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Two recusant boys have 36 hours to reach the historic return of the first spacecraft to contact alien life after their plan to surreptitiously view it in a friends dorm is obstructed by the boarding schools strictly enforced orthodox precepts.
>>>The overarching conflict is the physical journey to witness the aliens, followed by the conflict between the boys faith and their religious upbringing, followed (in the background) by the conflict between humankind and its disagreements about what the arrival means. IMHO, ?the story is tRead more
>>>The overarching conflict is the physical journey to witness the aliens, followed by the conflict between the boys faith and their religious upbringing, followed (in the background) by the conflict between humankind and its disagreements about what the arrival means.
IMHO, ?the story is trying to juggle too many balls. ??Which single one is the story hook?
Also the nature of the religion of the commune is unclear. ?What do ?you mean by “orthodox”? ?Orthodox ?in the context of Judaism, orthodox in the context of Eastern Christianity (Greek, Russian, Syrian)? ?Or…?
See lessTwo recusant boys have 36 hours to reach the historic return of the first spacecraft to contact alien life after their plan to surreptitiously view it in a friends dorm is obstructed by the boarding schools strictly enforced orthodox precepts.
Wouldn't any contact by aliens constitute a conflict with the religious teaching that humans are created in the image of God and enjoy a unique, an exceptional status in the grand scheme of things? ?IOW: ?wouldn't ?that create a greater conflict between faith and reality than any conflict the teensRead more
Wouldn’t any contact by aliens constitute a conflict with the religious teaching that humans are created in the image of God and enjoy a unique, an exceptional status in the grand scheme of things? ?IOW: ?wouldn’t ?that create a greater conflict between faith and reality than any conflict the teens would encounter between the religious precepts they have been taught and the way the world really operates?
So what is the single, overarching conflict that constitutes the throughline of the plot?
See lessA marine with PTSD struggles to find answers to his unsettling dreams and nightmares until he discovers his nightmares are repressed memories and that he is a sole survivor sent into the future to warn Earth. Title: ETSD.
Yep, it's an interesting set up for a plot. ?But what's the plot that follows from his realization? And wouldn't it be the case that he's been sent from the future into the past to warn of a catastrophe to come?
Yep, it’s an interesting set up for a plot. ?But what’s the plot that follows from his realization?
And wouldn’t it be the case that he’s been sent from the future into the past to warn of a catastrophe to come?
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