Maybe I'm thinking about it too much, but I don't understand how to write magic into a story.
In a world where magic exists, the citizens are aware of it, have grown up with it. So could it really be considered "magic" at all? If it was part of their world, would it not be considered science?
If magic existed in a universe, would it be able to be explained by physical laws? Or by definition does it have to lack explanation?
basically, in a world with magic, what differentiates science and magic?
Landon James
One involves blind beliefs in a all-encompassing system while ignoring obvious flaws and inconsistencies, the other involves fireballs
Carson Sanders
>If it was part of their world, would it not be considered science?
not if it suspends the laws of physics.
>Or by definition does it have to lack explanation?
you can have a vague explanation about energy or whatever but there has to be a void behind magic such that there can't be any methodological way of explaining how it works, its mechanism. you can't have a physics of magic. but you can have an understanding of how to use it, to further the metaphor, you can have engineering but not physics.
you should maybe read a couple of piers morgan's books, maybe one in the incarnations series. they're not terrible, or terribly good, but they delve into this.
Anthony Green
most people don't know shit about science most people aren't exposed to cutting edge science regularly just use the magical equivalent of public transport and lamposts
Liam Reyes
Science could have a long winded explanation on how it works and how it got develop. Magic you don't have to explain anything on great detail beside some vague description. T. Writing a somewhat science fantasy novel.
Jace Baker
But if it could suspend the laws of physics, wouldn't they not be the laws of physics? That is, the world in which that type of magic was possible, would have different laws of physics that would take the magic into account.
Brody Fisher
>science you can't junction raw power and you need tools.
Josiah Baker
I only have an advice for you.
Don't make magic random. If you do, you'll fuck your novel up.
Jaxson Ramirez
I know what you're getting at, but in reality both involve fireballs.
