{"id":29527,"date":"2025-05-19T08:00:51","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T15:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=29527"},"modified":"2025-05-19T11:19:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T18:19:09","slug":"science-fiction-brainstorming-two-essential-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/19\/science-fiction-brainstorming-two-essential-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Science Fiction Brainstorming: Two Essential Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/HTWTF-Episoed-153-Blog-images.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29528 size-full\" title=\"Episode 153 Blog Image\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/HTWTF-Episoed-153-Blog-images.png\" alt=\"Image of person holding bran with lightening erupting\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/HTWTF-Episoed-153-Blog-images.png 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/HTWTF-Episoed-153-Blog-images-80x80.png 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/HTWTF-Episoed-153-Blog-images-1.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29529 size-full aligncenter\" title=\"Quote from Science Fiction Brainstorming: Two Essential Tips\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/HTWTF-Episoed-153-Blog-images-1.png\" alt=\"Quote from How To Write the Future podcast episode Science Fiction Brainstorming: Two Essential Tips\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/HTWTF-Episoed-153-Blog-images-1.png 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/HTWTF-Episoed-153-Blog-images-1-80x80.png 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Science Fiction Brainstorming: Two Essential Tips &#8211; How To Write the Future podcast, episode 153<\/span><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cJust really let your creativity flow. No censorship, no stopping to, is this right? Is this wrong? It doesn&#8217;t matter.\u201d \u2014 Beth Barany<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this How To Write the Future podcast episode, host Beth Barany answers a question from a listener and shares her advice for those in the brainstorming stages of their novel. In \u201c<\/span><b>Science Fiction Brainstorming: Two Essential Tips,\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Beth highlights the importance of letting your creativity flow and shares about her book, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plan Your Novel Like A Pro<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, co-written by Ezra Barany, might be a great next step.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Platforms The podcast is available on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/153-science-fiction-brainstorming-two-essential-tips\/id1641025914?i=1000708961646\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/2012061\/episodes\/17184534-153-science-fiction-brainstorming-two-essential-tips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buzzsprout<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/2DarZjP6j0e5sJvXvTnD0c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a> \u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/ca590618-5630-4450-aa17-7e2f35359a76\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon Music<\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ID7u1jSmrDM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ID7u1jSmrDM?si=VXoD7QJ_tPHwCQeF\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><script type='text\/javascript' charset='utf-8' src='https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/2012061.js?container_id=buzzsprout-large-player&#038;player=large'><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RESOURCES\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>GET HELP WITH YOUR WORLD BUILDING &#8211; START HERE<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Free World Building Workbook for Fiction Writers:<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/world-building-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/world-building-resources\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Sign up for the 30-minute Story Success Clinic with Beth Barany:<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/story-success-clinic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/story-success-clinic\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Get support for your fiction writing by a novelist and writing teacher and coach. Schedule an exploratory call here and see if Beth can support you today:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/discovery-call\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/discovery-call\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About the How To Write the Future podcast\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How To Write The Future<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> podcast is for science fiction and fantasy writers who want to write positive futures and successfully bring those stories out into the marketplace. Hosted by Beth Barany, science fiction novelist and creativity coach for writers. We cover tips for fiction writers. This podcast is for readers too if you\u2019re at all curious about the future of humanity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This podcast is for you if you have questions like:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; How do I create a believable world for my science fiction story?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; How do I figure out what&#8217;s not working if my story feels flat?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; How do I make my story more interesting and alive?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This podcast is for readers too if you\u2019re at all curious about the future of humanity.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Transcript for Science Fiction Brainstorming: Two Essential Tips\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[00:00] Introduction and Podcast Overview\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hey everyone. Welcome back or welcome to my podcast, How To Write The Future. I&#8217;m in a little bit different setting than normal, trying something different. This podcast is for people who want to write positive, optimistic futures into their stories. I am a writing teacher, writing coach, career coach for creative entrepreneurs and an award-winning science fiction and fantasy writer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just so you know, I&#8217;m not coming from some theoretical perspective. I&#8217;m actually coming from a lived perspective.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[00:34] Client Question: Brainstorming a Novel\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So today I have a question from one of my clients. I&#8217;ve been asking all my writing clients for their questions that might be good for the podcast.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rodrigo&#8217;s question is essentially: what advice would you give someone who&#8217;s brainstorming their novel? They&#8217;re at the brainstorming stage for their novel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In his case, it&#8217;s science fiction novel. But of course this will go for fantasy novel as well, or any novel.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I specialize in helping science fiction and fantasy writers because it&#8217;s what I write and it&#8217;s what I love.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So he said, What advice would you give to someone who&#8217;s at the brainstorming stage, and they want to start writing?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They wanna start writing their story, but there&#8217;s so many options they&#8217;re still weighing so many different things. Especially he said when it comes to technology, because he&#8217;s writing a futuristic story. Lots of choices and lots of options. It can be overwhelming.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I basically said, oh, so world building is a lot, right?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You could spend all your time world building. And never get to your writing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Or you might feel really impatient about all the world building and you just wanna get to your writing. And also, you might be overwhelmed by all the different ideas that you have for your story.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All the different directions things could go.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So what do you do? What do you do with all of that? And I&#8217;ve been faced with this many times.