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19339876 No.19339876 [Reply] [Original]

If it is the author's job to know the world of their story before writing, then how was he able to write 500 stories? Do you think he put the work in?

>> No.19340334

>>19339876
>author's job to know the world of their story before writing
Never happened

>> No.19340339

You only need to know enough of the world to create a believable portrait for the reader. Nobody cares about the history of economics in your far future space opera unless it is directly related to the story you're telling.

>> No.19340489

>>19339876
Speculating about the consequences of an idea or a technology was baked into the process of story-telling for Asimov. The work was winging it at the typewriter, almost like a musician improvising on a theme at the keyboard. He was very consistent in describing his process as such.