Durn them Spaceships

[kriadydragon]

It's a sad, sad fact that I can imagine almost anything... except spaceships. Seriously, I try to come up with my own spaceships for a sci-fi story and my head starts to hurt. I can come up with alien worlds, weird creatures and, heck, even robots. But I can't come up with my own spaceships :P

Trying to create my own space ships for stories actually makes my brain hurt :P Thank goodness for Deviant Art, that's all I've got to say (and, no, I'm not taking other people's ship concepts. It just helps to have a visual to go by when I'm trying to figure out my own space faring vessels. Makes my head hurt less;)).

Comments

[black-raven135.livejournal.com]

When I envision space ships I think immediately of the Daedalus as it reminds me so much of a space version of the Navy's aircraft carrier........

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

I can think of spaceships that all ready exist - like the ships used in SGA - but making up my own spaceships seems next to impossible.

[black-raven135.livejournal.com]

I guess my vision is kind of limited when I think of
them.........
:D
Even before SGA began I thought of them more like aircraft carriers with huge hangar bays
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2329/2335730114_a8f4e51598_z.jpg
a large contingent of marines...........ship's company appropriate for mission and perhaps a pilot at the 'helm'
I know, just too dependable for me....
:D

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

That's what my mind tends to fall back on, plus whatever I've all ready seen in movies or on TV, but I'm never able to tweak them into my own creation.

[black-raven135.livejournal.com]

Interesting thing is I could easily visualize Morticia's hive in Castles........
It was so clear.
It is for that reason why there MUST be some description for me in a story instead of a lot of lengthy dialogue
I read something awhile ago that was stuffed with dialogue little description and I found myself wanting to know...........

[nefhiriel.livejournal.com]

I can come up with alien worlds, weird creatures and, heck, even robots. But I can't come up with my own spaceships :P

I can totally see how that would be, though. People/creatures/cities are so much easier to envision, because you can at least base them on things you've actually seen in person. Spaceships...those things are intimidatingly foreign to try and wrap your mind around, especially when combined with the need to have characters say Technical Stuff. I am terrible at writing real or faked geek speak--which is one of the reasons writing for SGA and SG1 both intimidate me so much. :o

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

People/creatures/cities are so much easier to envision, because you can at least base them on things you've actually seen in person. Spaceships...those things are intimidatingly foreign to try and wrap your mind around,

Very true. I envy people who can design spaceships and commit the image to paper (canvas, computer, what have you).

Yeah, I suck at sciency and technical stuff as well, which makes me a tad nervous about writing sci-fi. I love science fiction but am crap at science and math. I have an original story that deals a lot with genetics. I love the concept, but I'm not looking forward to having to write the genetics bits (I will try to be vague about such things, I will admit it).

[nefhiriel.livejournal.com]

I envy people who can design spaceships and commit the image to paper

Yes, definitely. I really wish I could take the vague ideas I get and elaborate upon them in sketch form but I'm pretty much limited to vague and rudimentary things, like city layouts. Heh. (My sister's so much better at this sorta thing then me, although she "only" does dragons--which are lovely.)

Math and science...eh, major yuk.Yeah, I pretty much stink at them, too. Which makes it extremely ironic that most of my favorite fictional characters absolutely brilliant at both. ^^

[sholio]

Yeah ... me too ... I sometimes wonder why my brain keeps insisting on giving me science fiction scenarios when I really am not that good at actually writing science fiction!

I see what you mean about DeviantArt having some awesome visuals for spaceship reference though.

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

I sometimes wonder why my brain keeps insisting on giving me science fiction scenarios when I really am not that good at actually writing science fiction!

Yes! My biggest worry about writing sci-fi is that they will become fodder for math and science-savvy nit-pickers. I love space, I love the idea of other inhabitable worlds and strange creatures, but the science aspect intimidates the crap out of me.