Nano - oiy

[likethebeer]

Oh, crap: I've gotten myself into a pickle. Well, not a huge pickle, but I've got to get my (now) 2 characters & a cat on the road from 1 place of hiding to the city. My prob is that I wanna be reasonable in getting them there but it's taking FOREVER. It's really hard to move 3 beings around.

Oiy, I'm boring myself at this point and I KNOW that's not good, but I don't know what to do at this moment. It's 8 a.m., so it's not like I can just plunge in & write for an hour.

I think what I need to do is kill off the 2ndary character. She's served her purpose - getting the MC out, talking to her a little bit. She comes from a satellite of another planet, and she used to be rich, so I'm thinking maybe that will lead the MC to go to that lite.

Of course, that could explain why the 2ndary character had a relationship w/someone that pulls her into this part of the story, anyway. There's a place they're looking for and they don't know how to find it.

And, once again, there isn't enough sci-fi in this sci-fi story. Let's see what's happened lately: gee. They crawled through an underground tunnel. Not a space underground tunnel. They hid out in a crypt for a couple of days. Not a space underground crypt. The MC dyed her hair using blood and pee. Not space blood & pee.

Srsly: I need some spaceships and stuff, and SOON. I'll think about that today. But, crap! They're going to a huge frickin' city and looking for something, like how do they FIND it if they don't talk to people, which means shitloads of dialog that I don't feel like writing?! I just want them to find it! FUCK. Ok. I'll figure this out. I've still way ahead of the word count so I've got some time to figure it out.

Comments

[brianlee.livejournal.com]

A couple of plot development tactics: A mysterious flash of light/mirror like portal/bout of unexplained unconciousness/stange being with a transport mechanism etc and they arrive.

[likethebeer.livejournal.com]

Flash of lightning. Interesting (all of 'em, really). That might pull it in another direction. I'll have to think about these things tonight when I get back from work.

[brianlee.livejournal.com]

Is the beauty of Sci fi. Normal conventions do not apply.
Best of luck.

[cursethedark.livejournal.com]

I'm highly amused by the concept of Space Pee. I don't feel good about it.

Interesting you should write in

[likethebeer.livejournal.com]

It was your sister who I was thinking of when I remembered to put the word "space" in front of the nouns. After all, she's been really supportive of my space monks.

Oh, and

[likethebeer.livejournal.com]

I think you have every right to find Space Pee amusing. If it didn't involve explosive decompression, I'm sure it already would have been done by our astromen and astrowomen.