I probably should know this, but I don't. I want to enter a contest and it requires a speculative element... HELP...
Exactly what is speculative element?
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It means an element of "unreality".
It can be sci-fi, fantasy, horror, magical realism, alternate history, etc.
As long as there's an element that would not be possible in the real world as we know it.
It can be sci-fi, fantasy, horror, magical realism, alternate history, etc.
As long as there's an element that would not be possible in the real world as we know it.
Thanks SL and BF....
I think I got a handle on it now...
I ususally don't write in those genres which is probably why it was unfamilar to me..
I really appreciate it...
I think I got a handle on it now...
I ususally don't write in those genres which is probably why it was unfamilar to me..
I really appreciate it...
Yeah. I think speculative is sci-fi and fantasy. But the term speculative is used because a lot of people think rather narrowly when they think science fiction or fantasy.
So, speculative. A story that has a somewhat imaginative or what-if element that looks either to possible scientific advance or supernatural sources. (What if people could fly? What if time wasn't linear?)
At least, this is my understanding of it.
a.g.c.
So, speculative. A story that has a somewhat imaginative or what-if element that looks either to possible scientific advance or supernatural sources. (What if people could fly? What if time wasn't linear?)
At least, this is my understanding of it.
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