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I'm trying to write a story right now set in the era of Imperialism. My premise is that a new rare element was discovered in Antarctica that can be incredibly useful. This leads to a colonization races for the continent, and eventually war was well (complete with cool weapons created because of said rare minerals). This is my first real attempt at writing something, so I had a couple of questions. -When it comes to using the idea of *new wonder element* how grounded in reality does it have to remain? My idea was that it somehow manages to amplify electrical charges. I realize this breaks with the fundamental principle of conservation of energy, but is that an acceptable break from reality? -When approaching an alternate history kind of story like this, is it better to start with a small micro focus that zeros in on characters and then branches out into a larger world, or should it start with a broad sense of the world, then focus on the characters?
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