Yep, I’m doing it again. I’m going to write a book in November. This time it’s going to be a Science Fiction idea that I’ve had floating around in my head for a number of years. It’s one of those great, archetype-filled journey stories. An outcast struggling to find his place in the world ends up the savior of his community.
The only problem this time is that there aren’t any human beings in the story. The hero is a water-based life form. Worse, saying “his” isn’t exactly accurate. A big part of the story is the fact there are six genders. He starts off as one and transitions to another.
I’ve tried to write this book a couple of times before. Both times I got stuck in the first chapter. Both times it was because of the gender issue. Or rather, the fact that English doesn’t accommodate alternatives to the two-gender system very well.
I started off calling him “it”. He really is an it at the beginning. The use of that word it for gender had a cold effect on the story. This time I’ll try it in first person. Hope that does the trick.
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