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Lynne Stringer:
Your Verindon Trilogy is sci-fi, but your latest novel is contemporary. I also write in different genres. Do you have any tips for juggling different genres or switching between the two?
Lynne Stringer
Probably the major difference is that a sci-fi/fantasy book will require more world building and explanations as the world will be largely unfamiliar to the reader, whereas a book set in the real world should be understood more readily.
For example, if I'm writing a contemporary book and I mention the characters go to a coffee shop, most people will instantly get an image in their minds so a description is only required if this coffee shop has particular traits that you want to mention if they're important to the plot. However, the place where sci-fi characters go to unwind will be completely alien (no pun intended!) to the reader, so will need to be explained at length.
For example, if I'm writing a contemporary book and I mention the characters go to a coffee shop, most people will instantly get an image in their minds so a description is only required if this coffee shop has particular traits that you want to mention if they're important to the plot. However, the place where sci-fi characters go to unwind will be completely alien (no pun intended!) to the reader, so will need to be explained at length.
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