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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.
Any obstacle or problem in a logline should be recurring, persistent -- a problem that will dog the protagonist for the rest of ?his struggle.So what has the religion got to do with the ensuing conflict? ?Or is it a one time, throw away obstacle? ?How does religion play out as a problem that plaguesRead more
Any obstacle or problem in a logline should be recurring, persistent — a problem that will dog the protagonist for the rest of ?his struggle.
So what has the religion got to do with the ensuing conflict? ?Or is it a one time, throw away obstacle? ?How does religion play out as a problem that plagues the boys for the rest of the story?
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What Richiev and Foxtrot25 said. ?What becomes the objective goal as a result of the situation created by the inciting incident? ?What must the young boys do -- or else?
What Richiev and Foxtrot25 said. ?What becomes the objective goal as a result of the situation created by the inciting incident? ?What must the young boys do — or else?
See lessNoise Control Beta – In a world where to perceive a forbidden noise is the highest crime, a cop whose wife starts hearing it must find its origin in the desperate attempt to save her.
Why not make the protagonist a policeman's teenage son (or daughter)?It's a physiological ?fact that young people's hearing is more acute, that they can hear higher frequencies -- a capacity that diminishes with age. ? ?So there's your bridge between fact and fiction.The teenager hears a message thaRead more
Why not make the protagonist a policeman’s teenage son (or daughter)?
It’s a physiological ?fact that young people’s hearing is more acute, that they can hear higher frequencies — a capacity that diminishes with age. ? ?So there’s your bridge between fact and fiction.
The teenager hears a message that her parents and other elders can’t — that they a few might have heard when they were young but had not the courage to act on.
Work off the aphorism about how many are called–but few are chosen. ?This teen dares to answer the call.
Which, I submit, ?is a ?heck of a lot more proactive than a cop trying to merely defend his wife from the consequences of hearing the noise.
After all, what is the story about? ?Cowardly reacting defensively to an oppressive regime — or rebelling against it?
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