The Orion Directive [Updated]

Okay so yesterday i slacked off and didn’t write anything, but today i made up for it. I’ve been writing for hours and i actually set out to write the treatment for the prologue but instead wrote out most of it as it might appear in the finished book, and during all this i thought that i might just skip the treatment part and go strait to the writing of the book, i was really enjoying it, i just writing stuff as it came to me, i wrote far more then i thought i might, which does make me feel better about writing the book itself, knowing that i can write so much with so little information to start with.

[17 Oct 2010]

I finish my chapter write ups today, 11 pages of notes, now i have to turn that into an even more detailed treatment. Which i’ll write chapter by chapter, seeing as thats how i intend to write the book. Getting each chapter right before moving on to the next one. Can’t wait.

[15 Oct 2010]

Today i turned a page and a half from my chapter list into 6 pages. Basically the chapter list has 42 chapters written down with 1 or 2 lines of what happens within that chapter. Today i wrote down more detail for each chapter, so i’ll be at 6 to 10 pages of chapter write ups tomorrow, i hope. Next once that is done i can start on the treatment, again i’ll be doing it by chapter, but getting more detailed about everything, filling up at least a page per chapter, so i should have around a 42 page treatment. And from that i can start to write the book. All this is so i can work out the kinks so once i start writing i won’t get stuck half way wondering what i’m writing.

Once i actually start writing i’ll be doing it chapter at a time, making sure that i’m happy with each one before i move on to the next. Looking forward to it. Hopefully i’ll be starting that in a few weeks. Stay tuned.

[14 Oct 2010]

Today i set out the story in chapters, 43 in all so far, and i might even have a few more to add later. I’ll take each chapter and write a lay out, a detailed brief of each one. At the end i should have a pretty good treatment for the book giving me all i need to get started on the book.

I still need to find names for the 5 new characters i mentioned yesterday. And because these names can’t really be easily recognisable as human names, i’ll find them without using a name search, but in stead by looking at objects around the house.

[13 Oct 2010]

More writing done, Yayy.

I wanted to make the story a little more complex and i think i might be on to something, i may have also extended the length of the book, i was hoping to get at least 350 maybe 400 pages, and was unsure i could, but after todays writing session i think i can reach that length.

Today i write brief bios of my villains, and as my hero is looking for something, i made the something hard to find. Sounds simple i know but you have no idea just how hard it’ll be. :D

[12th Oct 2010]

More profiles done over the last few days, getting closer to what i’m looking for. But so far i’ve done all the easy profiles, the next three are where the story and plot is going to get defined, So i have to take it slow. I might even write it out a few times, to make sure i’m happy with it before i’m ready to even start on chapter one. Also i decided to make it far more complex then before, thats kinda what writing these profiles has been about, what might seem like unnecessary back ground information on some characters will be useful later on, motives of why some characters are doing what they are doing.

Oh and i wanted to share this as well. It might be a tad premature but i designed a cover for the book. Actually i designed 5 covers, but i really like this one. So here you go.

[11th Oct 2010]

So this week i’ve been getting under the skin of a few characters. There are three characters that have a past, of course this all takes place before the book begins, but its good work in order to know my characters, plus, i plan on making this a trilogy and the character dynamic works for the second book and plays a big part in the third (Assuming of course i actually get it done) So i wrote three character bio’s and before i even started i wasn’t even sure that one of these characters even existed at all, in writing the bio’s my imagination kinda went crazy, and i wrote one three times, each time getting closer to something that i liked, in the end i just went with it.

First i write it all out with a pen and paper, next i type it all up, and only refer to my notes. Right now i’m happy with what i have, but unfortunately the actual plot and or story hasn’t come up yet, but i should be giving it some serious thought over the next few days.

Also, seeing as the sub-genre has an extensive history and mythology i had to sort out a specific time frame, making sure that everything fell into place chronologically. Which it does. Now. after much pain and misery.

[8th Oct 2010]

The Orion Directive is a spy thriller based and set in the Star Trek universe.

The story is kinda complicated, but i’m thinking i need to make it a little complex.

Things...

Recently i've been thinking about making some pretty big changes in my life. Well, i say recently, i've been thinking about this stuff for years, and have made no effort to change anything. So why is this time any different?

Well maybe it ain't, maybe i'm simply deluding myself again, trying to keep optimistic about my future rather then recognising the truth. That i'm lazy, and will always be lazy. With a shit life and doing shit jobs.

