Can anyone give opinion on book premise i want to write? - /lit/ (#24518820) [Archived: 517 hours ago]

Anonymous
7/4/2025, 1:12:26 AM No.24518820
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>ActI:Presents society of a unified world ruled by one Man with no name who owns everything and everyone, all is done for him nothing else matters, puts in the premises for philosophical thought, hes been at it for 10000 years
>Act II:Explores the lives of various individuals in this order from High ranking noble men, to his "childreen" to even the lowly serfs
>ActIII:follows a group of people that rediscovered a truth about the ruler who wiped his mind,end with him revealing he planed this all along and starting a new cycle in which he wipes the mind of everyone including said guys. who he was is not revealed
>ActIV:ruler wonder if he can still change, feel,... considering that everything was planed, he tries to introduce chaos in to the equation
>A child whos not be changed trough technology unlike the other sons, he is free to choose
>He is fascinated by the childlike wonder and lets him go out in the world to explore
>The kids just is and starts creating instead of immitating or improving without reason or chaos
>Act V:The child returns to the ruler, exchange of ideas of the old world that was wiped out of the history books clashing with the modern one, ending of the machines that kept the empire running for 10k years
>Epilogue is the last thought of the ruler contemplating all that he has saw and done.
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Anonymous
7/4/2025, 1:21:17 AM No.24518849
>>24518820 (OP)
illegible
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Anonymous
7/4/2025, 1:27:24 AM No.24518877
>>24518849
>Act I: Presents a society of a unified world ruled by one man with no name, who owns everything and everyone. All is done for him; nothing else matters. This act sets the premises for philosophical thought. He has ruled for 10,000 years.
>Act II: Explores the lives of various individuals in this order: from high-ranking noblemen, to his "children," to even the lowly serfs.
>Act III: Follows a group of people who rediscover a truth about the ruler, who had wiped his own mind. It ends with him revealing that he had planned this all along, beginning a new cycle in which he wipes the minds of everyone — including those who uncovered the truth. His true identity is never revealed.
>Act IV: The ruler wonders if he can still change or feel, considering that everything was planned. He attempts to introduce chaos into the equation.
>A child, who cannot be changed through technology unlike the other sons, is free to choose.
>He is fascinated by the child's wonder and allows him to go out into the world to explore.
>The child simply is — he begins to create, rather than imitate or improve without reason or chaos.
>Act V: The child returns to the ruler. They exchange ideas — the forgotten world that was erased from history clashes with the modern one. The act ends with the destruction of the machines that had kept the empire running for 10,000 years.
>Epilogue: The ruler's final thoughts, as he contemplates all he has seen and done.
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Anonymous
7/4/2025, 1:29:58 AM No.24518888
>>24518820 (OP)
the plot sounds lame, it all the depends on how you execute it
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Anonymous
7/4/2025, 1:44:17 AM No.24518933
>>24518877
>>24518888
Its more a story for philosophical guys than anything else.
Wanted to put in also some worldbuilding like the world being turned in a giant museum and there being a cool villa where once was the alps
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 7:35:47 AM No.24519729
>>24518888
im with this guy a bit.
the start of your premise sounds like you're describing god in vague terms so you will need to back it up (a lot) by helping the reader visualize this or something in order for it to have impact on the reader. otherwise what's the point? their just a mary sue and that's not interesting. this "one man" needs character development. pronto.
>everything being planned
again leaning into some sort of god complex. this can be used to make some jab at religion since abrahamic religions often rely on gods immaculate nature to explain evil but if evil exists just to give people a reason to be good then whats the point of free will? there is no free will in a world where chaos exists for the sake of chaos.
the kiddo idea can be a good idea because it juxtaposes a childish innocence against something old and powerful but i think you need to build up the stuff that comes before that point in order for it to have impact
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Anonymous
7/4/2025, 7:40:01 AM No.24519746
>>24519729
i think a tl;dr for this is that you need a lot more meat on those bones for readers to be convinced that its worth reading. that its worth rooting for someone in the story

keep at it OP