English: Example of a subject in a Ganzfeld telepathy experiment. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Following on from declaring Telepaths as hard science fiction I thought I would write about using Telepathy in stories and how to solve the problems. Telepathy is a super power, and with all super powers it brings a reduction in challenge for characters endowed with it. Writing a Story featuring Telepathy I mentioned two things I did in passing in the earlier post, but there's also a third. Set universal limits on super powers Give characters moral limits that stop them abusing their super powers Give the opposite side a (temporary) counter to the super powers Taken together these let you put the conflict and challenges back into the situations your characters find themselves in. We all know the equation: Conflict + characters = plot So this…
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