{"id":2243,"date":"2024-10-10T08:48:09","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T08:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quantum.closelycoded.site\/?page_id=2243"},"modified":"2024-12-17T10:40:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T10:40:49","slug":"backstory-unrequited-signals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/events.cqt.sg\/shorts\/backstory-unrequited-signals\/","title":{"rendered":"Backstory: Unrequited Signals"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2243\" class=\"elementor elementor-2243\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5922dc1c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5922dc1c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6683d3c4 elementor-absolute elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6683d3c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"92\" height=\"143\" src=\"https:\/\/events.cqt.sg\/shorts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/09\/pattern_top.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-591\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66666dcf elementor-absolute elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"66666dcf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"177\" src=\"https:\/\/events.cqt.sg\/shorts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/09\/pattern_bottom.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-592\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d31c074 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d31c074\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35255a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"35255a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Backstory: Unrequited Signals<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-698dafe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"698dafe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A Q&amp;A with\u00a0<strong>Tara Abrishami<\/strong>, First Prize in the Youth Category<\/p><p><a href=\"\/entry\/unrequited-signals\">Read the story first: Unrequited Signals<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bc8bc4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2bc8bc4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>What inspired your story of two scientists in different universes?<\/strong><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>I started with the basic premise that I wanted to write about two separate but similar universes. Parallel universes are so intriguing and they make for such a good plot element. I love thinking about what might be the same and what might be different between two alternate realities, and a lot of that came through in my story, with the same characters having the same jobs, but they have a different relationship. That was really the only element that I knew before I started writing. I really love using things like science for inspiration for writing.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>How did you become interested in parallel universes?<\/strong><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Well it&#8217;s one of my favourite things to think about in terms of the implications of quantum research. I also love thinking about a futuristic setting \u2013 I had a lot of fun describing the scientists\u2019 workplace, Le Centre. I was really lucky to have both great writing and great physics teachers in high school. My physics teachers would make jokes about what the physics theories might potentially imply, and so then I started getting interested and reading magazines and books on my own. I read Scientific American all the time. I was actually reading an old Scientific American magazine when I saw an advert for the 2013 Quantum Shorts competition. I looked it up to see if it was running again and it was!<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>What was the writing process like for Unrequited Signals?<\/strong><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>I read through it maybe hundreds of times and make little changes here and there. It&#8217;s definitely a process. I like to wait a few days before coming back to something that I&#8217;ve written because sometimes things that you missed you see when you&#8217;re reading through it with a fresh mind. 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