Quote from: diesektor999 on Apr 30, 2020, 04:55:35 PM
The alien Morpheus project is merely for fun, to see what i can do with something concerning a franchise a really care about.
I used to overlook fan-fic as a waste of time but then I realised what fun it can be as a writer because, as already stated, it plays by other rules. The chief one being that it has no commercial imperative, therefore no pressure to please any audience other than yourself.
Also, not to put too fine a point on it, but fan-fic is an unofficial license to steal. As long as you follow 2 unwritten rules you can basically get away with theft of another author's work. The 2 rules are:
1. Don't pretend it's anything other than an amateur's fan-fic.
2. Don't make money from it.
And as you said, it's also a good testing ground to hone your skills using story material in which you have a pre-existing knowledge and interest. So it's a helpful short cut to getting a story off the ground - which is very useful in a writing exercise.
Quote from: diesektor999 on Apr 30, 2020, 04:55:35 PM
what did you think of the character butler by the way - do you think it would be fun to see two evil droids working together ?
Apart from enabling David's escape early on, he has no other purpose to the plot. You need to find other things for him to do.
I don't understand how David's "olive branch" message corrupts Butler's programming and turns him evil.
Ericks says Butler's mission is to return David intact, at all costs. Butler asks what "at all costs" means. Ericks says his mission notes will explain that. This sounds like it might be significant, but I don't know how. I never got to see the notes.
Quote from: diesektor999 on Apr 30, 2020, 04:55:35 PM
do you think they should be the same or should butler be a totally new charter .
Do you mean if they should be identical twins or not? At this stage of the writing, I'd say this is rather trivial, but sure; make them twins!
Once again, there's plenty of info available on the internet explaining what goes into a good protagonist. Here's just one:
Have fun!
TC