| Writing and publishing science fiction is no doubt a | | | | to provide a taut narrative. In case you face a |
| challenging task. Here are some helpful guidelines that | | | | creativity block it would be prudent to stash the |
| will help you write an award winning science fiction | | | | book in a shelf for a few days and engage yourself |
| story and publish it successfully. | | | | with something else. Once you are revivified you can |
| Step 1: First draft and structure | | | | complete your blurb with renewed zeal. If major |
| A science fiction book should be structured in three | | | | changes have been made to the work, it should be |
| portions: the opening, the middle and the climax. Once | | | | reevaluated by your peers. |
| you develop your story idea, you need to back it up | | | | Step 4: Getting published |
| with any necessary research. Thereafter, you just | | | | There are several ways to find a publisher for your |
| have to draft your ideas on paper. High doses of | | | | book. The first is to read science fiction trade |
| imagination are the chief imperative for a triumphant | | | | magazines. Publishers who openly accept submissions |
| science fiction book. | | | | oftentimes advertise in these magazines. A second |
| Make an attempt at uplifting your readers from the | | | | method is to contact publishers directly. Pick up a |
| prosaic insipidity of mundane routine life with your | | | | few of your favorite science fiction books and |
| book. Try to maintain suspense in each chapter of | | | | contact the editorial department. Ask for a copy of |
| the book to make the story line gripping. Leave the | | | | their submission standards and guidelines. It is best to |
| reader to indulge in speculations over imponderable | | | | do this by mail and include a self-addressed stamped |
| tension situations. Sketch each character of the story | | | | envelope. In some cases, a publisher may have this |
| clearly tracing his past, his present and his eventual | | | | information posted on their website. |
| destiny. | | | | When selecting a publisher make sure they are writer |
| Keep in mind that good science fiction has plausible | | | | friendly. They should have a history of promoting the |
| elements. Science fiction takes existing technology | | | | writers and books they choose to publish. |
| and expands upon it. If your ideas are too | | | | Step 5: Critical review |
| far-reaching or beyond average comprehension, your | | | | Get your book critically reviewed before it is |
| work will not resonate with readers. | | | | published. Give early review copies to known critics. |
| Step 2: Evaluation by peers | | | | Then, right before final publication, include their |
| Your initial draft needs to be reviewed by several of | | | | reviews on the inside jacket or back cover of the |
| your peers. They will serve not just as proof | | | | book. |
| readers, but will help you identify fragment story | | | | Giving the book to a person who will heap profuse |
| lines, situations that are not plausible, plots that don't | | | | praise on it even if it is balderdash is not going to |
| make sense, and characters that are too unrealistic. | | | | help you in any way. You need to have the book |
| Science fiction is based on the suspension of disbelief, | | | | reviewed by a real critic. An honest draft evaluation |
| but that disbelief can only be stretched so far. | | | | can save you from much future abasement. |
| Online workshops like Critters.org provide useful | | | | Additionally, by getting your book reviewed by a real |
| advice and evaluation. You can also join your local | | | | critic, you'll secure some promotion by the entity the |
| library critique workshop. Workshops allow you to get | | | | critic represents. |
| the book draft read by multiple persons resulting in | | | | Conclusion |
| more comprehensive feedback. By supplying you the | | | | These simple yet effective guidelines will go a long |
| opportunity to critique other's books they help you | | | | way in helping you write and sell your science fiction |
| hone your writing mettle. | | | | work. It is a long process and should not be rushed. |
| Step 3: The final draft | | | | In some cases writing, rewriting, and publishing a |
| After evaluation by your peers, you need to edit | | | | book can take several years. It requires a great deal |
| your draft to tie up loose ends and do away with | | | | of patience and fortitude. If you possess these |
| the fallacies pointed out by your evaluators. Eliminate | | | | qualities and a good deal of creativity you can go a |
| the imperceptible details and abridge the final version | | | | long way in the science fiction world. |