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Is Social Media Science Fiction?
Spiritual elements in a science-fiction novelResearch about science fiction readers?How do I avoid tech/social errors in near-future fiction?Is contributing to “social media” an example of “writing for exposure”?Is there a YouTube for writers? Basically a way to share manuscripts on social mediaWhat makes bad science fiction?Writing an autobiographical science fictionReferencing modern pop culture in science fictionIs time travel science fiction or fantasy?Branding Yourself & Being Social As A Blogger
I am writing a science fiction story (actually a screenplay for a film, but I imagine that for the purposes of this question the same rules apply) and I have been told that it isn't really science fiction. It's a series of vignettes with an overarching plot about the snowball effect, and is designed to not really have any single antagonist; the primary "vessel" for this is social media and its abuse. All of the social media used does currently exist (it's a film for a school project, so I get fair use). Does this... count as science fiction? If not, why?
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I am writing a science fiction story (actually a screenplay for a film, but I imagine that for the purposes of this question the same rules apply) and I have been told that it isn't really science fiction. It's a series of vignettes with an overarching plot about the snowball effect, and is designed to not really have any single antagonist; the primary "vessel" for this is social media and its abuse. All of the social media used does currently exist (it's a film for a school project, so I get fair use). Does this... count as science fiction? If not, why?
screenwriting science-fiction social-media
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Hi user124 and welcome to Writing.SE. Amadeus gave you a great answer but we ask here that you wait a full day or two before choosing a best answer. That will encourage others to answer, which is of course what you want. You can choose that accepted answer at any time, there's no time limit. Also, it's not required but if you like, you can choose a name for yourself. You can be anonymous or not, your choice, but you don't have to have user### anymore. Thanks for asking a question!
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I am writing a science fiction story (actually a screenplay for a film, but I imagine that for the purposes of this question the same rules apply) and I have been told that it isn't really science fiction. It's a series of vignettes with an overarching plot about the snowball effect, and is designed to not really have any single antagonist; the primary "vessel" for this is social media and its abuse. All of the social media used does currently exist (it's a film for a school project, so I get fair use). Does this... count as science fiction? If not, why?
screenwriting science-fiction social-media
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I am writing a science fiction story (actually a screenplay for a film, but I imagine that for the purposes of this question the same rules apply) and I have been told that it isn't really science fiction. It's a series of vignettes with an overarching plot about the snowball effect, and is designed to not really have any single antagonist; the primary "vessel" for this is social media and its abuse. All of the social media used does currently exist (it's a film for a school project, so I get fair use). Does this... count as science fiction? If not, why?
screenwriting science-fiction social-media
screenwriting science-fiction social-media
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Hi user124 and welcome to Writing.SE. Amadeus gave you a great answer but we ask here that you wait a full day or two before choosing a best answer. That will encourage others to answer, which is of course what you want. You can choose that accepted answer at any time, there's no time limit. Also, it's not required but if you like, you can choose a name for yourself. You can be anonymous or not, your choice, but you don't have to have user### anymore. Thanks for asking a question!
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Hi user124 and welcome to Writing.SE. Amadeus gave you a great answer but we ask here that you wait a full day or two before choosing a best answer. That will encourage others to answer, which is of course what you want. You can choose that accepted answer at any time, there's no time limit. Also, it's not required but if you like, you can choose a name for yourself. You can be anonymous or not, your choice, but you don't have to have user### anymore. Thanks for asking a question!
– Cyn
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Hi user124 and welcome to Writing.SE. Amadeus gave you a great answer but we ask here that you wait a full day or two before choosing a best answer. That will encourage others to answer, which is of course what you want. You can choose that accepted answer at any time, there's no time limit. Also, it's not required but if you like, you can choose a name for yourself. You can be anonymous or not, your choice, but you don't have to have user### anymore. Thanks for asking a question!
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Hi user124 and welcome to Writing.SE. Amadeus gave you a great answer but we ask here that you wait a full day or two before choosing a best answer. That will encourage others to answer, which is of course what you want. You can choose that accepted answer at any time, there's no time limit. Also, it's not required but if you like, you can choose a name for yourself. You can be anonymous or not, your choice, but you don't have to have user### anymore. Thanks for asking a question!
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It isn't science fiction, it is just Contemporary fiction, aka Realistic fiction.
A Science Fiction story must rely heavily on some non-existing tech or some reasonably plausible guess at a futuristic development; like being visited by aliens, or discovering them.
In some scenarios (about the future, or space operas, etc) there is a lot of this; in others it can be just one thing; e.g. a time-travel story may have only one piece of non-existing tech (the time machine).
The NEW tech (or discovery) must be central to the story line and what happens, e.g. in Star Wars, FTL space travel, light sabers, sentient robots and sentient aliens are all central to the plot. In Men In Black, only a little new tech is important, but aliens are central to the plot.
It isn't "science fiction" if it is about science but the science employed is not fictional; it is what we already know, you offer no surprises or eye-opening innovations on the tech front, or about the future.
