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Tropes are tools\u2014not formulas.<\/h2>\n

First Contact. Artificial Intelligence. Generation Ships. Genetic Engineering. Alternate Realities. Alien Civilizations. Cyberpunk. Time Travel. Terraforming. Surveillance States. Human Augmentation. Dystopian Futures.<\/p>\n

Science fiction begins with possibility\u2014but a compelling science fiction story doesn’t stop at What if?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It asks: Then what?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Science Fiction Tropes Workbook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The StoryMetric\u2122 Science Fiction Tropes Workbook<\/strong> gives you 596 defined science fiction tropes, patterns, and speculative story possibilities<\/strong> to explore\u2014and a system for deciding what those possibilities actually do<\/strong> to your story.<\/p>\n

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  • What becomes possible?<\/li>\n
  • Who benefits from it?<\/li>\n
  • Who loses power?<\/li>\n
  • What does it change about society, relationships, identity, survival, or everyday life?<\/li>\n
  • What new problem does the solution create?<\/li>\n
  • What happens when your characters must live with the consequences?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    StoryMetric\u2122 helps you move from an interesting science fiction idea to a speculative story with consequences.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    POSSIBILITY. CONSEQUENCE. CHANGE.<\/h2>\n
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    Science Fiction Tropes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    A speculative idea can start a science fiction story.<\/p>\n

    Its consequences<\/strong> can make that story compelling.<\/p>\n

    Start with the possibility:<\/p>\n

    What if this existed, happened, changed, or became possible?<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Then keep going.<\/p>\n

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    • What changes first?<\/li>\n
    • What changes because of that?<\/li>\n
    • Who gains power?<\/li>\n
    • Who loses it?<\/li>\n
    • What new choices become possible?<\/li>\n
    • What old assumptions stop working?<\/li>\n
    • What unintended consequences emerge?<\/li>\n
    • How are your characters forced to respond?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      The StoryMetric\u2122 approach helps you move beyond the initial What If?<\/strong> to examine the chain of consequences that turns speculation into story.<\/p>\n

      Inside the Science Fiction Tropes Workbook<\/h2>\n
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      • Explore 596 defined science fiction tropes, patterns, and speculative story possibilities<\/strong><\/li>\n
      • Discover possibilities involving space and colonization, first contact, artificial intelligence, robots, cyberpunk, surveillance, genetics, cloning, personhood, time, reality, dystopia, utopia, apocalypse, empire, warfare, corporations, climate futures, cyborgs, crime, espionage, relationships, family, and more<\/li>\n
      • Examine tropes and speculative ideas by story function<\/strong>, not simply as a giant list<\/li>\n
      • Brainstorm possibilities involving science and technology, societies and political systems, AI and nonhuman intelligence, bodies and genetics, space and environment, time and reality, relationships, and ethical tradeoffs<\/li>\n
      • Explore the consequences created by your speculative choices<\/li>\n
      • Rank the ideas and tropes with the greatest potential for your story<\/li>\n
      • Combine, twist, challenge, or subvert familiar science fiction patterns<\/li>\n
      • Return to your choices during planning, drafting, and revision<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        The workbook moves beyond identifying tropes by asking you to combine possibilities, consider what new conflicts they create, determine what changes and what resists change, and connect those choices to character decisions and consequences.<\/p>\n

        Built for Science Fiction Writers<\/h2>\n

        Whether you’re brainstorming a new idea, planning a novel, already drafting, or revising a story that needs stronger conflict or consequences, this workbook gives you a structured way to explore possibilities.<\/p>\n

        Use it to develop stories involving Science Fiction \u2022 Space Opera \u2022 First Contact \u2022 Cyberpunk \u2022 Dystopian Fiction \u2022 Climate Fiction \u2022 Time Travel \u2022 Alternate Reality \u2022 AI & Robot Fiction \u2022 Genetic & Biotech Fiction \u2022 Military Science Fiction \u2022 Post-Apocalyptic Fiction \u2022 Social Science Fiction \u2022 Speculative Thrillers \u2022 Science Fiction Mystery \u2022 Science Fiction Romance<\/strong><\/p>\n

