How should teenagers speak? Okay, that’s a loaded question. Let’s re-state the question: how should teenagers speak in the book that you’re reading (or writing)? Should they should sound like they just stepped out of a twenty-first century American high school? Or, especially if the book is a fantasy, should they be using the same, […]
Archives for December 2020
Weekend Maunder 13 December 2020
Handwavium. What is it and why do reviewers excoriate writers over it? Well, handwavium in science fiction is when an author writes about a scientifically impossible idea without attempting to create a basis for it; essentially, the author says, “It is because it is.” This seems to come up mostly regarding starflight or FTL (faster […]