I'm having trouble deciding something about my Sailor Moon fic.  I've got
the first part (the new enemy's arrival) planned out, but I need advice
about what 
I should do after that.  I don't want to go into detail about every
Monster-of-the-Day the Senshi have to fight, because if I do, then the story 
is highly likely to get too long and boring.  However, if I skip straight to
when an important event happens, then I'm worried that there won't be enough
time to develop the characters.

Hmmm...tough call.  I tried to do both - have a couple MotDs, but focus
the fiction on major occurences.  But then, I used MotDs as vehicles for
major occurences.  Act 1 of Shieldsman had 3.  #1 introduced Crimson.  #2
revealed Rei's love for him. #3 Killed him.  Act 2 has none, since it's in
Crystal Tokyo, when I assume there aren't MotDs running around.

What I'd do is keep a few MotD fights, just enough to do some character
development, but keep some major revelations/scenes mixed in.  I can't
think of one MotD fight in the original series that didn't reveal
something about the main characters.

I hope that makes sense, it's kind of a ramble.

Christopher Angel
cja124@mail.usask.ca