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So you kind of have a, Mel Gibson from the Patriot meets Sandra Bullock from Demolition Man thing going on?
haha if only! Give me the 3 sea shells or give me death!
John Spartan, you are fined five credits for repeated violations of the verbal morality statute. [grabbing the tickets] "So much for the seashells."So, did your MC lose her husband and in her grief use her government job to sneak into a military establishment where she used the highly illegal time traveling device in order to go back and see her husband? Only she entered the wrong code as her eyes were blurry with tears and when the worm hole opened it also created a mirror hole that brought your male character into the future?
Now she's falling for him but knows she should send him back to his family only if she does that means she returns to the future and faces punishment for disobeying the law in her time.
that's way more interesting than what I've got so far hahaha. I haven't gotten much farther than the basic concept re plot
Really? Well, alright. Welcome to the GODS lol. Run with it. Let me know if I can be of any further help.
i like the idea of two out of water fish rather than one who gets to show the other how wise they are in the ways of their native time. Make sure you watch Outlander...yes, it's entertaining, but pretty much everyone has seen that, so try to avoid anything done in that. 12 Monkeys had an interesting conceit where the person from the future had to solve a mystery of unknown origin...and lost perspective of what was real or not. here's a good article on time-travel paradoxes..paradoxi?..paradexes? ....things that can happen. https://www.astronomytrek.com/5-bizar...
Yeah Outlander is a good comparison. I've seen the first season. And 12 Monkeys is great but I don't think I'm trying to go for the mind-blowing element. I think this will be more focused on personal struggles.Of course, Kate and Leopold is the classic man from past romance.
Two fish definitely make an instant bond between two characters. I haven't seen outlander but I've read the first book. I think the first 2/3rds of the book was really well done.What's nice is that, if two opposites were pulled because of the time loop, ie, if your protagonist came back say, 300 years, your male could have been pulled forward 300 years. So if you enjoyed reading about New England settlements in 1853 +300, your writing in 2153 and your female is from +300 + 2453. She will of course understand how she wrongfully manipulated the device, why it was outlawed because the pull automatically changed history and the real reason it was outlawed or kept under military jurisdiction. Now she's in New England 2153, her future credits/funds have no value however, the 1853 bank notes that the male has is worth so much more which is a funny spin on things.
She's an advanced holographic security network officer who's education and experience is worth nothing however, her victim of collateral damage is an outdated 300 year old farmer that easily nails a job in the carpenters union. She constantly compares the intelligence between the two feeling superior to her good looking Neanderthal who continuously shows her the value of good morals and family ethics.
How's your novel starting? Have you got your first chapter down already?
For your informing your character from the future, read "But What If We're Wrong?" (non-fiction) by Chuck Klosterman. It has a brilliant take on how future selves will understand past selves after a few generations by looking at how we view our previous generations. It's an easy read, but you probably won't be the same afterwards. TLDR: Everything we think is important now will not (as the title wrongly implies) be wrong, but will be completely irrelevant if not completely forgotten.
Hey Andres. 2 chapters done. I think I haven't really found my story yet exactly, but I should just keep going.A lot of things you are saying are exactly the idea. 2 fish out of water who are fish to each other. equidistant, actually about 300 years in either direction is the idea yeah. The future woman is definitely more at odds and ill equipped for modern life than the past man.
sounds awesome Patrick. I'll add it to my 'to read' list
Its a great start. If in your mind you have the inspirational idea of how everything would end, you could always write that last chapter. The happily ever after chapter or heartbreak whatever kind of ending you have in mind. If you could write your last chapter, then you can 'blindly' write chapter to chapter knowing where your going to end up but making your way as you get there.
it's a cool idea. I am sure that I could not write the last chapter now. But I think it would be very helpful if I came to some tentative idea of how the novel will end.
Logline:
A man from pre-revolution America flung into modern times struggles to get by in a strange and inscrutable world until he encounters something even stranger - a woman who has come back in time from the future.
Dramatic Question:
Can two adults thrive together in a time which is profoundly different from that which they have been conditioned for since birth?