SavannahMann
Really Experienced
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- Jun 24, 2007
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I've posted two complete books, and finally have my first rejection. I feel so much better now. LOL. Seriously for a moment. I wrote a new book I called the Vassal Group. I've already posted it in it's entirety on another website, and I won't be so tacky as to link to an external site here. I figure if the stories online, that's enough right?
However the story was rejected here because it was too extreme, and too brutal. Here's the problem. I came up with the story after reading the crime statistics online. I found my to my horror that some 900,000 missing persons reports are filed each year, mostly children. No, I didn't write about anyone being involved under the age of 18. I'm not ready to even consider those numbers. What I did was start with a simple question, what if someone was taking say, 1% of the 48,000 adult missing persons each year? What kind of organization would be required to perform that kind of criminal activity, and what kind of techniques would they use?
I did a little more research, and found that the technology does exist, although in a rather piecemeal manner. Then I came up with an organization that would be able to do what the starting premise called for.
Here be the rub, how does one create an evil organization which is bent on capturing and re-programming individuals to their own desires without using what is apparently excessive violence? As I considered the goals and methods of the group, and decided they would combine methods of destroying willpower with what we would consider a casual lack of concern. Using everything available would include brutal beatings, prolonged exposure to cold, as well as mental manipulation through drugs and visual/aural programming.
It is a very dark story, and I'm going to honestly say I had some trouble writing some of the sections, but I felt as bad as it was, it was within the standards of behavior I could imagine such a group utilizing. I sincerely pray that no such organization would exist, however it is possible. That's what I like to write, stories that are fiction, but suspend disbelief reasonably. In other words, it is fiction possible instead of science fiction or fantasy.
So now I'm left with either re-writing an evil organization which kidnaps people and brainwashes them with kindness and concern, utterly improbable, or not posting it here. Any suggestions?
However the story was rejected here because it was too extreme, and too brutal. Here's the problem. I came up with the story after reading the crime statistics online. I found my to my horror that some 900,000 missing persons reports are filed each year, mostly children. No, I didn't write about anyone being involved under the age of 18. I'm not ready to even consider those numbers. What I did was start with a simple question, what if someone was taking say, 1% of the 48,000 adult missing persons each year? What kind of organization would be required to perform that kind of criminal activity, and what kind of techniques would they use?
I did a little more research, and found that the technology does exist, although in a rather piecemeal manner. Then I came up with an organization that would be able to do what the starting premise called for.
Here be the rub, how does one create an evil organization which is bent on capturing and re-programming individuals to their own desires without using what is apparently excessive violence? As I considered the goals and methods of the group, and decided they would combine methods of destroying willpower with what we would consider a casual lack of concern. Using everything available would include brutal beatings, prolonged exposure to cold, as well as mental manipulation through drugs and visual/aural programming.
It is a very dark story, and I'm going to honestly say I had some trouble writing some of the sections, but I felt as bad as it was, it was within the standards of behavior I could imagine such a group utilizing. I sincerely pray that no such organization would exist, however it is possible. That's what I like to write, stories that are fiction, but suspend disbelief reasonably. In other words, it is fiction possible instead of science fiction or fantasy.
So now I'm left with either re-writing an evil organization which kidnaps people and brainwashes them with kindness and concern, utterly improbable, or not posting it here. Any suggestions?
