EngExt1 : Genre SF -- Altered Carbon

[ateenytinybear]

A call to the universe to ask if anyone has watched Altered Carbon on Netflix and thinks it could be a good SF supp. text?
Also thinking of doing SOMA [the game], and Brave New World as other related texts/ research.

[Mada438]

A call to the universe to ask if anyone has watched Altered Carbon on Netflix and thinks it could be a good SF supp. text?
Also thinking of doing SOMA [the game], and Brave New World as other related texts/ research.

I'm no English wiz, and don't know exactly what sort of stuff you're looking for in it as an ext 1 English text, but i don't think its particularity well made, or very good IMO

[NowYouTseMe]

oh my god another scifi student

i haven't seen it yet (although I definitely plan to) but if it displays clear SF conventions and reveals something important about the development of the SF genre when contrasted with your prescribed texts, i'd say it's worth giving a try. i'd pitch it to a teacher first though just bc it's a recent text, as well as a different text type to your traditional related texts so it might be risky

[ateenytinybear]

oh my god another scifi student

i haven't seen it yet (although I definitely plan to) but if it displays clear SF conventions and reveals something important about the development of the SF genre when contrasted with your prescribed texts, i'd say it's worth giving a try. i'd pitch it to a teacher first though just bc it's a recent text, as well as a different text type to your traditional related texts so it might be risky

1. thankyou!! 2.be warned NowYouTseME before you watch AC. It has so. Much. Nudity. Definitely not a show for the family. hahahaha

also keen to see you around the ExtEng.1 forums

[L3YL4]

Hey Everyone!
I have been having a bit of troubling in creating interesting plot lines in SF! I'm not really used to writing in this genre, and as such I'm finding it difficult to create a creative piece of writing that effectively incorporates SF conventions. Does anyone have any advice/inspiration?
Would be much appreciated! Thanks!

[NowYouTseMe]

I personally have the same problem in that I don't usually write in SF but I basically just put aside conventions and tried to develop a good SF-based idea.

To do that, I took a development in science and technology, projected it into the future and then basically used that speculative technology/novum and its ramifications to explore an aspect of the human condition and how it would be affected as a result of the novum. Once I had a solid idea of what I wanted to write(within the genre restrictions), the conventions somewhat came naturally.

Also, just submit creative pieces to your teacher lmao. Even if it's pure garbage, you can usually still reflect on it based off of teacher feedback and guidance.

[ateenytinybear]

Hey Everyone!
I have been having a bit of troubling in creating interesting plot lines in SF! I'm not really used to writing in this genre, and as such I'm finding it difficult to create a creative piece of writing that effectively incorporates SF conventions. Does anyone have any advice/inspiration?
Would be much appreciated! Thanks!

My teacher told us to profile the Dune world, and to use that world as practice for a creative. So use the world, and put it in the POV of a character that didn't actually exist in the original. Using/imitating other authors writings to practice your own is pretty helpful IMO

[L3YL4]

I personally have the same problem in that I don't usually write in SF but I basically just put aside conventions and tried to develop a good SF-based idea.

To do that, I took a development in science and technology, projected it into the future and then basically used that speculative technology/novum and its ramifications to explore an aspect of the human condition and how it would be affected as a result of the novum. Once I had a solid idea of what I wanted to write(within the genre restrictions), the conventions somewhat came naturally.

Also, just submit creative pieces to your teacher lmao. Even if it's pure garbage, you can usually still reflect on it based off of teacher feedback and guidance.

Hahaha so true about submitting drafts to teacher. Thanks a bunch, I'll give it a go!

[HeadChef]

Hey, just a heads up, my teacher for sci fi said to steer clear of TV shows... Generally they are too broad and have too much scope. Unless your doing an episode of an anthology/ stand alone episode. Its a pretty good show though so go for your life

[holky]

Hey Everyone!
I have been having a bit of troubling in creating interesting plot lines in SF! I'm not really used to writing in this genre, and as such I'm finding it difficult to create a creative piece of writing that effectively incorporates SF conventions. Does anyone have any advice/inspiration?
Would be much appreciated! Thanks!

Hey, one thing my extension teacher got me to do was brainstorm current issues and then choose some and brainstorm extensions or absurdisms for those
For example - say one of the issues was same-sex marriage, an extension/absurdism of that could be alien/human marriage or robot/human marriage
Or, he got me to brainstorm human relationships with the other - so I came up with a huge list of like slave, master, partner, God, worshipper etc. and then you can take one of those and expand it into a story
And remember, your story doesn't have to be on a big scale or address a whole world - my one is about a mother and a child and doesn't go into great, grand detail