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After uncovering a false flag terror plot, a na?ve but ambitious reporter risks her life and the lives of her colleagues to unmask the conspirators before they topple the US government for the story of a lifetime.
Agreed with DPG and Eathan. There is very little about this that sounds unique enough, it needs a unique ability or set of circumstances. What if the reporter was somehow related to the terrorist or presidential family? This could give them a unique vantage point no one else has. However, even withRead more
Agreed with DPG and Eathan.
There is very little about this that sounds unique enough, it needs a unique ability or set of circumstances. What if the reporter was somehow related to the terrorist or presidential family? This could give them a unique vantage point no one else has. However, even with that, you would still need to explain how exactly the terrorists can conceivably achieve their overly ambitious goal. Perhaps lower their aim to something more achievable like blowing up Yankee Stadium or setting off a bomb in the Super Bowl anything that would add credibility to their actions.
See lessHOW ABOUT: A soldier returns home with a desire to become a professional poker player, believing it is a safer lifestyle than fighting a war. So she thought until winning all the serial killer?s money.
Maybe it's just me but? I find this character not interesting. What is it about her that will make her story compelling? There have been many stories about or involving returning vets, most of them employed high stakes and interesting scenarios, (Rambo, Born on the 4th of July, American Sniper and eRead more
Maybe it’s just me but? I find this character not interesting. What is it about her that will make her story compelling? There have been many stories about or involving returning vets, most of them employed high stakes and interesting scenarios, (Rambo, Born on the 4th of July, American Sniper and even John Watson) this one hints at something but is unclear as to what it is.
So what’s at stake in her succeeding or failing as a poker player?
If she succeeds she gets money, if she doesn’t she gets an office job. None of this is really interesting, therefore you’ve now added the serial killer angle. With her life put at risk the stakes go up but without her knowing they would – how does she know she’s playing opposite a serial killer? Even if he or she were to confess it’s a mighty hard thing to simply believe on face value.
Assuming the killer made a few attempts on her life this turns into a survival story between a vet and a serial killer, what’s stopping her from going to the nearest police station?
You’re trying to play on the irony of a person doing something they think will be safer but in actual fact turns out to be more dangerous. That’s a nice additive but is far from a hook, what this story needs is a stakes character. In other words, if there was more at risk than just her life her fight for survival becomes a noble one.
What if she cleaned out a serial killer in a high-stakes illegal poker game with the intention to pay for a medical procedure to save a loved one. This way you give her a goal beyond mere survival and raise the stakes.
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>>>not sure being suicidal can work thoughI think her being suicidal will work because it gives her a compelling character arc: to wit, in the process of talking the man out of suicide, she also talks herself.Part of the standard definition of the protagonist is that she is a character whoRead more
>>>not sure being suicidal can work though
I think her being suicidal will work because it gives her a compelling character arc: to wit, in the process of talking the man out of suicide, she also talks herself.
Part of the standard definition of the protagonist is that she is a character who undergoes a character arc. ?If she is not the only character to arc, she is the designated character to undergo the primary character arc ?that underscores the theme of the story.
The suicidal man’s character arc is obvious: he doesn’t kill himself, seeks counseling. ?Well, if she’s the protagonist then what is her character arc?
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