Dora Said:

Should I try to get my driver's license next month for jobs or save up a little & wait until May?

We Answered:

I think you should just stay unemployed for another month, work on your Spanish and combine your money.

Jean Said:

How can you make money online for teens?

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Eddie Said:

Writing a novel based on an original science-fiction concept?

We Answered:

Many years ago, I borrowed a large hardback from the library called "The Science in Science Fiction" by Peter Nicholls. It went into a lot of detail about common SF tropes and examined how scientifically plausible they were. It might still be in print, though will probably be rather difficult to get hold of. Failing that, there are a good number of "encyclopaedia of SF" books. Some of these just describe the popular movies, TV shows and books, but the better ones also have some more thoughtful examinations of the common elements of the genre.

On Amazon, try a search for "the science in science fiction nicholls". That'll find the book I mentioned, plus some other books that Mr Nicholls has written or co-written. There are also several books with titles like "How to write science fiction". Orson Scott Card has a popular one.

I wouldn't worry about thinking up unique names for technologies. "Faster-than-light drive" is a description, not a name. Many writers refer to "FTL drives". "Jump drive", "hyperdrive" and "hyperspace drive" are also common. "Warp drive" will make people think of Star Trek, but the term isn't exclusive to that show.

A cunning plan is to name some of your gadgets after the guy who invented them, or first proposed them. One of my stories has spaceships propelled by an Alcubierre drive (look it up - he's a real person).

EDIT: And yes, agilebrit is right - SF (good SF, anyway) is about people, and how these shiny gadgets and robots and spaceships and aliens affect their lives and their relationships with each other.