Ray Bradbury

Science fiction is any idea that occurs in the head and doesn't exist yet, but soon will, and will change everything for everybody, and nothing will ever be the same again. As soon as you have an idea that changes some small part of the world you are writing science fiction. It is always the art of the possible, never the impossible.

American Writer

Neil Gaiman

Life is always going to be stranger than fiction, because fiction has to be convincing, and life doesn't.

British Author

Alice Walker

Fiction is such a world of freedom, it's wonderful. If you want someone to fly, they can fly.

American Author

Mark Twain

It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.

Lord Byron

For truth is always strange; stranger than fiction.

British Poet

E. O. Wilson

People respect nonfiction but they read novels.

American Scientist

Hunter S. Thompson

Truth is weirder than any fiction I've seen.

American Journalist

George Takei

We are living in a science fiction world.

American Actor

James Marsters

Stephen King

Author

The term 'fiction' often labels book genres or movie categories.

Genre Indicator

'Fiction' includes realistic stories that could happen, not just fantastical ones.

Not Just Fantasy

Understand 'fiction' by its contrast to 'nonfiction', which is factual writing.

Contrast With Nonfiction

Use 'fiction' to describe deliberately fabricated information presented as fact.

False Information

'Fiction' can imply someone is intentionally misleading others.

Misleading Implication

'Fiction' doesn't always mean a lie; it can be a harmless story not meant to deceive.

Not Always Lies

'Fiction' highlights the art of creating engaging and imaginative stories.

Creative Skill

Understanding 'fiction' involves appreciating storytelling and narrative structure.

Storytelling Aspect

Fiction as a genre guides budding writers on the paths their stories can take.

Writing Genre

 It is easy to see why the Minotaur myth has a long history of being disregarded as pure fiction. However, there's a good chance that the Minotaur and other monsters and gods were created by our early ancestors to rationalize the terrifying things that they saw in the natural world but did not understand.

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 a lot of these people do talk the language of illusion, the self is an illusion, it's a fiction. But I don't think this is a very helpful way of looking at it. Go back to the watch. The watch isn't an illusion, because there is nothing to the watch other than a collection of its parts.

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 it led to further elaboration of the theory and helped launch research into subjects like quantum information, now a thriving field with the potential to develop computers of unparalleled power. Unfortunately, the randomness of the measured results prevents science fiction scenarios,

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 development of a way for humans and animals to communicate flawlessly, and radical life extension. So, what does the future hold? Of course, we can't know for certain, but science fiction shows us many possibilities. Ultimately, it is our responsibility

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 writers wondered what new technologies like atomic energy, artificial intelligence, and space travel meant for humanity's future. Contrasting with popular visions of shining progress, dystopian science fiction expanded to films, comics, and games.

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 on the trillions of pages resting between those bookends. Authors of science fiction and fantasy literally build worlds. They make rules, maps, lineages, languages, cultures, universes, alternate universes within universes,

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 and a gut that runs through its brain to one point of view the octopus is completely alien as science fiction movies have long demonstrated humans spend a lot of imagination dreaming up what it might be

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 Main Street was so glorious it made me think there is so much in the world to draw inspiration from for me it's my amazing fiction books arts and crafts my favorite youtubers such as superwoman

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 So, how about writing fiction? How do you suck your readers into your stories? With an exciting plot? Maybe. Fascinating characters? Probably. Beautiful language? Perhaps.