...uh, does it have to be a sci-fi story?
Posted by annepin (Member # 5952) on :
I think it can be anything you want. If you poke around you'll see there's plenty of fantasy there, some horror, the occasional literary story.
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Posted by InarticulateBabbler (Member # 4849) on :
quote: ...uh, does it have to be a sci-fi story?
No. It doesn't have to be any specific genre. Although, you'd do best to tell us in the Topic what it is: MyStory (historic fiction) -- 5000 words, or the like. That way people can judge it in that way.
Posted by KayTi (Member # 5137) on :
Yep, just specify. Most people here write sci-fi/fantasy of some sort or another, or have some type of speculative element to their work, so they are particularly well-suited to provide feedback within those genres since they read a ton of it too.
But be sure to tell us what genre your story is, and we'll <try to> act/critique appropriately. Just be careful of us spec-fiction readers. If it is in a speculative fiction genre, we tend to take things LITERALLY. Recent example - Rick Norwood has a story (hope you don't mind, Rick) in fragments and feedback for short stories right now that has a line where the dog flies up the stairs. More than one poster replied indicating they thought the dog LITERALLY flew up the stairs. I suspect Rick was using the term figuratively. So watch out for us!
Just be careful of us spec-fiction readers. If it is in a speculative fiction genre, we tend to take things LITERALLY. Recent example - Rick Norwood has a story (hope you don't mind, Rick) in fragments and feedback for short stories right now that has a line where the dog flies up the stairs. More than one poster replied indicating they thought the dog LITERALLY flew up the stairs. I suspect Rick was using the term figuratively. So watch out for us! 