Just for reference, it’s more than just putting all the continents back together. Think of Marvel’s Civil war storyline, only where the pro-reg are just as badly off as the anti-reg.

The main idea of the series is that the public doesn’t want any supervigilantes. There’s been laws against it since the Pangaean Crusade. Sector City was built around that time, as the different sectors that make it up draw from different adjacent continents. It’s said to be the personal hometown of the older Extreme Team, who’m the current one draws their name from (and uses their old base). The problem is, the old team disbanded at the time of the Pangaean crusade.

I know, it looks stupid at the moment. But I’ve had this boiling around in my mind for at least three years, coming up with new plot and remembering old stuff. I only just recently realized the major conflict in it.

“Yeah, just put it on a USB flash drive, or something like- Yes Ace, that’s what I need.”
Ace grinned smugly and waved the disk around for a bit, before handing it over to Tacha, who inserted it immediately.

long time later

Michael let out a short gasp.
“What is it?” Mark asked.
“I know what they want,” Michael said grimly, “And I know who’s behind it. This is a scheme … by Datecrom.”

“But what about the government? Aren’t they going to try and stop him?” Sarah asked.
Michael sighed. “Oh, yeah, they’re doing something. As soon as the weapon’s in place, they’re bombing the city.”

They don’t stop to ask “How did the information get on the flash disk in the first place?” Should I cover that plot hole then, when readers may think about it, or at the end, as a sort of “all according to plan” for the villain who arranged it?

What propels my characters to the final conflict in my novel is that they pick up certain information that means they can’t turn back. If they don’t do this, then the city is doomed. What none of the characters think of is HOW did they get this information? They never copied it down.

I do have a reason for this, but should I introduce it when the characters read this information, or (where I’ve been intending to put it) at the end of the book?

Thanks for the idea, though. When it’s done, I may ask for a review forum, and show all of you what came of it!

I had to address a gaping plot hole recently for my NaNo novel, and used ‘hand-waving’ to do so. In my up-and-coming story, “Freak”, a genetic weapon misfires and causes mutations among a select group of the local populace. My friend asked me, “But what about the animals? Why weren’t they affected?” So, in an answer, on of my supporting characters asks the very same question. The answer? Immediately following, someone says, “It must have to do with bein’ sentient- thinkin’ and such.” At a later time, the creator of the weapon answers that “The genetic makeup of the weapon only targets people.” Flimsy, but it’s a hand-wave.