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“(The string is extremely tiny, at the Planck length of 10 ^-33 cm, a billion billion times smaller than a proton, so all subatomic particles appear pointlike.)
If we were to pluck this string, the vibration would change; the electron might turn into a neutrino. Pluck it again and it might turn into a quark. In fact, if you plucked it hard enough, it could turn into any of the known subatomic particles.
Strings can interact by splitting and rejoining, thus creating the interactions we see among electrons and protons in atoms. In this way, through string theory, we can reproduce all the laws of atomic and nuclear physics. The "melodies" that can be written on strings correspond to the laws of chemistry. The universe can now be viewed as a vast symphony of strings.”
― Parallel Worlds: A Journey through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos
If we were to pluck this string, the vibration would change; the electron might turn into a neutrino. Pluck it again and it might turn into a quark. In fact, if you plucked it hard enough, it could turn into any of the known subatomic particles.
Strings can interact by splitting and rejoining, thus creating the interactions we see among electrons and protons in atoms. In this way, through string theory, we can reproduce all the laws of atomic and nuclear physics. The "melodies" that can be written on strings correspond to the laws of chemistry. The universe can now be viewed as a vast symphony of strings.”
― Parallel Worlds: A Journey through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos
“There are no new plots, but there are plenty of fresh new characters with whom you can grab the reader. Characterization is the key to successful commercial fiction. Characterization starts with goal, motivation, and conflict. Character”
― GMC: Goal, Motivation and Conflict
― GMC: Goal, Motivation and Conflict
“If you wish to abrogate all responsibility for your moral and intellectual independence, then by all means - conform with the herd and obey blindly.”
― The Crane War
― The Crane War
“We don't like writing. We like having written.”
― GMC: Goal, Motivation and Conflict: The Building Blocks of Good Fiction
― GMC: Goal, Motivation and Conflict: The Building Blocks of Good Fiction
“Movies and television may be influencing writers to write more visually, using immediate scenes with specific points of view to put their stories across. But fiction can always accomplish something that visual media will never be able to match.
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One of the great gifts of literature is that it allows for the expression of unexpressed thoughts: interior monologue.”
― Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print
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One of the great gifts of literature is that it allows for the expression of unexpressed thoughts: interior monologue.”
― Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print
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