forum Plot and Subplot Help
Started by @mckapo
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@Penstorm

Hi mckapo, going through your story it seems like an awesome idea and like you said it is a bit of an outline but that's where everything starts. The main thing I would concentrate on is getting your timeline down. It looks like you have a lot going on and if the time frames is messed up it will cause problems later on. I think it would take several decades for the flowers effects to become apparent and to create an issue for the government and for Toxins to become a separate race and not just years. You might have the initial burst of super powers immediately but for it to happen to hundreds of thousands of people and for the government to create a Research Team for Toxins takes place.
Is your story taking place at the time the asteroid hits? or years later? Are you planning on explaining how the flower got there? Did an alien race send it? - perhaps that alien race knew something devastating was about to happen to the human race and sent it there to help humans 'evolve?' What if the flower acts as a beacon and is bringing another race to Earth to use as a resource and it had side effects on humans and the Toxins become the one that are able to fight?
You have a lot of possibilities to go with and it all looks exciting. I love stories like this! I would love to read more :)

@mckapo

I was thinking the asteroid/flower/Vamette Flower lands, in 2020's, that the story starts around 2060's-70's. but do you think that it should be a few more decades, or even hundreds of years?
So far, no explanation of how the flower got there, though Im thinking of aliens.
Oh, wow that sounds like a really interesting idea… it actually sounds great, and adds like, an antagonist.
thank you!:

@Penstorm

Having it land in 2020 is a good idea - although if you are trying to be more futuristic you might want to push the date to something far out like 3020?- as far as when the story starts it depends on how you want the Toxins to function as - genetically altered humans, which I think would take several decades to hundreds of years OR as humans with immediate abilities; this would work if you want them to be 'out of control' with their new found powers. Either way the government would need to step in to help monitor the Toxins.
Just for more ideas… if an asteroid is a certain size it could cause global catastrophe therefore a new government would be needed - so you could explain everything away as to creating a whole new species and the discrimination that goes with being a Toxin.
Like I said, I like your idea so its fun to help out. Good luck and let me know if you want/need help!