A4 #WomenWritersNet I love the dual timeline! I think we all worry about inaccuracies, because it's difficult to track all the details (especially with two timelines). At least you can research how ecosystems respond to stressors...

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A5 - Science scholarship is incredibly self-referential, you can pull mentions of related names, theories, etc. and drop them into your story to make the concept you're exploring feel fully anchored in hard science #WomenWritersNet

A5 - I do not, but if I wrote anything other than past or present it would be fantasy not sci/fi. My mind could fly with that.
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I read widely around disaster preparedness/ failures to prepare. I look at both human and bureaucratic responses to things happening now and that have happened in the past.

#WomenWritersNet A5: I was a feminist political activist who wrote essays and fiction. I'd sometimes imagine what the world would look like if, say, we had universal health care in the U. S. I'd write a story with that in mind. My PARENT 1 and PARENT 2 idea came from the work of activists.

A4 #WomenWritersNet It is, and it's hard not to see and write about concerning trends. I'm hopeful that #Writing about the future will ward off some bad things,

I think minimizing tech helps a lot, if you're not interested in #Writing #SciFi.

#WomenWritersNet A5: I was a feminist political activist who wrote essays and fiction. I'd sometimes imagine what the world would look like if, say, we had universal health care in the U. S. I'd write a story with that in mind. My PARENT 1 and PARENT 2 idea came from the work of activists.

A5 I guess my advice is to use your fears. The things that keep you up at night, wrestle them down into a chair at your mental kitchen table, so to speak, and hash things out with them. Maybe a logical plot emerges. #WomenWritersNet

A4 It’s always a bit of a gamble, isn’t it? Will I be completely off–or will this come to pass, in a way, and I’ll feel eerily responsible. I don’t tend to use much tech or necessarily research, it’s just following my psychological fears so far, rather than scientific ones. #WomenWritersNet

A4 #WomenWritersNet It's difficult to future proof everything you write, isn't it? (Although I hope we'll get both the Rose Garden and east wing restored!)

A.4 My novel has a pre-historic and future narrative. The historical actually caused me far more anxiety, because, you know, I could get called out on inaccuracies. Not so much a concern with the future. But envisaging how a society may warp in the face of ecological stress is...
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#WomenWritersNet A4: Unexpected current events that happen after I've written my story can screw it up. Example: having characters in the future visit the Rose Garden or the east wing of the White House - unless I do that for a good reason. Alternate timeline or universe comes to mind.

Yes! Although those hints always make me want to know more. This may be just me, but I find myself wanting a detailed account of how the writer thinks we would get from here to there. #WomenWritersNet

#WomenWritersNet A4: Unexpected current events that happen after I've written my story can screw it up. Example: having characters in the future visit the Rose Garden or the east wing of the White House - unless I do that for a good reason. Alternate timeline or universe comes to mind.

Q5 What approaches or techniques do you use to help you write about the future? Share your research suggestions, tips and/or strategies. #WomenWritersNet

A4 - the number of articles and videos on spacetime and wormholes I've gone through to make this plausible is insane. One of the main characters is a quantum physicist who knows his stuff (me, not so much) #WomenWritersNet

A4 #WomenWritersNet Yes, shaping the future requires carefully managing details that will create that future.

A4 #WomenWritersNet The nearer future (and no #SciFi) might be a better choice if you ever explore #Writing the future!

A4 #WomenWritersNet Fair enough!