        USE IT YOUR WAY<\/h2>\n

        TYPE<\/strong> directly into the fillable workbook.<\/p>\n

        PRINT<\/strong> the pages and complete them by hand.<\/p>\n

        RETURN<\/strong> to your trope choices and speculative ideas during planning, drafting, and revision.<\/p>\n

        What You Receive<\/h2>\n

        One StoryMetric\u2122 Science Fiction Tropes Workbook PDF<\/strong><\/p>\n

        596 defined science fiction tropes, patterns, and speculative story possibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n

        FILLABLE<\/strong> \u2014 Type directly into applicable worksheet fields and use included dropdowns.<\/p>\n

        PRINTABLE<\/strong> \u2014 Print the workbook and complete it by hand.<\/p>\n

        Instant digital download. No physical product will be shipped.<\/strong><\/p>\n

        PDF form functionality can vary by software. For the best experience, use a current PDF application.<\/p>\n

        Download Information<\/h2>\n

        Your purchase includes access to the digital workbook for 30 days, with up to 5 downloads<\/strong>. Please save the PDF to your device after downloading for continued personal use.<\/p>\n

        Personal Use Only<\/h2>\n

        Your purchase is for your personal writing use. An editable source or Word\/DOCX file is not included.<\/p>\n

        The workbook may not be copied, shared, redistributed, resold, publicly uploaded, or reproduced for students, clients, classes, workshops, or groups.<\/p>\n

        READY TO TURN \u201cWHAT IF?\u201d INTO \u201cWHAT HAPPENS NEXT?\u201d<\/h2>\n

        You don’t need another list of science fiction ideas.<\/p>\n

        You need to know which possibilities belong in your story, what they change, and what happens because they exist.<\/strong><\/p>\n

        Explore 596 defined science fiction tropes, patterns, and speculative story possibilities<\/strong>. Discover unexpected combinations. Follow consequences beyond the first obvious result. Use the StoryMetric\u2122 process to transform fascinating possibilities into science fiction stories with conflict, pressure, choice, and change.<\/p>\n

        StoryMetric\u2122 Science Fiction Tropes Workbook<\/strong><\/p>\n

        596 Tropes & Speculative Story Possibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n

        Printable + Fillable PDF | $16.99<\/strong><\/p>\n

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        596 SCIENCE FICTION TROPES. ONE WORKBOOK TO HELP YOU BUILD WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.<\/strong><\/p>\n

        Don’t just invent a fascinating technology, alien civilization, future society, or impossible discovery. Explore what it changes<\/strong>. The StoryMetric\u2122 Science Fiction Tropes Workbook helps writers explore, combine, rank, and reimagine 596 defined science fiction tropes, patterns, and speculative story possibilities<\/strong> to develop compelling worlds, conflicts, characters, consequences, and story ideas.<\/p>\n

        596 defined tropes & story possibilities \u2022 Functional groupings \u2022 Guided worksheets \u2022 Printable + fillable PDF \u2022 Instant digital download<\/strong><\/p>\n

        For planning, drafting & revision.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[1198],"product_cat":[1194,1243,1197,1222],"product_tag":[1254,1224,1304,1257,1229,1227,1256,1291,1297,1290,1294,1296,1298,1293,1292,1295,1300,1299,1220,1301,1232,1303,1302,1255,1238,1226,1241],"class_list":["post-6508","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_brand-storymetric","product_cat-resources","product_cat-trope-worksheets","product_cat-writer-resources","product_cat-writing-worksheets-packets","product_tag-author-resources","product_tag-character-development","product_tag-digital-writing-workbook","product_tag-fillable-writing-workbook","product_tag-novel-planning","product_tag-plot-development","product_tag-printable-writing-workbook","product_tag-sci-fi-tropes","product_tag-science-fiction-story-ideas","product_tag-science-fiction-tropes","product_tag-science-fiction-workbook","product_tag-science-fiction-worksheets","product_tag-science-fiction-worldbuilding","product_tag-science-fiction-writers","product_tag-science-fiction-writing","product_tag-science-fiction-writing-workbook","product_tag-speculative-fiction-writers","product_tag-speculative-fiction-writing","product_tag-story-development","product_tag-story-planning","product_tag-storymetric","product_tag-trope-workbook","product_tag-worldbuilding-workbook","product_tag-writer-resources","product_tag-writing-tropes","product_tag-writing-workbook","product_tag-writing-worksheets","first","instock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t