The Intimately Human and the Grandly Cosmic
The Intimately Human and the Grandly Cosmic
May 18, 2024 2:30 PM 3:45 PM Hudson Room
Making your science fiction appeal not just to the mind but to the heart as well. The number-one reason mainstream readers don’t even try science fiction is they think it has nothing to offer them emotionally: they wrongly believe that it’s either too dry and intellectual or that any character development is sketchy, and any character drama is simplistic and juvenile. But the best science fiction is as emotionally complex, as heart-wrenching, as moving, and as uplifting as the best mainstream fiction. Learn how to balance both halves of the term “science fiction” without giving short-shrift to either.