I'm an SF&F author, and I have a name for where the genre is right now, and it's "shit hole" BECAUSE what 99% of people are writing is the exact opposite of vibrant and dangerous. I'm not at all excited by it. Want to interview me?https://twitter.com/TimClarePoet/status/1052922256219930625 …
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if you aim for this, you might have a situation where there's no conflict implicit in the situation. Maybe drop the scene? Or maybe change things up a bit so that there IS conflict. If everyone in a discussion agrees, it's flat. 1950's "as you know, Bob".
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so instead of "As you know, Bob, the star drive takes 48 hours to recharge." try "Bob, I need the star drive again in 24 hours." / "That's impossible." / "No it's not, you did it in 36 hours once before" / "That was different; we had XYZ." / "You're sand-bagging me!" etc
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(I'll chirp in as a wanna-be writer who knows a good deal about writing) Morlock is correct here and elsewhere in the thread. I'd add the rule (I think it was Vonnegut) that every word must be necessary and functional. Dialogue should tell use something about theme,
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characterization, conflict, mood, etc. Also, make the characters themselves interesting and varied. Interesting people have interesting conversations, even if the topic is exposition.
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