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I have begun writing a story about two city-states in the year 2307 in an arms race to create a time machine. The essence of your difficulty is right there in your opening sentence. Stories ...
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2020-01-03T20:41:54Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added
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2019-12-08T06:27:42Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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System
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2019-12-08T06:27:42Z (almost 5 years ago)
> I have begun writing a story about two city-states in the year 2307 in an arms race to create a time machine. The essence of your difficulty is right there in your opening sentence. Stories are not about city states. Stories are always always always about a man/woman/boy/girl/small furry animal whose life is upset in some way by some thing and wants something as a result, which they will have to struggle hard to get, which will bring them at some point to a fundamental crisis that will change and/or reveal who they really are. If if happens in two city states in the year 2307 is is only because two city states in the year 2307 are a good stage on which to play out the drama of that character. Try to rewrite your question in these terms and see if doing so helps you see your way forward.
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System
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2017-05-12T19:54:34Z (over 7 years ago)
Original score: 2