There are things i "want" to do. Get healthy, get fit, read and write more (More as in at all) and travel, i wonna travel, see places, met people. From all walks of life and all corners of the earth.

I make plans in my head, about starting a fitness regime. That i never start. About writing more and reading more. Which i never do.

I'm quite simply. LAZY!

I've tried to identify the reasons and or courses for my laziness. They are as follows;

Work: I've worked in Security for the past 5 years, nothing but sitting around not doing very much, a job that requires no thought, and so your brain almost shuts down completely. And little or no physicality, your either standing still or sitting down. So doing nothing for long periods of time becomes almost natural.

Television: One of my biggest problems, its so easy to just sit and watch hours of TV, reruns on Dave (Sky ch 111) or DVD's/Blu-Rays and now Apple TV, i mean when i think about it i actually want to watch 3 maybe 4 shows a week. Mondays its Spooks, Tuesdays its Eureka and Mythbusters, Wednesday its Burn Notice. Thats 4 shows, i download 3 of them every weeks from iTunes anyway. 4 hours of television a week is all i actually want to watch, so why do i sit watching my TV screen for hour after hour each day?

Internet: Social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Vloggerheads and Chatterheads. These are the sites that i frequent the most. Every day i visit these sites, for hours at a time, sometimes with the TV on next to me. I'll sit for hours refreshing these sites waiting for something to happen so i can respond via video, blog or comment. I can't measure the hours i've wasted refreshing web pages.

All the above is part of the reason i'm as lazy as i am. But i think, personally, that they just helped to propagate an already existing conduction. I don't think that i'm lazy by nature. But i think i can narrow it down to a year of when it all started.

In 2003 i was made redundant from my job of 7 years, in this job i worked from 8:30 till 17:00 with only a lunch break for rest, it became a very active job, lots of walking and standing, it differed from security in that i actually had a days work to do and a 17:00 dead line to finish it which i met every day, it was physical and mental, so in my mind it ticked all the boxes. After being made redundant and getting 6 months pay, with £500 sweetener. I made a big mistake, instead of paying off my credit card and banking the rest and looking for a new job immediately. I decided to take a month off, which turned into a few months, mostly because it was a hot summer, then it became to cold to look for work (yeah i know, an excuse) that excuse is how my lazy downward spiral began (In my mind anyway) i sat on my arse for a year. I was made redundant on June 11 2003, and i didn't start working again until June 19 2004. In that year i sat around a lot, spending my redundancy money until it ran dry. I've still to pay off my credit card. I worked in the prison service for a year, i was becoming more active again, and starting to get fit. But in 2005 i discovered that Corporate Security paid more. In the prison service i earned around £15,000 a year, In three years working in Corporate Security i was earning up to £24,000 a year. Thats a 9000 pound increase in 3 years. But security in general is a lazy mans job, lots of nothing.

My already lazy attitude was being fed by an inactive job. And after 3 years i'd had enough, so i gave my notice and left looking for better things. 5 months later nothing had happened so i started looking for security jobs again. Its the only thing i'm qualified for  :(    and the last 2 years i worked the weekend night shift, Friday, Saturday and Sunday night, every week, including holidays. 12 hour long shifts of nothing, with maybe 1 hour worth of work a night, most of which was sitting down.

I'm not trying to make excuses for my laziness, I'm lazy git, i know that. I'm just explaining that my circumstances over the last 7 years haven't helped much.

So, what do i want to do about it?

First: I need to eat right, and by that i mean, eat less crap.

Second: At least an hour of exercise a day, alternate between cardio and weights.

Third: Spend an hour (or more) writing each day every day.

Forth: Read more, about an hour or two before bed, or when ever.

Thats about 3 hours a day of something to do that isn't watching TV or getting lost on social networks. Three hours a day and i might better my fitness and health, learn something from reading more and finish my writing projects.

The four objectives above are the same objectives i've had for years now.

If i actually start doing them, I'll let you know. If i do them for longer then a month, i'll let you know. If they become the norm, a daily habit, then i'll let you know.

Stay tuned. But don't hold your breath.

To...

Get health...

Get fit...

Get writing...

Get reading...

Get off my arse...

Get rid of lazy........

My Life.

My life is unremarkable.

In fact, unremarkable would be an upgrade from my current standing.


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