Writer Blog #1

“A story consists of a sequence of actions that occur when a sympathetic character encounters a complicating situation that he confronts and solves.”  - Jon Franklin, Writing for Story.

I need a fixed set of actions, characters, these character's actions, and the situations they directly (or indirectly) place each other in, in a correct, logical timeline, for there to be a story.

This is when I know what I am doing - and this is miles before even writing.

Once I have a story that's entertaining, and captures 15 years of daydreaming, I need to confirm that the world gets changed by this story, in a way that's logical, but also consistent with my standards of fantastical evolution. The only thing I'm nervous about is my goal of including real science in the novel.

Putting that aside, despite having technical know-how, and great imagination, any in-world STEM topics needs to make sense, but also be scientifically understandable, even if disagreed with by scientist-peers.

Then the words need to reflect the world (in terms of conlangs, character's inner narratives) while being both entertaining and poetic.

I have the following wish list too:

1. Include a mathematically solved theory for my character, that is unsolved in our world (scientific expertise)
2. A conlang that the reader understands by the end of the series, without breaking immersion (world-building and narrative expertise)
3. A hidden clue in the novel (plotting and process planning)
4. New philosophical schools of thought (world building, narrative & character writing expertise)
5. A graphic novel section which explains the military campaign final (art, world-building, process-planning expertise & narrative expertise novelty)
6. Never before seen plot (I don't even know if this is possible - it's possible all plots are rehashes of other plots)
7. Poetic writing (writing skills)
8. Epic, tense storytelling that the reader is sucked into, enjoys, especially on a literary level, and likes opening the book and re-reading scenes from time to time (narrative, character, plot and writing skills)
9. 100% original creativity when it comes to the world building, and character complexities. (imagination, 100% spark theory, and lot's of knowledge)
10. Define, refine and use spark theory well - my counter to the idea that no idea is truly original.
11. All the fantasy needs to fall on level 4 of Mohs Scale of Science fiction - including magic.
12. Interstellar combat, elves and people with glasses - the sole exception to (9)