True enough, its still a work in progress and I haven't quite figured out all of the odds and ends.  I just wanted your guys opinions on it.   I have a possible idea on how to address the issue of the clan getting attacked when they could see it coming.  It mainly deals with their power source being weakened, but like I said its still a work in progress.  So I don't want to go too far into detail without sorting out some of the problems. 

Besides the whole Time clan issue was there anything else that occured to you guys?

So I wanted some opinions on this idea for a story.  I'll try to keep it short and obscure so it doesn't break any rules.  The story is set in the current U.S. and there is currently a shadow war being fought by the 7 elemental clans.  Each clan can manipulate one element (water, wind, fire, earth, light, shadow, or time).  The main story is focus around a young man who getts caught up in the middle of it, after his parents are killed.  And yes I know that the parents thing is a bit cliche.

I know that you want to hear but with the restrictions that you have posted it takes a bit of creativity to figure something out.

That being said the idea that I had was prehaps he could use his abilities to heal.  I know it may sound contradictory to the rules you set, but there are many afflictions which cause scar or dead tissue to be within the human body.  Maybe he can help with that, I don't know how much he needs to have to be able to work with.  Also you said he could manipulate diseases so does this mean that he could lessen their effects if not cure individuals of it.  Or if you don't like that idea then I think you wrote something about him being able to only destroy?  Maybe he can use this to destroy the viruses or bacteria which cause the sickness.

I don't know what direction you want to take this in, but I hope that this helps.

So, I have an idea for a book, however I have been having trouble getting this idea down on paper.  I can visualized the various scenes in the book, and have written up and drawn a diagram of the plot, however when I get to actually writing down the story I come to standstill.  I begin to fret over which words would be the best to use, and worry that each senetence is not as good as it could be.

I used to play some online text based rpgs, which is actually what got me interested in writing.  Those helped me better understand writing, but I am still having issues with this.  If any of you can offer advice, it would be much appreciated.

Here is a sample of the prologue,
     The rain fell in a soft patter around a tall, shadowy figure as he pulled his coat tighter to keep the cold off his body.  Hurrying through the dimly lit street, the figure only paused to check over his shoulder.  The moon shown faintly through the cloud cover, revealing the shadowy man moved briskly through the cold night.  Suddenly coming to a sharp halt under one of the street lights, the man turned and looked behind him, searching the dark rain.  With a short nod to himself in satisfaction that he had not been followed, the man continued down the road a little further until he came to a narrow alley with a short, stubby door at the far end.  Turning off the street and walking down the alley, the man worked his way past half-full trash cans and broken beer bottles to the other end of the alley and the door.  Pulling a set of keys out of his pocket, the man squinted in the dark as he fumbled around with his keys.