by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
The dynamic of this first draft is a lot different than what will happen with the second draft. This is just my “vomit” draft, so I am rather slapshod at points about it all.
But when I finish this draft and sit down to write the second draft, the dynamic will be totally different. I hope — hope — to have a lot better understanding of the characters as well as the universe that it all takes place in.
I have to say that now that I have the general sense that we’ve reached an LLM “wall” that it’s a lot easier for me to map out the near future. If I still felt the Singularity was happening in a few years, then, well, uh, yikes.
But, as it stands, I think I some breathing room. At least, I hope. That’s the tough thing about writing the “near future” these days. Things are moving so fast that if you don’t stick the landing, you risk seeming rather “quaint” in your predictions.
And, yet, I really want this to be like The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind in its approach to technology. So, I think that gives me some wiggle room. But this is a novel, not a screenplay, so, lulz?
