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.