Van-El's Technical Writer's Notes: Kryptonite 101
Well, you guys seems to like the (somewhat dorky/geeky) technical information I throw out, so I thought I'd show you a sample of stuff from my writer's notepad... at least to show you I haven't been lax. I am writing the next chapter of "The Son Becomes the Father" and planning both oneshots and sequel arcs with the help of ( Read more... )
Glad to know I was of help to you. For the record though, the first iteration of this document took me about 15 minutes to write from memory, and a further 5 minutes to improve the technical language and explanation with scientific terms and examples.
This is a good and a bad thing about writing in a "hard science fiction" style, which in essence is what the modern, Post-"Infinite Crisis" New Earth/Movieverse Superman is. You constantly have to remember all the hard facts about your world when working out the details from your plot outline as you want people to feel what it would be like to have Superman really be capable of these things in "our" world and the physical effects of such, as they read your story. The work I've done like this will probably help people more with the dreaded "Action Scene" though, as most people have the relationships and dialogue down.
That said, all the world-building in the world (pun not intended) can't make your story believable if your characters and your story don't also ring true and work well.
Van-El II
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