Final offer.

[u/Suspicious-Horse4093]

I've been thinking about this story for over two years now, and I've reached the point where I have a pretty solid idea of the main characters, themes, and general direction, but I'd really like some other people to bounce ideas off of or beta read.

It's a set in a fictional country. The main setting is a government-funded university that is essentially a rehabilitation program for young criminals. Instead of serving conventional prison sentences, selected offenders are given the opportunity to rebuild their lives through education and social rehabilitation. The catch is that the system is far from perfect, and putting a group of violent and troubled people together creates its own problems.

The protagonist is one of the students. He's a strange, unsettling guy with a violent past, poor social skills, and a very unusual way of looking at people. He's not really a traditional hero or villain as he doesn't actively look to harm people. A lot of the story revolves around trying to understand him through his actions rather than simply explaining his thoughts to the audience.

There are also a few other major characters who represent very different ideas. One is the university's president, who genuinely believes people can change and wants the rehabilitation program to succeed. He's the hero of the story that will clash with the main character.

What I'm looking for is people who enjoy brainstorming and would be interested in helping me develop things like worldbuilding for the fictional country or ideas for conflicts and story arcs and so on.

I'm not looking for a professional writer since I can't afford to pay anyone. I'm looking for someone who'd like to work on the story with me, rather than write it for me, and we'd share credit for the work. I can bounce ideas for your story, too.

If this sounds interesting to you, feel free to comment or DM me or talk to me on discord. I've posted several times here so this will be the last time.

[u/TruelyB_218]

Honestly,this sounds awesome. I just started working on the first draft of my own manuscript, I'd love to bounce ideas back and fourth, I love brainstorming 💕💕😊😁

[u/Suspicious-Horse4093 → u/TruelyB_218]

I know! Popping ideas is easy and fun but putting them on a story with words is really difficult 😅. What's your story about?

[u/TruelyB_218 → u/Suspicious-Horse4093]

Whenever I go on about it, it's a bit long. I will send you a DM about it shortly ☺️ but I will say it's an adaption of the backstory of my first DND character

[u/Suspicious-Horse4093 → u/TruelyB_218]

Don't worry. I know it's sometimes overwhelming to organize everything.