Narratives and POV Switches

So, I meant the little prayer service with this Hill character to be an interlude between two scenes with the Imperial Captain Marshall, but it seems as if it is going to go longer. I know what I want to do with Marshall; I'm just not sure how to get there. Hill on the other hand is waffling between two different destinies in my mind at the moment. I rather like him and, in homage to Dixon Hill, the fictional fictional noir detective from Star Trek, his scenes have gained a hint of Noir. I recently read an article on the Gears of War port coming out for computers and the developer's short paragraph about the marble, granite and concrete of the Gears universe particularly attracted me, so I've decided that the colony on which Hill resides should have some marble, granite and concrete in it as well.

I like how the little town center's image is shaping up in my head, though it may not turn out so well on paper, it defines 'aspirations of grandeur.' For bonus points, the main prayer center (and the center of town) is built as a huge metal and glass obelisk, with turrets inset into it. I'm not really sure how much is going to go on in this town, but since I'm putting such effort into it, I guess more then I expect.

I'm not really sure how this whole POV (point of view for the non-writers out there) switching thing is going. I'm not sure if I want to add another character or not. I was sort of planning to, because I want the single monolithic "Empire of Terra" (Yes, cliché, I know, I'm writing on a deadline here, so suck it up and I'll figure something else better later) to split up into three distinct factions which will get thrown into chaos (further?) by the twist I'm planning at about 75-80% of the way through. Specifically (and yes, prepare for an overdose of sci-fi here) The Spatial Colony and Economy Consortium, The Independent Colonists, and The New Terran Imperium (by the way, WTF Bill Gates? Why is neither Terran or Imperium in the Word dictionary?). My hope was to do the whole illustrating big events through semi-related individuals, 'cause I love that sort of thing. We'll have to see how this develops.

On an unrelated note:

Sci Fi channel is turning The Wizard of Oz into a mini-series!? Called Tin Man it turns out that Oz is in fact an acronym for the Infinite Outer Zones or something like that. Sci Fi has a freaky but really cool looking flash website up: http://www.scifi.com/tinman/oz/ and a more normal looking site at http://www.scifi.com/tinman/ . I would like to note, that you have to watch an ad before you can watch the ad for the show >.<.

Fun stuff, I hope. It looks really cool, but re-imaginings and universe expansions can go drastically wrong. However, The Wizard of Oz's adaptations have almost all gone off really well, so I have hope.

 

Anyway, Hill is, at this moment, inching closer and closer to the obelisk, when I left off he was hearing something (voices I suspect). I want to get back to writing so I can find out what the hell it is.

 

Your torture of the day, another excerpt:

"Me?" Hill walked out the door, facing the bleak landscape of a colony leaking into gray scale he responded without stopping or turning around. "I'm going to bed early. Got to get up for my scouting mission."