This is how the process works - I talk to my characters, and eventually they start talking back.
Thatās when the magic happens.
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āYeah,ā Rei said, beaming. āThe T. Rex isnāt having much luck. I was thinking Iād have him switch it up and go after a parasaurolophus.ā
His father stepped into the den and pulled out a brightly wrapped package from behind his back.
This is the year 2047
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His parents stood in the denās entrance, his father holding one arm behind his back, his mother rocking little eight-month-old Emily on her hip. āQuite the battle you have going on there, huh, Buddy?ā his father asked.
Rei knows dinosaurs
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Whatās the difference between science fiction and science fantasy? š¤āØ
One follows the laws of physics.
The other follows the laws of the story.
What do you think?
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The triceratops' three horns kept stabbing with surgical precision. The T. Rex normally hunted juveniles or sick adults. A healthy adult Triceratops was not an easy meal.
Reiās war of the titans was interrupted by footsteps.
Can you guess what it coming?
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Today, I'm trying the "shotgun" approach:
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I appreciate you enjoying Reiās journey
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The T. Rex wasnāt having much success. The ankylosaurus was basically a living tank and all the T. Rex managed was rattling its teeth trying to bite through armor. It didnāt fare much better against the triceratops.
Are you getting a sense of who Rei is?
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Once Ruth tried to vacuum near them. Rei burst into tears, sure she'd created an extinction event. That dayās diorama staged a fight to the death between a T. Rex and 2 herbivores: an ankylosaurus and a triceratops.
Appreciate you following Reiās journey
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I hope you are enjoying these little snippets. If you were diligent and collected them, you'd have half a book by now!
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He had taken over the den with elaborate dioramas. He called them setups and had a fit if anyone moved anything. He had religiously memorized the position of every dinosaur, tree & plastic boulder, down to the millimeter.
What helps you connect with Rei?
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Hi, I'm Michael Brachman! šš
I hold a Ph.D. in Sensory Science and Iāve spent years channeling that background into writing hard #sciencefiction - 14 books so far!
I write stories so scientifically grounded that they feel less like fiction and more like a preview of the future. #booksky
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Your point is well taken and I agree that accuracy matters. For me, the goal is to make the writing clear enough that readers stay immersed without needing a dictionary. Flow is everything.
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She didnāt start walking until fifteen months, wobbly the whole time. By eighteen months she finally steadied, just before they would have taken her for evaluation. Rei liked playing with Emily, but he loved his dinosaurs.
Enjoying these snippets?
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How do you know what grade level youāre actually writing at? š¤
Itās not about sounding smarter - itās about being understood. The best writing meets your reader where they are.
Clear > complicated. Every time. āļø
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She was sweet as could be but just not motivated to practice her motor skills. She wasnāt even pulling herself upright until her first birthday. Instead of crawling, she did what her parents called āthe worm.ā She wiggled around on the floor to get around
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Some nights, Ruth would find herself watching Emily sleep, counting each rise and fall of her tiny chest like a prayer she never admitted to making.
As fast as Rei had developed, Emily was so much slower. They all just called her a late bloomer. Sweet tho
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No matter how many times the doctor reassured her that Emily was fine, deep down, Ruth couldnāt shake the feeling that something wasnāt quite right. Emily always lagged behind her percentile charts while Rei had always flown past them. Some nights, she...
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Looking for your next series to get lost in? š
Check out the *Romeās Revolution* books I wrote - the stories pull you in and don't let go!
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Rei adjusted his grip to be careful. Edward put his arm around his wife, holding her tight, watching their two children cuddle. The contrast was striking. Rei seemed so robust compared to Emily. Ruth had asked their pediatrician about it several times.
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Rei promised to be super careful. He was surprised at how light she was. The blanket outweighed her. The warmth of her body seeped through the cotton. He was so fascinated that for a moment he forgot to breathe. He saw how small her fingers were.
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Another one of my favorite scenesā¦ and wait for it ā a big surprise at the end š
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They called them āspecial friesā and Emily loved them. Go figure. The first time Rei got to hold his baby sister was quite an event. Ruth hesitated before handing Emily over to him, her voice carrying just a hint of concern. She was delicate.
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...but everyone would have been happier if sheād gained weight faster. Once she started eating solid food, she quickly rejected the taste of meat. Or so she claimed. Sometimes, Reiās parents would take ground beef and stuff it inside French fries
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Sometimes sheād blink up at you mid-cry like she expected you to finish the sentence for her. As a baby, she had lots of energy but she was a very fussy eater. She didnāt grow very quickly. She wasnāt quite in the āfailure to thriveā range but...
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Emily Bierak was born on January 7, 2047, at Lankenau Hospital. She was a tiny thing, just under six pounds and 18 inches long. Her cries were always sharp but brief, as if she had something important to say but hadnāt figured out the words yet.
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...to not have children, once Rei came along, they saw that he was thriving. They decided to have another. Rei started practicing how to say big brother in front of the mirror, trying out different smiles to see which one felt the most grown-up.
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Next up: Chapter 2: Rei's sister is born. It doesn't end well.
In the March before Reiās 5th birthday, his parents told him that a baby sister was on her way. Rei was thrilled. While Ruth and Edward had originally agreed to not have children...
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Thereās a little bit of me in one character.
Not entirely - but enough to feel it when Iām writing. Thatās the fun of itā¦ slipping pieces of yourself into a character and seeing where they go.
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Rei never broke another record.
This marks the end of Chapter 6. I'll figure out which chapter I want to do next.
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He made varsity the following year. He was still a force in the butterfly. But the effortless symmetry heād found during his sophomore year, the fluid glide, the Rei machine, never returned. His stroke was strong, but no longer transcendent.
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