19 2011, 11:53 AM (57 Views) | |
| typewriter | May 19 2011, 11:53 AM Post #1 |
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When writing a fiction story, there must be a setting. That setting consists of a time and place. A universe consists of the timeline and places before, after, and around that time & place. Essentially, the setting is like a nation, whereas the universe is like the world. This universe also has time and place. Filling in the space There has to be a place. And there have to be things that are in that place. For example, we’re in not-so-ancient Rome during the Renaissance in 1492. Say, there are hundreds of people at the Coliseum, and many, many people who are so insignificant they don’t need names. But a universe contains much more than that. Fortunately, you won’t have to make everything. The reader’s mind would fill in the city the best it can. The reader would assume there are houses and streets in Rome. Anything that the Writing Fiction Writing Establishing the Setting Creating a Universe Intro Filling in the space Filling in the timeline Space and time of the universe Subtopics Filling in the space Fabricating the physical objects Autonomy of the reader’s mind When to do what Filling in the timeline Setting the current time Progressing the events Creating a backstory |
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