4th January 2006, 5:59 PM
Okay, this is going to take forever to set up properly so just bear with me.
I'm writing a science fiction story that's set in a post apocalyptic Earth. On this Earth all but a few of the major cities are completely destroyed or abandoned and the entire globe is covered by a desert. The abandoned cities are under the jurisdiction of the Searcher's Guild who survey the cities and open them to members to go through them and find things to sell. The main character of my story is a girl name Kara who is a Searcher at a certain city in the northeastern portion of what used to the be the United States. She was raised by a man named Martin who found her and she has no idea who her parents are/were.
Alright, now I plan on revealing in the story that Kara was placed into cryogenic stasis just before the disaster that ruined the Earth. Also, her parents survived but they went on to Mars and left the Searcher's Guild with the task of finding any trace of their daughter. Martin find her 15 years later, but after much thought he decides to raise Kara himself rather than turning her over to her much older parents who seem to have created a new life for themselves.
In the story Kara meets up with a boy named Aaron who came from Mars after his parents were killed. She takes pity on him and decides to help him despite misgivings.
Now, the question I have is should I write to the story to where Kara finds out that she and Aaron and siblings and her parents are dead or should I write so that it's just a coincidence are her parents are still living on Mars. I'm asking this because I have no idea which I should use and I know that if I go for the one I like a little bit more [that they're siblings] I have to fundamentally change the basis of their relationship. Also, I'd like to know if one or both sound contrived or too far-fetched.
I'm writing a science fiction story that's set in a post apocalyptic Earth. On this Earth all but a few of the major cities are completely destroyed or abandoned and the entire globe is covered by a desert. The abandoned cities are under the jurisdiction of the Searcher's Guild who survey the cities and open them to members to go through them and find things to sell. The main character of my story is a girl name Kara who is a Searcher at a certain city in the northeastern portion of what used to the be the United States. She was raised by a man named Martin who found her and she has no idea who her parents are/were.
Alright, now I plan on revealing in the story that Kara was placed into cryogenic stasis just before the disaster that ruined the Earth. Also, her parents survived but they went on to Mars and left the Searcher's Guild with the task of finding any trace of their daughter. Martin find her 15 years later, but after much thought he decides to raise Kara himself rather than turning her over to her much older parents who seem to have created a new life for themselves.
In the story Kara meets up with a boy named Aaron who came from Mars after his parents were killed. She takes pity on him and decides to help him despite misgivings.
Now, the question I have is should I write to the story to where Kara finds out that she and Aaron and siblings and her parents are dead or should I write so that it's just a coincidence are her parents are still living on Mars. I'm asking this because I have no idea which I should use and I know that if I go for the one I like a little bit more [that they're siblings] I have to fundamentally change the basis of their relationship. Also, I'd like to know if one or both sound contrived or too far-fetched.
Sometimes you get the scorpion.