Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-27493054-20160608143034/@comment-27493054-20160608193406

Anarchic Operations wrote: Hi DJDG-MOS! Welcome to the site!

Firstly, I think the Writers Workshop is for drafts/WiP stories. In the future, you may want to post premise ideas on to the Q&A. I'm relatively new around here too, so maybe an admin can confirm that for us as I am not 100% certain myself.

Also, a minor nitpick; titles are supposed to consist of a capital for each word (within reason). So the title should read as; Out Of This World.

As for the idea. It really depends on how you write it. Just make sure it has good grammar and structure, and the story itself does not fall victim to many amatuer problems, including cliche, predictability and one-dimensional characters.

In my opinion, I would cut off the idea of a newly found planet, as that is way too unbelieveable. I can suspend my disbelief, but it only goes so far. Unless you can effectively pull it off, I would instead speak about an asteroid/comet that has somehow come into orbit with earth. That is a little more believable.

But as I stated before; how your premise stacks up as a pasta is entirely dependent on how you write it. Your premise is definitely interesting and to my knowledge, orginal. I suggest posting the finished product onto this forum before you attempt to publish it, just so you can get critical feedback.

If you need any more help or have any questions you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page!

A_O.

Hi.

Thank you for replying, and honestly, I've been starting to get doubts about this "new planet" thingy, so I think I should make it like your idea, an huge asteroid that is right above Earth's orbit. What do you think?