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[01:58] Tip 1: Timed Writing Sessions<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I wanna give you one tip on how to, number one, get started, and number two, get organized.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Those two things can go a long way.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So if you are brainstorming or you wanna be brainstorming on your story world for your science fiction and fantasy novel, how do you begin? Where do you begin?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And I would say: You begin with short timed writing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And this will allow you to have a container, like a playground, a structure where you can put all of your ideas in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I wanna give you the permission slip to put all of your ideas down on paper.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So the first assignment is basically to free write, brainstorm without any censorship for at least 20 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So set your timer for 20 minutes and allow yourself to follow whichever of the ideas comes to mind. Follow that as far as you can go. Or you might be somebody who really just needs to get out all the ideas. Maybe you have 10 different competing ideas for your story, or 20 or 50, or maybe just five.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then use your brainstorming time, your timed 20 minute session to write everything down.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And very importantly, just really let your creativity flow. No censorship, no stopping to, is this right? Is this wrong? It doesn&#8217;t matter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, all that censorship- internal censorship and internal critic and internal editor- is often what stops authors from just moving forward and writing it all down.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So that&#8217;s my main tip for you is to use timed writing sessions and get all of your ideas on the page.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, if one 20 minute session isn&#8217;t enough, guess what? Do another and then do another and do another. And spend your time, your writing time, just with getting your ideas all down.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[03:47] Tip 2: Organizing Your Ideas\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, once you&#8217;ve done with that, and I want us to talk about organization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you&#8217;re done writing all your ideas, give yourself time to do it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Give yourself a few days, a few weeks, a few months. It really doesn&#8217;t matter when, especially for first time novelists, there&#8217;s no rush, there&#8217;s no race. This is for you to put your ideas on the page, and then secondly, for organization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you&#8217;ve had a clear mind, come back. Give yourself some space from what you&#8217;ve written. Now come back and notice and reread your work. Take your time. Reread all of your brainstorms.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notice there&#8217;s probably a pattern in there. There&#8217;s probably some ideas that you might have been repeating over and over, or some things that get you more excited than others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What I want you to do is organize this material in terms of the things that really excite you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And then notice you can break it down even further. Maybe you&#8217;ve already been describing things about your characters, things about your story world, things about your plot, and put those into three categories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I use Scrivener for this. I highly recommend Scrivener. I&#8217;m not an affiliate, I&#8217;m just a hardcore, longtime user. Really love them. There are other tools out there where you can organize your work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notion is good. I hear some people use Notion as well. I use Notion for other things, but not for organizing my stories.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[05:07] Conclusion and Additional Resources<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alright, that is it this week for you everyone. Please brainstorm your story, give yourself full permission to do it, and then with a fresh pair of eyes, look at your work and organize it and discern for yourself.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where is the excitement? What have you put down into your brainstorm?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And that will give you a personalized roadmap on what to do next.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[05:29] A resource for you<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now if you are looking for even more tips on how to get organized to brainstorm and plan and prepare to write your novel, then I highly recommend that you check out my book that I co-wrote with my husband, Ezra Barany.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We wrote <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plan Your Novel Like A Pro<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Yes, this is an ad. Check out <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plan Your Novel Like A Pro<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is designed to help you plan your entire novel in bite-sized bits. I hope you enjoy that. Get writing. That&#8217;s the most important thing is just get writing without censorship and you will find your way through.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alright everyone, write long and prosper.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Loved this episode? 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She\u2019s an award-winning fantasy and science fiction novelist and runs the podcast, \u201cHow To Write The Future.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn more about Beth Barany at these sites:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/author.bethbarany.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Author site<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/bethbarany.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coaching site<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/baranyschooloffiction.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">School of Fiction<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.writersfunzone.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Writer\u2019s Fun Zone blog<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CONNECT<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contact Beth: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/podcast\/#tve-jump-185b4422580\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/podcast\/#tve-jump-185b4422580<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Email: beth@bethbarany.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LinkedIn:<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bethbarany\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bethbarany\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IG: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bethbarany\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bethbarany\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TT: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@bethbarany\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@bethbarany\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FB: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bethbarany\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bethbarany<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">X: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BethBarany\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/BethBarany<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CREDITS\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EDITED WITH DESCRIPT:<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.descript.com?lmref=_w1WCA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> https:\/\/www.descript.com?lmref=_w1WCA <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Refer-a-Friend link)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MUSIC CREDITS : Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/uppbeat.io\/t\/soundroll\/fuzz-buzz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> https:\/\/uppbeat.io\/t\/soundroll\/fuzz-buzz<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> License code: UMMKDRL02DFGKJ0L. \u201cFuzz buzz\u201d by Soundroll. 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