Hey guys, just a quick word before the beginning of the story;
This is my first story, so go easy on me. I'll happily look at and accept any criticism, suggestions, or even tips that come my way, because I am kind of an amateur writer. I want to change that, so listening to what others say is a pretty important goal of mine. I want to know any audience that I have, through what they crave in stories, and I also want to gain experience and just learn in a general sense. With this story, "You Gotta Move", I do have a plot in mind. I'm not just making it up as I type it, and I don't want it to be something simple. I see a lot of fan-fic on the internet that obtains so much success, but when I read it, it literally just takes the entire story of, for instance, a video-game, and just novelizes it, with very few new ideas of the author thrown in. It's well-written, don't get me wrong, and in a way, it's quite fun to read, but if you've played the actual video-game that it's based on, you know what happens next. On top of that, to call it "fan-fiction" is pretty debatable, because it isn't the fan's fiction. With others, I find that the story is so vague, simple and lazily written, that I lose interest almost immediately. I do wonder why stories like those get all the fame, but other, more talented artists, get hardly anything. It's the same case in the music industry, unfortunately.
I'm not at all saying that I'll deliver something even better (I probably won't), but I do want to try and strive for something that I can be proud of, whether or not it achieves the success that I'd like.
This is a story-in-progress, so chapters will be added as I get round to writing them. Changes may also occur with some pre-existing chapters, whether it be simple corrections to spelling mistakes or grammar, changing diction or syntax, or even adding entire new passages. Once again, I'm open to any suggestions/ideas.
Enjoy.
-Mark
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"You Gotta Move" is meant to be a story of the human condition, which something that I'm rather fond of writing about. It's set in the Fallout universe, in the "Texas Commonwealth", which was what it was known as before the Great War.
The main protagonist is "Dylan", a troubled young man who finds himself in the pursuit of an unknown, but dangerous enemy. Dylan has been on the run from this threat for as long as he can remember. "They" murdered his Father, shortly after Dylan was born, leaving only his Mother to take him into the Wasteland and raise him and keep him safe by herself. The twosome tried to keep a low profile; never affiliating themselves with other people, always using fake identities, small talk only and watching their backs - "They" could be anywhere and anyone. The story takes place shortly after Dylan's Mother passes away. Dylan knows about everything that his Mother ever taught him about surviving the anonymous "Them" - not talking to or trusting anyone - but he finds himself at the breaking point of loneliness, where he is desperate to find someone he can trust. Humans weren't designed to live like this. Dylan is content on surviving, but to truly live, he will have to confront his fears and find out the truth. Who are "They"? What did his parents do? What do "They" want with him?