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    How do you write?

    I'll start with an idea for something. It could be a basic plotline, a character, or a setting. For my new project, I'm starting with the two main...
    Post by: Franz Hansen, Dec 19, 2023 in forum: Plot Development
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    Have you been there?

    I do draw a lot from real world settings. When I travel, I like to take pictures of landscapes and land formations to use on my fictional worlds....
    Post by: Franz Hansen, Dec 19, 2023 in forum: Setting Development
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    How do your stories end?

    Heroic. There are two ships. My characters are in one, drawing enemy fire to buy time for the other ship to get away.
    Post by: Franz Hansen, Dec 12, 2022 in forum: Plot Development
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    How do your stories end?

    I write futuristic science fiction. Books 1 and 3 ended happy with my main characters hopeful for the future. Book 2 was more of a grim ending...
    Post by: Franz Hansen, Dec 12, 2022 in forum: Plot Development
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    Where have you been?

    My travels and my writing are closely linked. I plan my travels based on my writings, and I design my settings based on places that I would like...
    Post by: Franz Hansen, Dec 10, 2022 in forum: Setting Development
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    Epilogues

    Like prologues, I'll add an epilogue if I feel it's needed. Book 2 of my Draconia series ended with a sort-of cliffhanger. A natural pause in the...
    Post by: Franz Hansen, Dec 29, 2020 in forum: Plot Development
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    Dragon sea travel?

    I just have my dragons fly, following currents and flying toward the pole instead of flying straight across. I also took inspiration from whales...
    Post by: Franz Hansen, Nov 25, 2020 in forum: Setting Development
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    Unique Scifi Settings

    Recently, I started thinking about a series of stories chronicling alien colonization of prehistoric Earth and Mars--specifically, Earth's late...
    Post by: Franz Hansen, Nov 22, 2020 in forum: Science Fiction
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    Dragonfire in your Settings

    The dragons in my Draconia books have a pair of air sacs above their lungs that, when the dragon breathes into them, super heats the air,...
    Post by: Franz Hansen, Nov 15, 2020 in forum: Setting Development
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    Inserting Fictional Races into a Real World Setting

    A few authors have inserted dragons into real world settings. The most famous is probably Naomi Novak's Temeraire books. There's another, Voices...
    Post by: Franz Hansen, Oct 14, 2020 in forum: Setting Development
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    Writing to music.

    I have a number of playlists on YouTube with music that I use for writing. Two Epic Steps -- featuring music from Two Steps From Hell and similar...
    Post by: Franz Hansen, Oct 14, 2020 in forum: General Writing
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    Things you recently bought or got

    From Amazon recently, I ordered... Blu-ray copy of Underdog (2007) Assorted 12-pack of Rock Star Energy Drinks A cheap region-Free Blu-ray Player...
    Post by: Franz Hansen, Oct 14, 2020 in forum: The Lounge
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    Who inspired you to become a writer?

    When I was a child around 8 or 9, I started collecting Star Trek and Star Wars Micro Machines. With these, I developed a series of my own Star...
    Post by: Franz Hansen, Aug 4, 2015 in forum: Discussion of Published Works
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    Novel Do you chapterise as you write?

    I outline chapter by chapter. So, in the manuscript, I know what scenes I have for a specific chapter. Once those are done, I move on to the next...
    Post by: Franz Hansen, Aug 4, 2015 in forum: Genre Discussions
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    What's your first line?

    Shenkak gripped his armrests with webbed fingers while his ship shook around him.
    Post by: Franz Hansen, Aug 4, 2015 in forum: General Writing
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