Holy cow outlining novels is hard. Had a bit of a breakthrough today, though. 1) Realized that the labor thread is actually 8 parallel threads, started a new document just for them 2) realized that there are big "sync pulses" that connect it to the rest of the novel, itemized
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3/ There are other threads that are easy and fun and write themselves. * AI thread * Mike on his trading ship thread * Young Dogs playing chess and coding and doing steganography and conlangs * Robot combat ...but Labor vs Corporate is taking a LOT of concentration.
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4/ Another trick is to start giving amorphous roles names. Newb # 1 becomes Charli...and suddenly it becomes easier to write her. As with much "information work", very little LOOKS like it's been accomplished. Maybe 500 or 1,000 characters typed? But, still, major progress.
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