Writing

SCIENCE FICTION

Science fiction stories often include:
- space travel
- aliens
- futuristic technology/machines/weapons
- time travel
- set in the future
- a problem that has to be solved (often involving the state of Earth in the future)

However, characters usually still behave like normal human beings.

You challenge is to write your own science fiction story. You might like to use some of the story ideas below (if you click on the diagram it will enlarge):


Think about creating interesting characters that have depth (this means that they are made more real by the way you describe them and their reactions to events in the story). Think about an interesting opening that is doing to draw the reader in. And remember, a story needs a problem that has to be resolved in order to keep the reader interested.

Once you have written and edited your story, you might like to e-mail it to me so that I can upload it onto the blog to share with the rest of the class.

Remember that you can also talk with your family about ideas before starting your story. They might have read some interesting science fiction books or be a good person to bounce your ideas off.

Happy writing:-)