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Iapos;ve made the decision: Iapos;m going to write "Star-Storm" (now named Storm Front) for NaNoWriMo. This evening I put the following synopsis into my profile:

What would you do if you knew exactly when you were going to die? How far would you go to fight it?

These questions become more than theoretical when the residents of a colony planet, who arenapos;t able to return home due to technological limitations, discover that a nearby star has very likely gone nova -- and the shock waves are on their way. What will they do to protect themselves and their civilization from the coming cataclysm?

Given this storyapos;s origins in Star Trek fan fiction, itapos;s definitely space opera. But itapos;s space opera with a serious question at its root (the first two sentences). This question also isnapos;t exactly theoretical for me, either; Iapos;ve had cause to develop, and have developed, some pretty firm opinions about end-of-life and medical intervention issues. As medical science advances, I suspect the number of people who face what Iapos;ve faced will go up.

Since I know both the purpose of the story and its general plot, I do expect Iapos;ll be able to get an outline done this weekend. Letapos;s see if Iapos;m right.

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