This project has taken on a new form as I combine my camp experience/story with my favorite genre: science fiction! If you haven’t already noticed from my many science fiction movie/tv/and book recommendations, I’ve been consuming a lot of apocalypse content. What a great opportunity to turn two things I think about a lot into a story, cue Stephen King (sci-fi king — The Stand is a great inspiration for this story idea) quote from On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft:
“Let's get one thing clear right now, shall we? There is no Idea Dump, no Story Central, no Island of the Buried Bestsellers; good story ideas seem to come quite literally from nowhere, sailing at you right out of the empty sky: two previously unrelated ideas come together and make something new under the sun. Your job isn't to find these ideas but to recognize them when they show up.”
You gotta give me money if you want to read more of these ideas of mine… Below I will be revealing my pitch. Gotta give you something to sink your teeth into and hook you in (and motivate me) to this world I’ve been building in my head.
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