write a sci-fi novel

I’ve actually started. I don’t have the entire story thought out, but have a significant start (several chapters now). I’ve written huge technical books before, and I understand that books are just made of lots of words that you must put down on “paper”. So, a lot of what I’m writing is very rough, very much at the macro level. But there’s a definite joy in going back and refining the bigger picture stuff. That’s where the story begins to happen, and sometimes shifts the remaining bigger picture stuff, but at a fair price.