"I am a firm believer in rubbing serial numbers off." An excellent metaphor! ;)

I have this excellent idea for a world, characters, and atmosphere, but I need plot beyond the characters just running into each other. :P This summer I'm definitely going to spend way more time on it and others, but for the next month, it's all non-fiction writing for me... :P

I have trouble with info-dumps too. I just love exposition! ;) But I agree, it can be difficult to balance.

(Also: science? Fact-checking? Bah! ;) )