Thank you very, very much for that extremely helpful and honest insight/comment into this piece, ChuckEvans. :o) You're right. I do need to determine what it is I am writing in terms of length. And I do need to set aside enough time to write this out properly. When I first started this, I was "shooting from the hip" armed with a little bit of trivia. Now I think I will take on this task to get it done properly. I think I will write short stories (around 5,000 - 8,000 words). Different characters, different plots, same locations, probably have overlapping threads. I don't do character work in my CG, so having images might not work out in terms of creating an illustrated series. Point taken. I will slow down the piece and take in the surroundings at the pace of a man sizing up the space he's in. I like all your suggestions, specially the one inviting to "think outside the pyramid". A character quirk of some sort would be good, but now you've got me thinking that it might be an inherited cultural eccentricity (religion perhaps? --- too messy, lol). I guess I should get to work on a plot... or an outline... something. Got any suggestions about what this is all about? I've got a decent backdrop for a story, but till now I've been firing away blindly. Any and all suggestions welcome. :o) Thank you very much for taking the time to reply to this thread. Cheers! M

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