The next story I post will not easily fit into the categories available on the 'Create Content' page. I need to choose the right tags so that those who decide to read it understand what they're getting.
I'm aware that many people prefer to read stories only when they're complete. I also realise that the last serial I published on this site, 'Goodbye Master Stokes', came to a conclusion just when some readers felt it was starting to get going. Given the length of the Ruth story arc that preceded it, I can understand their disappointment.
I don't want this to be the case with my next effort, working title 'The Uncertainty Principle'. It concerns a guy who wakes up one morning as a woman in a parallel universe. No explanation, it just happens. Each chapter will focus on a different aspect of her struggle to adapt, not only to her new sex but to the different attitudes and values of the world she now inhabits. I won't say too much about it, but if you think 'steampunk' you've got the general idea.
It isn't a novel. There's no plot as such. But it's neither a soap opera nor a collection of short stories.
Naturally I'd like my work to reach a wide audience. If anyone can suggest the appropriate tags to use I'd be indebted to them.
Rich
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Hey!
That sounds good! Now you better write it cause if you don't, I just might! :P
Hugs,
Erin
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
Just Add Your Own Tag
'Uncertainty?'
Hugs,
Jonelle
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Makes Sense
Makes sense. After all, if the writing's good enough people will find it no matter what tags I use.
I Know!
It's about quantum particle physics. There is uncertainty about the position and velocity of a subatomic particle. One can try and locate a particle to be within some limits; the smaller the limits, the better the information on the particle's location. The problem is that the better the information on location, the worse the information is about the velocity of the particle. This is besides the rule that looking at a particle makes it one thing or the other whereas before observation there was a possibility that it was either.
There's no plot to this comment either. I've lost track of the reason.....
Hugs and Bright Blessings,
Renee
lost track of the reason????
And that just brings us right back to the Uncertainty Principle...
How about Quantum Confusion????? For a tag I mean....
A.
Dag nabet
Have you been looking over my shoulder again. Quantum Physics even gives God head aches. It will be interesting to see how you work with the uncertainty of infinite possibilities. And the little understood principal that act of observation and the intentions of the observer affects the results.
See "What the fu×+ do we really know" it is a great primer for quantum theory. I have the two DVD set. If watched when drinking wine it makes it realy funny, and helps your head not to hurt the next day.
TTFN
MICHELE he he he
With those with open eyes the world reads like a book
The Title Is A Play On Words
I think John Gribbin's 'In Search of Schrodinger's Cat' and the sequel, 'Schrodinger's Kittens' are both excellent introductions to the subject. The first volume gets into the minds of the scientists who came up with the theory, the second explores its implications in more detail. The most mind-blowing popular work I've read in this vein is David Deutsch's 'The Fabric of Reality', where he makes a persuasive case for the existence of parallel universes based on the 'two slits' experiment.
But I won't be exploring these avenues in any detail. The title is a play on words, nothing more. I may not even keep it.
Cereal
If it's always the same character in the same setting, it clearly should be tagged as a 'serial.' So the way to make it clear to the reader that it's a sequence with no plot might be to use a term other than chapter in the title for each installment. Perhaps something like "The Uncertainty Principle: Reaction 1" or "The Uncertainty Principle: Incident 1" to get across the point that this work will be a series of vignettes.
Thanks Jennifer. I'll give
Thanks Jennifer. I'll give that some thought.