I've had a really cool idea for a story and wrote a quick blurb about the story, but when I showed it to someone they said it sounded too much like A Christmas Carol
Keep in mind I won't publish this story (if I ever write it...) But I would like to share it with a family member.
Anyway here's the blurb:
Kelton is the Symbolizer of Imagination, meaning he, like a fourth of the population, represents a color, animal, object, or abstract idea. This also means Kelton can create illusions, like how he created Asher, his best friend, when he was only a toddler. Asher was always been different from Kelton’s other illusions. He’s tangible, has a free will, and he was the only other person who saw Kelton’s father get killed by a shark nine years ago. So, when Kelton finds out Asher is flickering, a sign he’s about to disappear, Kelton must find a way to save his best friend, unlike how he couldn’t save his father. With help from the Symbolizers of the Past, Present and Future, Kelton learns more about his best friend and how to overcome emotional difficulties.
So does it sound too much like A Christmas Carol? The only similarity the person I showed it to could find was about the Symbolizers of the Past, Present, and Future, but is that enough to make it seem like yet another A Christmas Carol-based story? I don't want it to be.
Keep in mind I won't publish this story (if I ever write it...) But I would like to share it with a family member.
Anyway here's the blurb:
Kelton is the Symbolizer of Imagination, meaning he, like a fourth of the population, represents a color, animal, object, or abstract idea. This also means Kelton can create illusions, like how he created Asher, his best friend, when he was only a toddler. Asher was always been different from Kelton’s other illusions. He’s tangible, has a free will, and he was the only other person who saw Kelton’s father get killed by a shark nine years ago. So, when Kelton finds out Asher is flickering, a sign he’s about to disappear, Kelton must find a way to save his best friend, unlike how he couldn’t save his father. With help from the Symbolizers of the Past, Present and Future, Kelton learns more about his best friend and how to overcome emotional difficulties.
So does it sound too much like A Christmas Carol? The only similarity the person I showed it to could find was about the Symbolizers of the Past, Present, and Future, but is that enough to make it seem like yet another A Christmas Carol-based story? I don't want it to be.
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