@Hydrogen: I feel that on the outline. I keep changing mine every time I open the doc, which basically means I never get past the early chapters. But alright, let’s do this micro accountability thing. Could even keep it super low pressure – like one-liner check-ins: “Wrote 120 words and hated 90 of them.” Still counts. What would your ideal story feel like, if you didn’t need a perfect outline first?
It all comes down to themes, like:
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If democracy dies in darkness, does evil also meet its end if it steps into the light?
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“Seek freedom and become captive of your desires.
Seek discipline and find your liberty.”
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While you may not fear death.
What you do fear.
Is change.
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Immortality
Mechanisms behind biological longevity could be genetically linked to conditions of causality which may be defined and identified by empirical science.
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I'll try to come up with a theme I like.
Then build an outline and story around it.
But if it resembles something that has already been done, I'll give up on it.