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Charles Q. Choi

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My current outlining process for sci-fi

A friend of mine recently wanted to know more about my outlining process. It’s a good question.

So I've been world-building my sci-fi setting for more than a decade. I had thought writing stories within it would be relatively straightforward. One of the rude awakenings I had when I first started actually started writing sci-fi was how ill-prepared I initially found myself despite my decades of jour

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	Analog Science Fiction & Fact, January/February 2021 by Trevor Quachri (Editor), Dan Helms, Deborah L. Davitt (Goodreads Author) 3.69 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Analog Science Fiction & Fact, May/June 2021 by Trevor Quachri (Editor), Lettie Prell (Goodreads Author), Neal Asher (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 32 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Analog Science Fiction & Fact, May/June 2022 by Trevor Quachri (Editor), Adam-Troy Castro (Contributor), Eric Del Carlo (Contributor) 4.03 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best of MetaStellar Year One by Melody Friedenthal (Editor/Contributor), Marie LeClaire (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Geordie Morse (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scientific Amercian Brasil, nº 140 by Gerbrand Ceder (Contributor), Kristin Persson (Contributor), Dave Levitan (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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