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Biodiversity and Natural Selection
I saw a video recently, about scientists discovering a new species of river dolphin in Brazil. Apparently the dolphins have been there forever, but no one noticed these were slightly different than river dolphins upriver. Even on the planet we live, we know little about its biodiversity.
Certainly this is food for thought in our writing. How many species of animals have been around and gone extinct before we discovered them? How many pockets of uncivilized habitat are left for unknown plants and animals? How many humans are still willing to travel to unknown areas and study them? The good thing is we have technology to help us identify and study new species and how they may have evolved.
Could we as writers create our own species, possibly living among us or remotely? Could we create a plausible premise to engage our readers and tickle their imagination? Would it be too far a stretch to have a secondary human species living among us? Maybe that weird guy down the block...could he be genetically different from you and I? The last question, could technology be harming natural selection and creating a weaker human race?
So think about it, do we have to travel to another planet or universe to create something new?
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Excerpt: Jack thought back to the day it was discovered. His team was in Quadrant 147, along a trail that was once the main road to the little village they were unearthing, and dug up a strange stone cube. The cube was unremarkable except for its weight. It should have weighed in at about two hundred pounds, but only weighed twelve. It was slated for radio carbon testing later today; Jack anxiously awaited the results.
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Excerpt: The people understood, they knew why no rain fell. Mothers began to tell their children stories as the storm of thunder and lightning reigned outside their shelters. Stories eagerly listened to by all gathered, to take their minds off the storm outside.
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This month's question: Do we have to travel to another planet or universe to create something new?
Last month's question: Have you had a great story evolve from a brainstorm session?
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Shadowstalker-- Covid free  : Lol My episode saga in my portfolio is basically nothing but a giant brainstorm! Originally I only planned on making it like a short two chapter story or so but I kept asking what if and how. In the end it turned into not 1, not 2, not, 3 but 4 different saga's of brainstorming goodness. Plus a bunch of small spin off stories using the characters I had created in their own little "Lost tales" sort of way.
Awesome!
Mitchopolis : Hello, this was a great, heartwarming newsletter with some great advice. I think hanging on to a part of childhood is one of the greatest gifts we can give, not only to ourselves, but to our children as well. I like to pull out my childish ways and slip it on like a cape made out of an old bed sheet to see if I can still fly.
I bet you can.
Quick-Quill  : Not me, but my chiropractor heard I wrote novels and pitched his idea for a book. I bounced some idea's back and we chatted and by the time I left his brain was whirling with ideas for about 5 or six books with the last book already set. It sure was fun to help someone take an idea and have them excited to work on a project.
Invite him to join our community!
monty31802: Your Newsletter is quite the action adventure write. I got some imagery that made me laugh, could see you bouncing off the walls. I have always believed in that last line.
"And while you're at it, don't forget to ask that lonely person on the sidelines to join in" They make the best friends in life. |
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