Part 8 Surprises in writing a science fiction thriller

Never let the technical overshadow the art.

Then I thought about how I might explain that, and came up with this:
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Art always trumps the technical; the grammar, the sentence structure, the etc, the ad infinitum.

Technical:

What is that mild illumination coming in through the window? That’s the sunrise, and Juliet represents the sun.

Art:

But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.

Multiple online results talk about how Shakespeare had more freedom back then to use the English language in the manner in which he did.

Yeah, so? What’s holding people back today? Catering to the lowest demographic or something?

If someone were to ask me about writing in that form I would wholeheartedly encourage them to go ahead and write like Shakespeare.

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But if you are ‘terrible’ at art and really have to work at it then how would you tell it?

First of all you can do art just fine, remember that.

Second, you don’t tell it ……. you show it.

Tell:
Is that the early morning sunlight beginning to come in through the window? Due to the rotation of the earth the sun rises in the east, and there is Juliet, her inner glow providing it’s own illumination, she’s just like the sun.

Show:
But soft! What light through yonder breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.

Early on I was very much inclined to write in the ‘Tell’ format. Showing is moh bettah and moh fun.

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There is a last part:

STORY trumps all, including art. Showing is good, but not at the expense of the story and it’s flow. 😀

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Update Dell 3531 Inspiron 15 Laptop

I couldn’t resist. I went ahead and swapped the spinner for a solid state hard drive.

(HERE is the original review)

Big, BIG, improvement in speed. I could finally use my laptop the way I use the desktop.

It was ok for a few hours. Then I ran into the RAM memory limit, with the operating system (Win 8.1) closing down windows every now and then, typically webpage tab(s), again owing to the way I use a computer.

Some might say that I could simply increase the size of the page swap file. Yes, and I did do it and yes it does ‘solve’ the memory issue. For those unfamiliar, the page swap file is what the operating system uses as ‘hard drive RAM’. This activity results in a lot of read/write cycles on the hard drive. Not much of an issue with spinner drives but it can be a problem for solid state drives. Solid State Drives have a finite limit of read/write cycles. It’s way up there in number but still, there’s a limit. One interesting way to differentiate cycles between SSD models is actually to look at the warranty, some are five years, others are two years and the really expensive ones are 10 years. The cycles directly correspond to the warranty time.

So I finally got the 8gb RAM stick (THIS) and swapped out the 4gb RAM stick. The 3531 uses one stick. Fortunately the 8gb stick is only $60 bucks or so. I often maxed out the 4gb. My usage pattern seems to touch on 6.5GB according to the Task Manager.

Another speed ‘improvement’ of sorts, specifically when web surfing, is to activate the ActiveX Filtering. In IE tap on the Gear graphic, mouse down to Safety, and tap on ActiveX Filtering. What this mostly does is stop the webpage from taking over your computer in order to load those infuriating sidebar videos lol.

This Celeron processor model, with an SSD and 8gb, has the speed feel of an i3 chip model. All told, given the original price, this is now an $410 laptop. The SSD was $110 and the RAM, $60.

It appears that the 3551 is the new version of this laptop, as of 7-9-15. Of course the EVO850 250gb is now $97 and the 500gb is $162. But that’s going to always happen and there will always be something better/faster/cheaper. I knew that when I bought the parts. If I didn’t I would continually be waiting and never actually have the components that would be useful.

Yeah, just do it 😀

Part 7 Surprises in writing a science fiction thriller

A surprise developed earlier this week that couldn’t be held back anymore.

The chest burster … uh … burst out!

My research into the details of a plot line has now expanded into an entirely new novel idea, PERSIA AWAKENING, a military fiction thriller.

I say expanded because several military stuffs are part of the science fiction thriller, but that plot line and those plot devices have developed a life of their own.

Now several of my supporting characters have become main characters in the new series.

The toughest part is keeping the timing right between the two series.

Guess I’ll just have to work it out. 😉

Part 6 Surprises in writing a science fiction thriller

I’ve been procrastinating.

Primarily because of Part 1, my first surprise in writing a science fiction thriller novel, Emotions.

Weird huh?

I know that the part I’m going to write is going to go deep into emotion, that’s the point of that particular plotline.

I’m concerned about how I’ll feel about it 😆

But it has to get done. This weekend baby 😀

There is a last part:

STORY trumps all, including art. Showing is good, but not at the expense of the story and it’s flow. 😀

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