Content tagged with “writing” under “Stuff I Looked Up”

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Hard Science Fiction
Section
Stuff I Looked Up
Type
Explanation
Date
December 23, 2022
Words
106

“This is genre of science fiction that’s concerned with scientific accuracy, with explaining how something might actually work in the real world. For example, The Martian was hard science fiction. It presented an example of what an astronaut might actually do if stranded on Mars. A lot of Daniel…”

Missive
Section
Stuff I Looked Up
Type
Explanation
Date
June 26, 2022
Words
120

“ From the Latin ‘missivus’ which means ‘to be sent.’ It’s often defined as a physical letter, but increasingly is used for digital communications. ”

Scrivener
Section
Stuff I Looked Up
Type
Explanation
Date
April 6, 2024
Words
145

“ This refers to a professional scribe or copyist, whose job it was to copy manuscripts before the printing press was invented. The etymology traces back to the Latin word for ‘scribe.’ ”