Writing Advice From Michael Crichton by La Belle Rouge Poetess Of The Heart
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edited: Thursday, October 6, 2016
Posted: Thursday, October 6, 2016
PLAY FAST AND LOOSE WITH THE FACTS. Story trumps all.
1. CHALLENGE YOUR READER. Don’t be afraid to tackle complex topics such as quantum physics or manipulating the genetic code. Readers love learning something new. Stirring their curiosity is just as important as grabbing them from the first page.
2. SURPRISE YOUR READER. No one reading The Andromeda Strain could have guessed the ending. Novels should be novel. Unpredictability is key.
3. KEEP THE CLOCK TICKING. Timing, tension, momentum, pace—Crichton set the bar. A pounding heart keeps the reader reading.
4. GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT. Whether the details pertain to science, history or setting, readers expect your research to be accurate.
5. PLAY FAST AND LOOSE WITH THE FACTS. Story trumps all. Crichton’s gift was making the impossible believable. Everyone knows that dinosaurs can’t be cloned from fossilized DNA, but if they could …
He's the best, RIP, dear writer. His book Jurassic Park beat my "Dinothon" out of contention for publication. Strangely enough, I was honored to park below such a great author. It didn't stop me--I went on to write The Wolfen Strain, and what else? Well, it was a clever DNA cloning story, of course! Where else would think that I got such an idea. What an inspiration he was!
I love Michael Crichton’s use of science and technology as the basis for his novels. It's the kind of science fiction writing that I try to do. Bending science and technology facts too much results in peer fantasy. So much of what science fiction without the science is doing today.
Dinosaur DNA is with us today in birds and reptiles. Science is making the impossible, possible all the time. I believe that if scientists wanted to, they could take the DNA of a turkey, combined with the DNA of an alligator, and create creatures that would come very close to what dinosaurs really were. The idea of getting dinosaur DNA from the blood of mosquitoes trapped in amber was brilliant. As was the societal implications of cyborgs (intelligent implants) in Terminal Man.
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Dinosaur DNA is with us today in birds and reptiles. Science is making the impossible, possible all the time. I believe that if scientists wanted to, they could take the DNA of a turkey, combined with the DNA of an alligator, and create creatures that would come very close to what dinosaurs really were. The idea of getting dinosaur DNA from the blood of mosquitoes trapped in amber was brilliant. As was the societal implications of cyborgs (intelligent implants) in Terminal Man.
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Jane