Character Problem What’s harder for you to write: - heroes - villains - relationships - dialogue - emotional scenes - competent leadership - morally grey disasters pretending to be protagonists Explain

Welcome, Sci-Fi Writers Please read the community guidelines in the Space Ranger Manual, accessible to all members. This is the place for science fiction writers, worldbuilders, space opera addicts, military sci-fi tacticians, hard sci-fi nerds, soft sci-fi philosophers, and anyone who has ever spent three hours researching orbital mechanics instead of writing Chapter One. Whether you write: - gritty military sci-fi, - weird cosmic horror, - cyberpunk, - time travel, - AI rebellion stories, - alien first contact, ... you’re among friends here. Introduce yourself and tell us: - what you write, - what you’re working on, - and your all-time favourite sci-fi franchise, movie, or book. (There are no wrong answers… unless you say the Star Wars Holiday Special.) Mine? Mass Effect owns my soul, Stargate deserved ten more seasons, and I firmly believe The Fifth Element is one of the greatest sci-fi films ever made. Also a huge fan Ruins of the Galaxy book series by Christopher Hopper, the Planetside series by Michael Mammay, and the I, Robot series by Asimov. Now grab a coffee, tea, or bottle of contraband space whiskey and jump into the conversation. Not seeing Space Authors emails? Check your Spam/Junk folder and mark messages from Space Authors/Skool as “Not Spam” so you don't miss announcements, event reminders, or community updates.

Similar to a Beta Club or Writing Circle. Bring your work. Get real feedback. Keep your story yours. Draft Station is Space Authors’ live monthly scene workshop for Premium/VIP members. It’s a chance to put a piece of your current work in front of fellow writers and get thoughtful, constructive feedback in a friendly environment: guided by an author and/or editor. Reply with your name (in this thread) if you want to attend, and mention if you want to also submit a scene. One member will be chosen each month. Their scene will be sent to each participating member. Then we go live at the end of September to discuss the scene. More details under Draft Station in the Classroom.

What’s your favourite ship in science fiction? Could be because: - it looks cool, - the crew dynamic was amazing, - the design made sense, - or because it exploded in spectacular fashion.

Today, I spent a good hour working on rewrites for the second act of my WIP (work in progress). A great hour of accountability. What did you work on?