{"id":12543,"date":"2015-05-11T01:00:18","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T08:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=12543"},"modified":"2015-05-05T17:30:37","modified_gmt":"2015-05-06T00:30:37","slug":"how-to-make-the-future-look-like-right-now-by-catharine-bramkamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/11\/how-to-make-the-future-look-like-right-now-by-catharine-bramkamp\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make The Future Look Like Right Now by Catharine Bramkamp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1KHvYY3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1KHvYY3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12544 size-medium\" title=\"How to Make The Future Look Like Right Now by Catharine Bramkamp\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/FutureRightNowBanner-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"How to Make The Future Look Like Right Now by Catharine Bramkamp\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/FutureRightNowBanner-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/FutureRightNowBanner.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Let\u2019s\u00a0welcome\u00a0back monthly columnist <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1KHvYY3\" target=\"_blank\">Catharine Bramkamp<\/a> as she shares with us about \u201cHow to Make The Future Look Like Right Now.\u201d\u00a0<em>Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><strong>Science Fiction and\/or Time Travel is fun.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We get to imagine the future, create bizarre creatures, re-imagine everything we may not like in this world, and fix it in the next. But newbie authors sometimes get so caught up in this bright shinning city on the hill, they forget the basics of story telling and the hazards of world creation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It\u2019s not just about future world.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At all cost, avoid making future technology the bulk of the story. Technology can certainly be part of many crisis points. Technology can cause plot twists, it can even be the joke or second plot line. Just avoid making future technology the whole\u00a0 story. Even <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1EaGyBe\" target=\"_blank\">I Robot<\/a> had something else to do.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>It\u2019s All About Right Now<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/BuyFutureGirls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/BuyFutureGirls\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12336 size-medium\" title=\"Future Girls by Catharine Bramkamp\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/FutureGirls_150dpi_eBook-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"Future Girls by Catharine Bramkamp\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/FutureGirls_150dpi_eBook-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/FutureGirls_150dpi_eBook-640x1024.jpg 640w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/FutureGirls_150dpi_eBook-300x480.jpg 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/FutureGirls_150dpi_eBook.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/a>You know you are writing about the future. Your reader knows you are writing about the future. Your characters do not. What you may see as a fantastic break through, your character experiences as another every day frustration. Instead of the new wow, create an old frustration. In <em><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1dIC8Mq\" target=\"_blank\">Future Girls<\/a><\/em>, the men work exclusively through the Reality Cloud, they can command anything, anyone, any situation and play in virtual reality all day. Cool. Except what happens when a character can\u2019t access? It would be like one bar on a cell phone. Never mind we carry tiny computers in our pockets, you wanted to download that You Tube video right now. See how that works?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>What if Technology is the problem, not the answer?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>What is the trade off for all this great technology? We quote <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1GVlm6x\" target=\"_blank\">2001: A Space Odyssey<\/a> all the time &#8212; the idea of a computer taking over our whole life, and yet, we still stand in line for a phone that takes voice instructions. There are countless examples of technology gone awry. It\u2019s a great plot device &#8212; Man versus the Machine &#8212; and it is popular because it taps into our own ambivalence about technology. As an author you can ask the question what are we sacrificing for\u00a0 convenience, for immediacy? Are hundreds of entertainment channel necessary, a joy,\u00a0 or is it\u00a0 just more work to wade through all of them in the search to find \u201csomething to watch\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>Like Margaret Atwood pointed out in <em>Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/em>, what if all our electronic credit and bank cards were revoked? Can we escape the all encompassing systems and identity relinquishment just so we can check out 20 seconds faster?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Create a real plot in an un-real setting<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Find your hero or heroine, give them a purpose \u2013 a goal and a background. Once the essential plot is established, often Man versus the Machine, forge ahead with the real story:\u00a0 the journey; love; discovery. Create the real plot, make sure your characters are full and flawed, then drop them into a world\u00a0 \u00a0that looks common place to them, but is crazy interesting to the reader.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<h2>ABOUT THE AUTHOR<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1KHvYY3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1KHvYY3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12334\" title=\"Catharine Bramkamp\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Catharine-Bramkamp-pic-274x300.jpg\" alt=\"Catharine Bramkamp\" width=\"150\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Catharine-Bramkamp-pic-274x300.jpg 274w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Catharine-Bramkamp-pic-300x329.jpg 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Catharine-Bramkamp-pic.jpg 584w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1KHvYY3\" target=\"_blank\">Catharine Bramkamp<\/a> is the author of <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1dIC8Mq\" target=\"_blank\">Future Girls<\/a> and <em>Future Gold<\/em> (out July 1 2015 \u2013 Eternal Press), time travel YA novels for adventurous readers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1dIC8Mq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1dIC8Mq\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-12336 size-medium aligncenter\" title=\"Future Girls by Catharine Bramkamp\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/FutureGirls_150dpi_eBook-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"Future Girls by Catharine Bramkamp\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/FutureGirls_150dpi_eBook-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/FutureGirls_150dpi_eBook-640x1024.jpg 640w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/FutureGirls_150dpi_eBook-300x480.jpg 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/FutureGirls_150dpi_eBook.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Future Girls\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/BuyFutureGirls\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/BuyFutureGirls<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Future Girls Trailer\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/FutureGirlsTrailer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/FutureGirlsTrailer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Science Fiction and\/or Time Travel is fun.  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