ok so my mind is just blowing up with ideas for what i think could be an epic/original sci fi novel/series… however i suck at grammar,spelling usage etc… and also type kinda slow… would anyone be willing to collaborate and if we got somewhere with it split the $$$ 50/50 ??? pm me or reply here
Ideas are a dime a dozen. The hard part is creating a story out of that idea with realistic characters, a believable plot, and all the other factors that make up a good story. So I don’t think you’ll get any takers.
I’m honestly really curious to hear what the “original/unique sci fi” idea is.
What is the idea? And may I ask how old you are?
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Indeed.
I have a brilliant idea for a product to sell! If someone wants to obtain startup money, design and make the product, market it, and find a way to distribute it, I’ll split the profit with you 50/50!
As a card-carrying published SF author, I can say that what you have just posting is an ongoing joke in the SF field. “I have a great idea for a story. You write it and we can split it 50-50.” :rolleyes:
The polite authors just decline.
The idea is the easiest part of writing. And, in general, the “mind-blowing” idea most people come up with turns out to be a cliche that has been used in the field for decades.
This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, if it’s done well. The problem is, if the author isn’t aware that the idea has been used so often that it’s a cliche, then the author will usually write yet another story with the same ending. It’s particularly bad when people aren’t familiar with written SF, and only know about movie or TV SF.
Guys, I think this poster is most likely a kid. Hence, the naive post. However, I’d love to hear the concept.
Any links to your books or collections of short stories?
Indeed. I’m not a published author, but this joke is familiar enough to me that the thought crossed my mind that the OP himself might be joking.
To be fair, the OP didn’t say that he had an idea, but rather lots of ideas. He also said that the part he needed help with was the more mechanical part, like spelling and grammar and typing. He didn’t say anything at all about things like plotting and characterization, which may mean he’s prepared to do all that kind of work, or it may mean he’s too naive to realize that there is work involved in those sorts of things.
But now I’m curious whether there has ever been a successful writing partnership (in SF or elsewhere) in which one person was primarily the “ideas generator” and the other handled all the technical details of writing. I suppose some books written by a celebrity with an “as told to” cowriter or ghost writer might count.
I have a great idea that I’ve been wotking on for a story. Mine is about a futuristic amusement park where dinosaurs are brought to life through advanced cloning techniques. I call it “Billy and the Cloneasaurus.”
I suppose Ellery Queen might fit. Frederick Dannay was supposedly very good at the puzzles and Manfred Lee handled the characterizations. When Lee died,* the Queen stories were tended to be “dying clue” puzzles, with little characterization.
*Making the statement “Ellery Queen was half-dead” literal truth.
It occurred to me that mystery/detective fiction might be one genre in which a really good, clever, original idea might actually be worth 50% of the profit.
Amen to that.
I wrote about fifty pages of a modern day fantasy novel before I realized that I was writing a book that I wouldn’t even want to read. Character development is hard, and I just didn’t have the talent for it.
I had characters. The luckless modern day human protagonist. His put upon ex-girlfriend. A minotaur who can’t find a job in modern times because all the mazes are made in corn fields. Smartass gnomes at war with smartass dwarfs. A vegetarian dragon. There’s a funny story to tell with these, but I couldn’t do it.
It’s not the ability to come up with an idea that makes a novel. It’s the grunt work of being able to craft it.
I’ve always wanted to ask this.
Where do you get your ideas?
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The best example I can think of is Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. Niven, going by his solo works, is a veritable fountain of ideas but does poorly with character development; his books are often very dry. Niven’s collaborations with Pournelle are much better; the characters are much more distinct, interesting, and believable. Niven made a name for himself in SF solo before he worked with Pournelle, though, so it’s not quite the same thing.
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