DichotoMiss

I had an idea about a good story today during my massage. I don't know if it's a story I will be able to write, but I sure would like to read it.



The premise is that there really is predestination. There is some higher being, God, if you like, who has a mastermind plan to acheive [something I haven't come up with yet] and every human being who ever lived and ever will live is a part of that plan. Everyone has a crucial role to play, however small, and the pieces fit together like a jigsaw puzzle.



For example, your name is Henry, and your purpose in life is to let your dog out of the house into your front yard at 3:12pm on July 13, 2003. There have been billions of small events leading up to you making this seemingly insignificant move, but it's a piece in the giant puzzle that must fit into place for the final goal to be met. Perhaps the dog, when let out at precisely that time, frightens a bird who happens to be feeding nearby the yard. That frightened bird flies off around the corner and zooms in front of a car, causing the motorist to swerve and causes a head-on collision with another vehicle, killing the other driver. Perhaps that other driver, if not killed, would have given birth to another Hitler. Or another Mother Teresa. Or another Oppenheimer.



But I'm not saying that "the plan" is good. Or that the final goal is good. Or that any part of it is actually "good". Just that it is very, very complex.



And what were to happen if some small part of that plan were to go awry?



Well, that's actually the crux of the story. Another person, say, Peter (for lack of a better name), somehow, due to some unforeseen glitch, fails to perform his part in the master plan. Now I realize that this might be a blatant ripoff of The Matrix, but this event allows Peter to glimpse a part of the master plan, a part of the huge web of events. And the plan shifts itself, trying to make amends and get back on track, presenting Peter with the same opportunity to do his bit over and over again. Only it's already so far off kilter that he misses every time, and every time he's able to see more and more of the plan, more and more of the interconnections and dependencies.



Until...



I don't know. Until what? Until he sees the final goal and reveals it to the reader? It would have to be something pretty spectacular and shocking. Of course I haven't come up with what that pretty spectacular and shocking thing would be, so it isn't much of a climax at this point.



Oh yeah, and I'm worried I am going to lose my job.



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