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Feb. 21st, 2011 11:46 amToday I'm in catch-up mode. Gentle catch-up mode, because obviously I'm not well yet (still feverish, still not hungry, still tired, but the aches are definitely diminishing). So far my big achievements are to wash a bunch of dishes, to scare fruit flies, and to write some novel. I now only have 15,000 words of fiction to write before I polish off the location checks and museums and asking historians difficult questions and sorting out the life surrounding abbeys, which is all planned for July. That's one thing, then, that's pretty much under control.
I need to have that 15,000 words written before I talk to scientists, I realise, so that they know what I'm trying to achieve. Today's section, for instance, related the Heisenberg uncertainty principle directly to the plot. Not entirely effectively, I have to add. I need more explanation of the how and I need to give it without info-dumping, but I put the mechanism in today, and it's character linked *and* it ups the tension and it also advances one set of relationships. All of this will be good, when I've tidied the writing and added the science to explain. And here this paragraph comes full circle - I have more sections like this to write, before I can talk to specialists and make sure I have the specifics right. The general stuff I've already checked on (CSIRO peoples rock, just in case you didn't know this).
Now I need a rest, but after that I'll tackle my very urgent list. If I can get 15 items off it, then I'm clear for teaching prep tomorrow. Teaching prep tomorrow is rather hefty, as it's first session of a new course.
Everything is possible, as long as I take my time and don't push too hard.
I need to have that 15,000 words written before I talk to scientists, I realise, so that they know what I'm trying to achieve. Today's section, for instance, related the Heisenberg uncertainty principle directly to the plot. Not entirely effectively, I have to add. I need more explanation of the how and I need to give it without info-dumping, but I put the mechanism in today, and it's character linked *and* it ups the tension and it also advances one set of relationships. All of this will be good, when I've tidied the writing and added the science to explain. And here this paragraph comes full circle - I have more sections like this to write, before I can talk to specialists and make sure I have the specifics right. The general stuff I've already checked on (CSIRO peoples rock, just in case you didn't know this).
Now I need a rest, but after that I'll tackle my very urgent list. If I can get 15 items off it, then I'm clear for teaching prep tomorrow. Teaching prep tomorrow is rather hefty, as it's first session of a new course.
Everything is possible, as long as I take my time and don't push too hard.