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The Time Trust: That's the way I write fiction, Pro. I like to consider all the angles before leaping into any given situation, and while some of the angles will end up showing up in story form, the rest of them will be tossed out depending on how the story goes. It's the way I work best. You consider it "anal-retentive overplanning" -- I consider it the best way to weed out as many plot-holes as possible before they're written into the story in order to ensure that the story remains internally consistent. And despite that "anal-retentive overplanning" some things still manage to slip through, but I usually catch the worst problems first. I guess I'm kind of like Batman. I like to be prepared.

BTW, Hemingway was a complete nut for "anal-retentive overplanning" -- he used to write out his entire novel in a rough draft, then summarize it into 600-or-so words, then write out a second draft based on the summary rather than the first draft, then summarize THAT into about 1500 words, and then write out a third draft based on that summary, which he would then proofread and keep rewriting until he got it right. The summarizing part was done in order to ensure that his novel's plot remained internally consistent. He was truly insane, and while you may or may not like his style of writing, you can't pick his plots apart. He did the work in advance. I'm not comparing myself to Hemingway -- far from it -- but I think he set a good example of how to write an internally-consistent plot which I hope to learn from, even if I don't care to summarize and rewrite every single story or post I write here.



Do you realize that you compare yourself to Batman, and make passing inferences that you and Hemingway have common traits?

Listen, as for this is how YOU write fiction: No shit! I've been writing with you long enough to recognize your methods, TTT. But, did it occur to you that me asking/planning about the lack of tech/non-working tech theories was simply the way I work?

And, to point, Hemingway's use of plot flow and narrative planning is great and all (even though I find 90% of his work insipid and bland), but, this isn't about you writing a solo novel TTT. It's a group thing. Thus, don't point fingers at me when I'm doing exactly the same thing you are doing, but with different words.

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Grimm: That's what I tried to tell you yesterday.



Since when have I taken your words as edict? Besides, if you look at the time of the posts, you'll see that all this came AFTER I talked to you.

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Thank you, Spider bloody Jerusalem. . .



No problem, Tim bloody Vigil....

EURO :

(1) The pic is awesome. Well done.

(2) As for the disguise, I'll go with group consensus, as usual. All I'm asking for is variety.

(3) Why is Gooz attempting to shove a table up your ass?

PHIL : You DID see that in a SkyMall catalog. However, I killed the inventor, raped his offspring, and ate his heart for courage. Now it's MY technology. Don't think I wouldn't do the same to all of you. Except CJ. She's fun to talk to, and knows alot about sticking an arm up a bull's ass. Knowledge like that's hard to come by, you know....

I agree with Doc about Drake being a perfect public spokesperson. This would allow NotWedge to write Drake out (going to serve in the UN), and, yet, still have him as a valid, useful, and productive character within this universe. I think it would be fun to have the group sit around the TV some nights, watching Drake Marshall debate with others on C-SPAN. Besides, it strikes me that Marshall himself is almost infinitely more useful than Drax ever was. Worth a thought, anyway.