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    Science fiction that follows its own physics

    Write in a Click keeps a science fiction novel's rules, terms and future history beside the draft, and lets you check real science without leaving the book. Robin, your story partner, reads every chapter and your Story Hub, and on Premium and Pro can search the web and show its sources. Robin never changes your manuscript on its own. In Edit Mode it can suggest changes, and nothing lands unless you keep it.

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    The one big change, and everything that follows from it

    The science fiction scholar Darko Suvin called the genre's defining element the novum: the new thing — a technology, a discovery, a changed society — that the story's world is built around. Much of what readers value in the genre comes from following that change through honestly. If minds can be copied, who owns the copy? If nothing travels faster than light, how long does a message home take, and who is left to read it?

    Hard science fiction keeps the novum inside known science and shows its working. Softer traditions and space opera give themselves more room and spend it on scale, politics or adventure. Either way, readers expect internal consistency. Once you have said what the drive can't do, the plot can't quietly let it.

    The genre's familiar trap is exposition. Readers have to understand the world without sitting through a lecture. Most writers handle it by revealing rules through consequence and conflict, and by cutting the "as you know" dialogue in which characters explain things they both already know.

    A worked example: a generation ship with real physics

    1. In the Research workspace, ask Robin how long a radio message takes to reach a ship four light-years out. With web search, included 10 times a month on Premium and 50 on Pro, Robin looks it up and lists the sources it used. Check them, then save the answer as a Story World card.
    2. Keep the ship's own words — deck names, ranks, slang the crew has grown over generations — under Glossary, and its century-by-century history under Timeline.
    3. Draft. When a chapter feels like a briefing, run Reader Pulse on it (Premium). Pacing is one of its estimates, beside Tension and the opening and closing hooks. A chapter low on both pacing and tension is often where exposition has taken over.
    4. Listen to your dialogue with read-aloud. Exposition hiding in conversation is easier to hear than to see.
    5. Before the finale, ask Robin: "What have I said so far about why the drive can't be restarted?" Robin searches your chapters for it. What the answer means for your ending is yours to decide.

    What it does not do for science fiction

    • Web search results are leads, not proof. Check anything the plot depends on against a source you trust; Robin can be wrong.
    • Free has no web search. Premium includes 10 searches a month and Pro 50.
    • There are no orbital calculators, star charts or diagram tools.
    • It is not a consistency engine. It answers the questions you ask about your rules.

    Why Write in a Click for Science Fiction

    Story World for the rules of your technology, Glossary for every invented term
    Web search with sources inside the Research workspace (Premium 10 a month, Pro 50)
    Reader Pulse's Pacing estimate helps you find the chapter that turned into a lecture
    Read-aloud to hear exposition hiding in dialogue
    Ask what you've already established about any system: Robin searches your chapters to answer

    Features Built for Science Fiction Writers

    Research with sources

    Ask Robin a real-world question in the Research workspace. With web search it shows where the answer came from. Save a card only after you have checked it.

    Rules, terms and future history

    Story World for how the technology works and what it costs, Glossary for invented terms, Timeline for the centuries between now and your story.

    Reader Pulse

    Estimated Opening hook, Closing hook, Pacing, Tension and Emotional resonance for a chapter, with the weakest area named. A preview before your first readers. Premium.

    Read-aloud

    Hear a chapter read back to you. Premium includes 300 minutes a month and Pro 1,200; Free can preview the voices.

    One universe, many books

    On Pro, a series keeps reading order, per-book summaries and a series description Robin reads when you write the next book.

    Your Site, free and styled for Science Fiction

    Every Write in a Click writer gets Your Site at writeinaclick.com/@yourname, built from the books already in your account. The Fantasy & sci-fi style is deep and atmospheric, for fantasy, sci-fi and long series. SEO & AEO by Robin, included free.

    See Your SiteSee the Fantasy & sci-fi example: Theo Varn

    Frequently Asked Questions

    Can Robin check my science?

    Robin can help you look things up. On Premium and Pro it can search the web and show its sources, and it can tell you what your own chapters have established. It is not a physicist, and it can be wrong, so check anything your plot depends on against a source you trust.

    Is it suitable for hard science fiction?

    Yes, as a place to write and keep your working: rules in Story World, terms in Glossary, research saved as cards with its sources. The rigour is yours; Write in a Click keeps it organised and lets you ask about it.

    How do I spot infodumps?

    Two ways. Run Reader Pulse (Premium) and look for chapters where the Pacing and Tension estimates both dip, and listen to suspect scenes with read-aloud. Then ask your beta readers where they skimmed.

    Can I build a shared universe across several books?

    On Pro, yes: create a series, set the reading order and keep a series description Robin reads for each later book. Free and Premium keep each book with its own Story Hub.

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