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After the extinction of women and the destruction of the moon, an imaginative young man realizes that his sexuality is the one thing that may keep him alive.
There's a lot more to the plot, and I'm having a hard time getting it down to the bare essentials that would be required in a logline?without watering it down. There are elements of magical realism in the story, so some of what happens cannot exactly be explained, and I'm downplaying those elementsRead more
There’s a lot more to the plot, and I’m having a hard time getting it down to the bare essentials that would be required in a logline?without watering it down. There are elements of magical realism in the story, so some of what happens cannot exactly be explained, and I’m downplaying those elements in the logline for simplicity’s sake. I’ve written this logline so many times! (Thanks for playing devil’s advocate, by the way. I’ve needed some feedback.)
His goal isn’t to save the rest of humanity, mind you; there’s no cloning required. First the women die, then many of the men become crazy/dangerous. The main character is left trying to figure out, What now? Does the absence of women change who I am, or am I the same as ever? And is it okay to be who I am? When the men become crazy, it is the main character’s sexuality that literally saves him from this same fate. Whatever is happening to them isn’t happening to him and his friend, and it’s because of their sexuality. Then there are some more blatant elements of magical realism, which I tried to stick in there with the word “imaginative,” but I’m not sure that works.
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Good point; that was hard to fit in there. His goal is to live?i.e., to get past the death of his mother (and all women) and figure out who he is now that the world has changed. Later, his goal is to stay alive when things get dangerous.
Good point; that was hard to fit in there. His goal is to live?i.e., to get past the death of his mother (and all women) and figure out who he is now that the world has changed. Later, his goal is to stay alive when things get dangerous.
See lessAfter the extinction of women and the destruction of the moon, an imaginative young man realizes that his sexuality is the one thing that may keep him alive.
FYI, this is based on a couple of stories from a short story collection I wrote (Life on Other Moons) to fulfill MFA requirements.
FYI, this is based on a couple of stories from a short story collection I wrote (Life on Other Moons) to fulfill MFA requirements.
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