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Originally Posted by MT2008
The main problem I have is with your protagonist. The idea of a guy who was good enough to pass selection for a Tier 1 SF group (or, indeed, any group falling under JSOC command) being an "underachiever" is going to be impossible to sell, IMO. Those dudes can never be, by the nature of their job, underachievers in any way. And stories about underachievers who discover their potential in dangerous situations have been done to death, and they tend to be pretty tough to pull off when the character is so difficult to relate to (sadly, that seems to be the situation you're setting up here). It might be better to have him dealing with other psychological issues (i.e. PTSD, after a recent combat deployment) or character flaws that he needs to resolve in order to become a better person, or at least heal himself from a serious trauma.
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Cool. I like the honest response. And the PTSD angle, having some minor experience with that, I can expound upon that.
Excalibur, just pure unadulterated action/adventure gun porn. Bad guys against the good guy, good guy wins by virute of shooting faster and straighter.
At the end I would like to see the protagonist acclaim some measure of fame and have a nice lunch with his sister.
11-17-2012, 03:39 PM
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