Bullet Points

I think that I need to expand on my current story outline. I am currently on the third bullet point, and I am only on page 13. I seem to be flying through the story much faster than I should be. Of course these first points are short items compared to points later on in the story. They are just to introduce the main characters, set the scenes etc.

As a note to self (so I can add this when I have access to my documents):

- On the morning of the trip to the plateau, take that from Gaven's point of view, so we can see his flat etc. (gear shaped, cylinder apt. building. he has a loft above his bedroom, a kitchen and bathroom, front door opens into his living room)

- Enroute to the plateau, discuss Naeva's past etc. Father who never noticed her, cept when she got PERFECT marks etc.

- At the plateau, they find the water bubbling etc. Under the plateau is a HUGE cavern of water, like bubbling up (may need to research this). They need to send this data back to the lab, poss speak with someone there (may need some additional character profiles)


Other points will be expanded upon later.

Research: Deep Sea Fish

Deep Sea Fish Photos
NOVA Info Page

Research: Ocean Depth

http://www.madsci.org


Most parts of the ocean are about 5 kilometers (3 miles) deep. However, deep ocean trenches can be as much as 11 km (7 miles) deep. The deepest point in the world's oceans is the Challenger Deep, in the Marianas Trench; its depth is 11.03 km (36,200 feet). In 1953, the bathyscaphe ("bathy" = deep, "scaphe" = ship) Trieste descended to 35,800 ft (10.91 km) in the Challenger Deep. The Trieste was manned by Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh; it was built by Jacques and his father, Auguste.

So the answer to your second question is that man has been almost to the deepest point in the sea.

What's the pressure there? You can find the pressure by using the hydrostatic relation:

  p = rho g z

where p is the pressure, rho is the density of seawater (about 1030 kg/m³), g is the acceleration of gravity (9.81 m/s²) and z is the depth. I get 1114 bars -- that's over 1000 times the atmospheric pressure at sea level.

Research: Water Canopy pt. 2

“Fountains of the Deep”
These fountains were evidently created in the beginning to water the earth. We are told in Genesis 2:5,6 that there was no rain at first, but instead a mist went up from the earth to water the whole face of the ground. The Hebrew word for mist not only suggests a mist or fog and its associated dew as we would understand this process today, but literal fountains, as geysers or springs.
Four rivers flowed from the Garden of Eden, and if there was no rain, then such a spring would be the source of the water that then went in four directions as rivers through the garden. The importance of these fountains in the original created order is again emphasized in Revelation 14:7, where it says that an angel will preach the everlasting Gospel with the words... "worship Him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters."

A Water Vapor Canopy
Dr.Joseph Dillow has calculated how much water vapor it would be physically possible to suspend above the atmosphere as a blanket around the earth. His calculations give the equivalent of 12 meters (40 feet) thickness of liquid water. Such a quantity of water would be sufficient, he thought, to generate 40 days and 40 nights of torrential rainfall; whereas if these waters above had been clouds, then the moisture, if precipitated to earth as rainfall, would be the equivalent of less than five centimeters (two inches) of liquid water - hardly enough to sustain 40 days and 40 nights of heavy rainfall.

Research: Geological Terms

http://www.geotech.org

Research: Water Canopy

With a water-vapor canopy, heaven and earth system #1 would be considerably different than our present system (#2). A greenhouse effect would be expected due to the heat generated by the sun-warmed canopy. Is there any evidence that greenhouse warmth once surrounded our globe? Palm tree fossils have been found in Alaska and broad leaf ferns in the Arctic. How could a palm tree fossil be in Alaska? Some scientists have postulated they travelled there on the tectonic plate (earth crust) movement over millions of years. But these trees are not millions of years old! A creationist would say, "No problem, palm trees grew in Alaska in the tropical world before the Flood." These trees were buried during the Flood of Noah's day resulting in their fossilization.

Scientists have found tropical forests and coal deposits in Antarctica. Ninety-foot plum trees which were quick frozen and over ninety feet in height with green leaves have been found in the New Siberian islands where, today, only one-inch high willows grow [see Charles Hapgood, The Mystery of the Frozen Mammoths; from Bassett Digby, The Mammoth and Mammoth Hunting Grounds in Northeast Siberia (N.Y.: Appleton, 1926), pp. 150-151].

