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I'm interested in screenwriting, so I got the book, and it looks really good. I went straight to the chapter on structure and characters, and just soaked in everything. I've begun the other chapters, and he seems to know what he's talking about. And he's a Fulbright Scholar, which is very...

That's pretty good. :) Good point, but I was wondering if there's anything I should read first.

Thanks, everyone. :) Toby, I do over-analyze everything, but that's me. But, in my work, I often see people copying, and, since they don't know the underlying reasons behind what they're doing, they often make mistakes. I also know, from my education, that there are techniques and theories...

Thank you, everyone, for your help in my previous thread. I have another question. A story can be either plot-driven or character driven. Enemy Mine would be character driven, because it focuses on the interaction between a human and the reptile, while Asimov's Foundation Trilogy would be...

You're welcome, and thanks for telling me what a Simon Pure is. :)

What is "Simon-pure" anyway?

Heinlein admitted that he violated ALL his rules.

Writing involves personal experience, so why don't you take a few taxi rides and find out? :)

Thanks, everyone. :) That would be my approach. Hmmm, good point. But they could not really have had a fight or escape the flooding island if the enemy warrior was pregnant. Exactly! There seems to be two schools, from the initial responses - one would agree with me, and the...

I'm trying to do some work in science fiction, as in a space opera, and I'd like to bounce something off the masters in this forum. Robert Heinlein said I would agree with that, but the difficult part, as always, is implementation. For example, a story of "Martian girl falls in...

I'm not convinced the White House is right. It may think it's telling the truth, but it may also be lied to by those in the know. I say this because, a few years ago, the UFO buffs brought a lawsuit to compel the government to disclose the documents regarding unidentified flying objects, and...

But they did come up with cars for many people, plumbing fixtures, convenience stores, clothing, medical high tech, pharmaceutical high tech, cell phones, personal computers, movies, TV, cartoons, comics, processed foods, and who knows what else. As for landing on the moon, there was no money...

Agreed, but I'm not qualified to talk about it. I can say, however, that, given the trends, we will be in space in a major way over the next half century. For example, most people don't know the first thing about computers, but they could safely say computing power will double every 18 months...

When the Wright brothers flew their plane at Kitty Hawk, did anyone think that, within 50 years, we'd be jetting all over the place? And that, ten years after that, we'd be landing on the moon? In fact, in the 1960's, the Club of Rome predicted the end of the world by 1985, and Paul Ehrlich...

Between the early 1900's, when the Wright Brothers flew, and 1969, when we landed on the moon, we managed to do quite a lot in just a few decades. By the same token, between the early 2000's and 2069, we could have colonized the solar system and be sending our first probes to the nearest star...

Well, if you really want to take things to extreme, then, yes, there are limits, because we will be extinct one day. But, for the time being, there are no limits to growth.

Will there be problems? Absolutely. And there will be setbacks, delays, disappointments, and, yes, deaths. But my point remains valid, that, if we can go into space, that will be the definitive answer to the idea that there are limits to growth. And, don't forget, the moon landings in the...

The New York Times (NYT) recently has two articles on how private enterprise is going into space. The first talks of the Falcon 9 rocket successfully going into orbit, while the second talks of how a billionaire is preparing to put space habitats into orbit, to be leased for profit to other...

Just saw the movie, and it was an obvious take on the Disney movie, so it was quite predictable and, at times, boring. Hate to say it, but the plot wasn't anything to keep me on the edge of my seat. The 3D effects were nifty, though.