What do you think of this story Idea? Help please
By cripfemme
@cripfemme (7698)
United States
April 18, 2008 10:17pm CST
My friend Zyn had this idea as she was helping me to the bathroom that I was an alien. Don’t ask, you have to know Zyn to understand. I tried to prove that I was not an alien, I had three factors in my favor. One, I bled, she said mosts alien species would bleed anyway, so that didn’t count as proof. Two, I bleed monthly on the same cycle as human females. She said that any species intelligent enough to travel to earth would be able to regulate bleeding so as to blend in. My third reason was that I’m in a wheelchair and no alien species would like to be in such a physically vulnerable status while visiting a planet. Her response was most interesting. She said that maybe that was the perfect disguise because no one would perceive me as anyone to be taken seriously because most able-bodied people view disabled people as incapable and helpless.
Of course this got my imagination genes moving. I think I am going to explore this story idea further. I promised to give Zyn money if I got it published or it wins a competition. My main character, who doesn’t have a name yet, will be a kind of an anthropologist sent down to study humanity. I think she might also be an agent provocateur, someone who’s dedicated to making social change in order to see if she can help humanity develop into a species that the rest of the universe wants, because right now, in my story, we’re on the cusp of admission to the Galactic Interface Council, think Starfleet, only one that’s less run by humanoid creatures.
My main character loves humanity a lot and is one of our biggest proponents in the GIC but she knows humanity’s time is about to run out because we’ve already been voted on eleven times and you only get twelve. If we are denied this time, we will be classified as a lower species and be subject to overtaking by a higher species (as in slavery, bondage and all around bad things).
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5 responses
@AJ1952Chats (2332)
• Anderson, Indiana
20 Apr 08
I've, so far, written three small books using Cafepress and am now working on a much longer volume of non-fiction. It's a print-on-demand set-up, which means that the only thing paid for in advance in the under-sixty-dollars-per-year rent on your required premium store.
So, I would highly recommend this as a possibility for publishing your book--which I think sounds like a really interesting concept. I not only see a book in this story but, also, a movie! Unless you price it out of my ability to pay, you definitely have a buying customer in me!
Good luck with it! It's a book that will make people think!
@xavierkyle (223)
• Philippines
19 Apr 08
I like the concept... I am also building a concept like the one in outer space but excluding another race (or alien). It would be dull if you only have one story line (the one with the alien anthropologist trying to save the world). Try building another storyline base here on earth. You can think of a plot.
@anaknitatay (1335)
• Philippines
19 Apr 08
The character concept is interesting. You should buile on it like why she is such in a vulnerable state. (to prove to the council that humans learned to take care of weaker species without they themselves thinking they were superior and what not)
you should also try to develop her situation like what kind of environment is she living in what kind of people surround her (as in supporting characters)
I think you got a good foundation and you just have to build it up.
Good luck!
@musicfen (31)
• Romania
19 Apr 08
Sounds very interesting your story. Except for your main character what others will be there ?And not in last ,who will be YOU ? :)
a human being or some other species ?do you think of publishing the story even here on my lot?
I remembered now that I know i site where you can publish your story and they are printed and sold only to the public request....if you need that information ,sent me a pm .
@kasandra411 (69)
• United States
19 Apr 08
You say your main charcter loves humanity...are you implying she is not human herself or that she's just fixated on saving her own species as it is? I can't really say how interesting this plot is as i don't read this genre of books. However i know if you plant a good twist in it could be a hit.