Showing posts with label Han Solo Effect. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Han Solo Effect. Show all posts

Sunday, December 12, 2010

The Han Solo Effect - Questioning the Fantasy Universe

Do your characters question reality? They should. Especially when that reality offers the kind of weirdness that travels back in time from alien planets...

Here we discuss why it's important for our protagonists to not only use the fantastic elements of your stories, but to question them.  As readers, we need reassurance that the universe of a given story could exist, and the best way to do that is bring up potential weaknesses in that universe.