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Note though that "near future" science fiction does exist. The concepts may already be here, and even the basic technologies - the novel simply takes it to one plausible conclusion. "Interface" by Neal Stephenson is a good example.
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It isn't science fiction, it is just Contemporary fiction, aka Realistic fiction.
A Science Fiction story must rely heavily on some non-existing tech or some reasonably plausible guess at a futuristic development; like being visited by aliens, or discovering them.
In some scenarios (about the future, or space operas, etc) there is a lot of this; in others it can be just one thing; e.g. a time-travel story may have only one piece of non-existing tech (the time machine).
The NEW tech (or discovery) must be central to the story line and what happens, e.g. in Star Wars, FTL space travel, light sabers, sentient robots and sentient aliens are all central to the plot. In Men In Black, only a little new tech is important, but aliens are central to the plot.
It isn't "science fiction" if it is about science but the science employed is not fictional; it is what we already know, you offer no surprises or eye-opening innovations on the tech front, or about the future.
answered 1 hour ago
AmadeusAmadeus
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Note though that "near future" science fiction does exist. The concepts may already be here, and even the basic technologies - the novel simply takes it to one plausible conclusion. "Interface" by Neal Stephenson is a good example.
– Graham
7 mins ago
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It isn't science fiction, it is just Contemporary fiction, aka Realistic fiction.
A Science Fiction story must rely heavily on some non-existing tech or some reasonably plausible guess at a futuristic development; like being visited by aliens, or discovering them.
In some scenarios (about the future, or space operas, etc) there is a lot of this; in others it can be just one thing; e.g. a time-travel story may have only one piece of non-existing tech (the time machine).
The NEW tech (or discovery) must be central to the story line and what happens, e.g. in Star Wars, FTL space travel, light sabers, sentient robots and sentient aliens are all central to the plot. In Men In Black, only a little new tech is important, but aliens are central to the plot.
It isn't "science fiction" if it is about science but the science employed is not fictional; it is what we already know, you offer no surprises or eye-opening innovations on the tech front, or about the future.
answered 1 hour ago
AmadeusAmadeus
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Note though that "near future" science fiction does exist. The concepts may already be here, and even the basic technologies - the novel simply takes it to one plausible conclusion. "Interface" by Neal Stephenson is a good example.
– Graham
7 mins ago
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It isn't science fiction, it is just Contemporary fiction, aka Realistic fiction.
A Science Fiction story must rely heavily on some non-existing tech or some reasonably plausible guess at a futuristic development; like being visited by aliens, or discovering them.
In some scenarios (about the future, or space operas, etc) there is a lot of this; in others it can be just one thing; e.g. a time-travel story may have only one piece of non-existing tech (the time machine).
The NEW tech (or discovery) must be central to the story line and what happens, e.g. in Star Wars, FTL space travel, light sabers, sentient robots and sentient aliens are all central to the plot. In Men In Black, only a little new tech is important, but aliens are central to the plot.
It isn't "science fiction" if it is about science but the science employed is not fictional; it is what we already know, you offer no surprises or eye-opening innovations on the tech front, or about the future.
answered 1 hour ago
AmadeusAmadeus
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It isn't science fiction, it is just Contemporary fiction, aka Realistic fiction.
A Science Fiction story must rely heavily on some non-existing tech or some reasonably plausible guess at a futuristic development; like being visited by aliens, or discovering them.
In some scenarios (about the future, or space operas, etc) there is a lot of this; in others it can be just one thing; e.g. a time-travel story may have only one piece of non-existing tech (the time machine).
The NEW tech (or discovery) must be central to the story line and what happens, e.g. in Star Wars, FTL space travel, light sabers, sentient robots and sentient aliens are all central to the plot. In Men In Black, only a little new tech is important, but aliens are central to the plot.
It isn't "science fiction" if it is about science but the science employed is not fictional; it is what we already know, you offer no surprises or eye-opening innovations on the tech front, or about the future.
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Note though that "near future" science fiction does exist. The concepts may already be here, and even the basic technologies - the novel simply takes it to one plausible conclusion. "Interface" by Neal Stephenson is a good example.
– Graham
7 mins ago
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Note though that "near future" science fiction does exist. The concepts may already be here, and even the basic technologies - the novel simply takes it to one plausible conclusion. "Interface" by Neal Stephenson is a good example.
– Graham
7 mins ago
Note though that "near future" science fiction does exist. The concepts may already be here, and even the basic technologies - the novel simply takes it to one plausible conclusion. "Interface" by Neal Stephenson is a good example.
– Graham
7 mins ago
Note though that "near future" science fiction does exist. The concepts may already be here, and even the basic technologies - the novel simply takes it to one plausible conclusion. "Interface" by Neal Stephenson is a good example.
– Graham
7 mins ago
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Hi user124 and welcome to Writing.SE. Amadeus gave you a great answer but we ask here that you wait a full day or two before choosing a best answer. That will encourage others to answer, which is of course what you want. You can choose that accepted answer at any time, there's no time limit. Also, it's not required but if you like, you can choose a name for yourself. You can be anonymous or not, your choice, but you don't have to have user### anymore. Thanks for asking a question!
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