So, I am actually started on a life time goal of writing a manuscript. Of course, in a dream world this would be writing a book but some thoroughly disheartening research has suggested to me that claim would be very pretentious. Apparently new authors rarely get published. Ah well, I am having a wonderful time with it and if it never goes anywhere, I can deal with it. As of today, I have over 27,000 words for my projected ~175,000. The bottom line is that I am having a gas with this project and can't squeeze enough out of each day to spend on it.
My story is lightly sci-fi/fantasy told from a third person limited point of view. My main character is a young man from a rough background who has an unreliable moral compass and struggles to walk the good walk between selfish/self serving and selfless consideration of others. He befriends an off the charts genius hitchhiker who has dropped out of academia to quietly (away from the prying eyes of the government) pursue parallel world changing theories that would lead to free energy and a deeper understanding of the human psyche than we have ever had by factors.
The smart guy is torn between the compulsion to follow through with his ideas for the sake of the research and his personal uncertainty about the innate goodness, or badness of the human race. He struggles daily with the moral questions of duty to the greater good and refusal to contribute to our existing gluttony and abuse of the world and really wants to drop out and play in a band. The two travel together on a journey of growth, ultimately partner up to trust each other and try to resolve their separate and common moral questions. The smart guy meets a girl who becomes a perfect point on their trio but opportunity to prove his validity leads one to take advantage of the other and leads to horrible tragedy. The betrayal is bitter and rends the remaining two, demolishing what might have remained of what they had built. Chance, or is it really, fortunately brings the two survivors back together again where they discover a reversal, of sorts, for the misfortune which had occurred. The story comes to a close with hope for the future and a hard won and heart rending reunion of the two survivors.
The process of identifying the interactions between these characters is amazingly consuming. I find that it is like being different people and God all at various times. I honestly feel some responsibility to get their stories right.
So, sometime in the next year, I imagine I will spend a huge amount of time editing and rewriting and then will begin the process of gleefully bashing myself against the brick wall of the many agents who will refuse me and after which I will capitulate and self publish on Amazon in the 99 cent book category. Really though, Sammy, Trevor and Amy won't care, they, and the farting dog Rocket Man, will be alive somewhere and that's all that really counts.
My story is lightly sci-fi/fantasy told from a third person limited point of view. My main character is a young man from a rough background who has an unreliable moral compass and struggles to walk the good walk between selfish/self serving and selfless consideration of others. He befriends an off the charts genius hitchhiker who has dropped out of academia to quietly (away from the prying eyes of the government) pursue parallel world changing theories that would lead to free energy and a deeper understanding of the human psyche than we have ever had by factors.
The smart guy is torn between the compulsion to follow through with his ideas for the sake of the research and his personal uncertainty about the innate goodness, or badness of the human race. He struggles daily with the moral questions of duty to the greater good and refusal to contribute to our existing gluttony and abuse of the world and really wants to drop out and play in a band. The two travel together on a journey of growth, ultimately partner up to trust each other and try to resolve their separate and common moral questions. The smart guy meets a girl who becomes a perfect point on their trio but opportunity to prove his validity leads one to take advantage of the other and leads to horrible tragedy. The betrayal is bitter and rends the remaining two, demolishing what might have remained of what they had built. Chance, or is it really, fortunately brings the two survivors back together again where they discover a reversal, of sorts, for the misfortune which had occurred. The story comes to a close with hope for the future and a hard won and heart rending reunion of the two survivors.
The process of identifying the interactions between these characters is amazingly consuming. I find that it is like being different people and God all at various times. I honestly feel some responsibility to get their stories right.
So, sometime in the next year, I imagine I will spend a huge amount of time editing and rewriting and then will begin the process of gleefully bashing myself against the brick wall of the many agents who will refuse me and after which I will capitulate and self publish on Amazon in the 99 cent book category. Really though, Sammy, Trevor and Amy won't care, they, and the farting dog Rocket Man, will be alive somewhere and that's all that really counts.
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