In these frigid zones many trees, some fossilized and some quick-frozen, have been found with rings, signifying rapid, warm temperature growth. The Evolutionist asks, "How did they get here?" The Creationist says, "They grew there before the Flood when the earth was pole to pole greenhouse warm."

The water vapor canopy may have more than doubled atmospheric pressure on earth. In this environment of heavier atmospheric pressure, healing would be more efficient. Many hospitals have pressurized rooms called Hyperbaric Rooms. Into these rooms oxygen is pumped under pressure and healing is miraculously speeded up. Very sick people and the severely burned are treated in this high pressure environment.[1] In the pre-flood, high efficiency atmosphere, reptiles could have grown to immense sizes, giant flying creatures could have flown more easily, and gigantism would have been much more likely.[2]

Nano Technology

CERN Nano

Research: Hypothermia

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/first-aid-hypothermia/FA00017

1. Move the person out of the cold. If going indoors isn't possible, protect the person from the wind, cover his or her head, and insulate his or her body from the cold ground.
   
   
2. Remove wet clothing. Replace wet things with a warm, dry covering.
   
   
3. Don't apply direct heat. Don't use hot water, a heating pad or a heating lamp to warm the victim. Instead, apply warm compresses to the neck, chest wall and groin. Don't attempt to warm the arms and legs. Heat applied to the arms and legs forces cold blood back toward the heart, lungs and brain, causing the core body temperature to drop. This can be fatal.
   
   
4. Don't give the person alcohol. Offer warm nonalcoholic drinks, unless the person is vomiting.
   
   
5. Don't massage or rub the person. Handle people with hypothermia gently, because they're at risk of cardiac arrest.

In The Beginning...

I have been hanging out in #writers on Undernet, and been getting some excellent advice there. There have been a couple details that were iffy or even contradictory to the story's reality.

I was working on the technology overviews, and beginning on another - more extensive - story overview and kind of getting bored, so I posed the question:

'When do I know when I am ready to begin writing?"

Because honestly, I could have kept planning for months and still not felt quite ready. One fellow responded by sharing that he doesn't do any preparation before diving into a story. He views it as a waste of time and words. I can see the value in this response, but I can also see how my story has grown and fleshed out by doing overviews.

The position that makes the most sense to me, personally is - work out the story with overviews, character development etc, until it starts to get tedious and boring. Perhaps that is a sign that you have the story well enough and overviews are no longer exploring new territories in the story.

So I quit working on overviews and began writing the story in earnest. It seems to be going ok so far. It is my first book attempt so I definately have a lot to learn still. I am a bit nervous about the story going too fast, so it may be too descriptive in an attempt to slow the pace down a bit, from lightning to normal book pace - whatever that is. I will have to do a bit of research on writing flow or something along that line.

Technology: Gaven's Vehicle

I am currently brainstorming some of the technology that will be used in the book. I may, at some point, post what I already have. But for the time being, I'll keep moving forward. Gaven is the 'handyman / survival guide' that is often used by Naeva's branch of the government's science panels. He has a vehicle that is very rugged, capable of traversing various tough terrains.

At the moment I am taking as inspiration those tough, armored police transport vehicles. They are completely armored, small slits for windshields. Their front ends angle forward from the bottom and they have about six wheels. Gaven's car will be shaped like that, and armored looking like that. But it will hover, wheels are not very practical for thick jungle and various other terrains. It is more like flying, because the vehicle will be a meter or so above the ground. The engines that allow this are antimatter 'jets'. Its primary fuel is rubbish that has been processed into a gaseous state. This is misted onto an antimatter sheet (I haven't thought out how this would not simply implode yet) causing an extremely hyper reaction, described as a crackling. These engines are rotated and adjusted automatically, but can be overridden for whatever reason. The vehicle is stable enough to survive attacks from even very large animals.

On the right side of the vehicle is a large window field bubble, used for navigation in low visibility situations.

I'm Gonna Do It

Well, I am actually going to do it! I am going to attempt to write a novel. Until recently, I rarily read. And I have only basic English/Grammar courses under my belt, but ... we'll see. I have spend the past few weeks working out an overview of the story - get my mind around it. I am now working on the finer details of the plot etc. I will post overviews and some of the information that I uncover as I go.

I am a complete noob to writing, so I will be doing research on all manner of writing topics etc.

more to come...