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Message: <blockquote data-quote="[OMENRPG]Ben" data-source="post: 5642833" data-attributes="member: 6677983">Depending on the level of technology, and since you mentioned the 60's, this might be irrelevant: but nanotechnology can provide some truly stunning and mind-boggling effects. Just off of the top of my head I can think of: limitless food/energy, indestructible buildings, perfect temperature and atmosphere, literal biodomes (invisible but nearly invincible), otherwise impossible architecture, modular gravity/weight, a lack of any form of monetary or barter economy, getting rid of illness and maladies, and I'm sure thousands of other applications.I actually wrote about 90% of a novel that involved a world in the process of converting everything to nanotech, it is actually very difficult to even contemplate because of how radically different everything would be. Of course, the dial could be turned down or elements could be used while others are discarded for your story.As to the OP's question regarding his or her story, that really depends on what method of writing he or she utilizes. I won't go into too much detail, but there are literally thousands of books on the advantages and disadvantages of the different styles of writing. I personally think of a skeleton with outlines for the entire story, then the individual acts/arcs, and then each chapter. But, when I actually start writing, I tend to "explore" the story as if the reader. The real key to writing is simply this: write. Write every day. Set a goal for yourself, something like 1000 words a day (when I was really on a roll, I was writing 5000 words a day for six days a week, and then taking a twenty-four hour sleep break.) The more you write and the more you practice, the easier it will be to find your voice and then you will be able to write at the speed that you think, and that's really when the story becomes clear.</blockquote>

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