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When an earthquake infests an apartment complex with fast-breeding spiders, a young entomologist's plan to save the residents means forcing a war veteran survivalist from his home.
ENTHUSIAST! Perfect. Now I can pretty much get rid of "entomologist" entirely. A main character needs to take charge, they can't wait for people to suddenly go, "oh, this guy might have an idea..." There will be no 'turning to'. Besides, there are always pest exterminators who are trained to take caRead more
ENTHUSIAST! Perfect. Now I can pretty much get rid of “entomologist” entirely.
A main character needs to take charge, they can’t wait for people to suddenly go, “oh, this guy might have an idea…” There will be no ‘turning to’. Besides, there are always pest exterminators who are trained to take care of such things, so he wouldn’t be the ONLY person to have a chance to save them.
And you’ve taken away the war veteran survivalist. Who is the kid going to try and bond with now?
See lessWhen an earthquake infests an apartment complex with fast-breeding spiders, a young entomologist's plan to save the residents means forcing a war veteran survivalist from his home.
"What I see entailed in your premise is a promise: that there?s going to dramatic showdown between the amateur entomologist and the spiders." Perfect. As long as that's clear, I can now dedicate myself to making the rest of the logline work. ""Entomologist? implies somebody with the credentials, a dRead more
“What I see entailed in your premise is a promise: that there?s going to dramatic showdown between the amateur entomologist and the spiders.”
Perfect. As long as that’s clear, I can now dedicate myself to making the rest of the logline work.
“”Entomologist? implies somebody with the credentials, a degree.”
Since it seems people have been getting stuck on that, ‘amateur’ is going to have to work. My point was that even people in college studying chemistry can go about calling themselves chemists before they have their degree. It’s a thing.
However, what I’m left with now is making it clear that the boy is 11-12 years old without saying ‘child entomologist’ (even without the degree) or something similar, since ‘child’ says nothing about the character, even if there is a implication (gained through bias, I must admit) that a child interested and/or practising science could be a lonely, geeky/nerdy, child.
See lessWhen an earthquake infests an apartment complex with fast-breeding spiders, a young entomologist's plan to save the residents means forcing a war veteran survivalist from his home.
"What I see entailed in your premise is a promise: that there?s going to dramatic showdown between the amateur entomologist and the spiders." Perfect. As long as that's clear, I can now dedicate myself to making the rest of the logline work. ""Entomologist? implies somebody with the credentials, a dRead more
“What I see entailed in your premise is a promise: that there?s going to dramatic showdown between the amateur entomologist and the spiders.”
Perfect. As long as that’s clear, I can now dedicate myself to making the rest of the logline work.
“”Entomologist? implies somebody with the credentials, a degree.”
Since it seems people have been getting stuck on that, ‘amateur’ is going to have to work. My point was that even people in college studying chemistry can go about calling themselves chemists before they have their degree. It’s a thing.
However, what I’m left with now is making it clear that the boy is 11-12 years old without saying ‘child entomologist’ (even without the degree) or something similar, since ‘child’ says nothing about the character, even if there is a implication (gained through bias, I must admit) that a child interested and/or practising science could be a lonely, geeky/nerdy, child.
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