This question asked about themes that were appropriate for different categories of stories.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n This question asked me to develop a plot around a nominated theme. I chose “dangerous unintended consequences”.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n A biomechanical\nresearcher develops nanotechnology that can rebuild people\u2019s ocular lenses in-situ<\/em>\nto make the person\u2019s vision perfect. Her employer takes the product to market\nbefore a proper course of testing and trials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The manufactured\nlenses don\u2019t last, and decay within a couple of years. The people who have\nundergone the initial treatment face further treatment or blindness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lawsuits are brought\nagainst the company, and the company holds the researcher responsible for the\nproblem, despite her opposition to having the technology released so quickly.\nShe has to come up with a solution to the problem, and spends a lot of time in\nthe lab, neglecting family and friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The researcher\ndiscovers the problem with the technology and produces a fix that allows the\nmanufactured lens to last indefinitely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Patients are brought\nin, undergo a procedure that introduces still more nanotechnology into their\neyes, and their lenses are built as required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some patients\u2019\noriginal nanotechnology hadn\u2019t completely degraded before the second\napplication. There are adverse reactions between the two versions of the\ntreatment, and over time, they produce a corrupted form of the lens material\nthat escapes the confines of the eye, causing deposits to form in the brain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We see personality\nchanges in the patients we\u2019ve been following from the start. People around them\nbecome suspicious, and one patient\u2019s spouse (a neurologist) recognises the\nchanges as being similar to a brain tumour. The patient undergoes a scan, the\ndeposits are found, and the cause is identified. By this time, the effects are\nirreversible, and patients start to die.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our researcher (the\nprotagonist) experiences crushing guilt. Her employer starts talking to her,\nendeavouring to keep her quiet in case she starts pointing her finger at their\nprocedures. Her grief turns to rage, and she publishes all of her notes and\nmemos to the internet. The company attempts to discredit her, then kill her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The company\u2019s\nmanipulations misfire, and it is exposed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The researcher lives,\nbut still feels guilt at what has been happened to her patients. Outraged and\nbereaved relatives still seek revenge and\/or compensation, but from company\nrather than the researcher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The reality of what they\u2019ve done is brought home to those in the company responsible for pushing the technology to market, and they are imprisoned. The researcher leaves her profession because of her grief, and joins (or founds) a technology watchdog organisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This was an analysis of the first few pages of two stories from the same categories. I chose Jack and Jill (the third book in the Alex Cross series) by James Patterson, and Tripwire (the third book in the Jack Reacher series) by Lee Child.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Because there was nothing particularly creative in this analysis, I’ve not included the text here.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Question 1 This question asked about themes that were appropriate for different categories of stories. Themes appropriate for suspense Pawns can become queens Nothing is as it appears \/ no-one is as they appear Trust no-one \/ anyone can betray you Be afraid \u2026 someone is watching \/ you cannot hide anything Themes appropriate for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cairns-family.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cairns-family.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cairns-family.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cairns-family.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cairns-family.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cairns-family.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":347,"href":"https:\/\/www.cairns-family.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344\/revisions\/347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cairns-family.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cairns-family.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cairns-family.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Themes appropriate for suspense<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Themes appropriate for murder mystery<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Themes appropriate for modern day\nfantasy<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Themes appropriate for science\nfiction<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Question 2<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Causative action<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Complication 1<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Rising action 1<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Climax 1<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Falling action 1<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Complication 2<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Rising action 2<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Climax 2<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Falling action 2<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Denouement<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Question 3<\/h3>\n\n\n\n