Hello, I've been having trouble with a sci fi W.I.P. (similar to SCP) that I've been thinking about, and that problem is basically "how do i make this make sense?", My story has a wide range of supernatual things such as eldritch beings, spirits, magic and aliens, but i don't know how to avoid making this feel cluttered or like it doesn't connect or make sense. Help?
I mean you could set everything up in categories if that makes since and just slowly start mixing everything together I honestly have one idea if that helps I'm not sure how to explain to you what I'm thinking lol
Your WIP sounds more like fantasy than sci-fi at first glance, which isn't bad. It just means you can redefine your goals. A fantasy work expects aliens, magic, eldritch beings and spirits, and doesn't need to explain how they all fit.
If your work is largely sci-fi, then everything runs back to science, even magic. Whether its an expression of quantum physics, or world-interactive airborne nanites, or manipulation of ligh/gravity/spacetime (similar to Faster-Than-Light flight), your magic can be grounded in tech or chemistry. This allows your world to feel coherent but highly advanced. Eldritch beings can be explained by creatures that naturally interact with quantum mechanics or interdimensionality. Spirits can follow the same patterns. Aliens, of course, exhibit powers and magical abilities through use of tech centuries ahead of ours. Maybe for regular characters, things like gene manipulation can be an explanation for some people having magic powers, or being stronger in magic. Genetic mutation can explain a lot of things. All of your world's cool elements can tie back to science and tech, and it will give your world a coherent, high-tech veneer. Very sci-fi.
The other side of this is that those things don't have to be explained at all, regardless of what genre you write in. If you connect the concepts, through plot lines and character interactions, then your reader will connect them as well. And That is dependent on your ability to write coherent plots. Good luck! :)