Rant: 1

Hey

So I decided to have a minor rant about writing.

One of the toughest things for me right now is writing new tracks. That's right -- writing tracks for Elliot and her team to compete on, sometimes with the bells and whistles a hovercraft needs to keep spacial disorientation at bay. A real threat when the racers have to fly through a magnetic field.

But what else could there be? Well, I can't use all my ideas too early. I should consider adding a new point of view. Agent Gage needs to make an entrance at some point. I might go through and read through to see where the appropriate points would be. It would take me well over 20k -- again.

Did I mention I'd hit the 20k mark on my first draft? Probably not, since I don't know enough about what's going to happen next. Its all stored neatly in my mind, with the scenes floating around in search of something to connect with. Blame the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy for my new love of Science Fiction and chalk it up to fate that I'm writing a female protagonist in the style of a paranormal fantasy novel.

There's the fantasy influence right there. I have to go through and check my technology. But then if I invent something light years ahead, it might not matter. I just have to know its possible, or do I have to research? Probably, if I need to offer an in depth explanation ... but what my character doesn't know, my readers can't know, because she won't know to relay it. The joys of first person. So I need a general idea of how it works. The show and tell portion? I've already run into some hard knocks, with problems raring their heads on all sides.

Maybe I should start the rewrite already to include the second POV? It might sound a little extreme, but it'd be quick ... sort of.

I'll figure it out. Eventually.

In the meantime I'll keep writing.

Love, Nyxix