[stylist] Plot input.

Wed Sep 2 05:12:55 UTC 2009

This would definitely have to be in the realm of speculative fiction and you
need to come up with something that could be conceived as "credible" not
factual.

An incompatible gene might be some way to say that the heart is fine but
will not work in person A's body but will work just fine in person B's body.
You would also need to figure out at what age this would take place and if
you want your characters to be older than small children for this to take
place you need to figure out how they would survive with this incompatible
heart until they are older and why the procedure can't be done at a young
age.

Just some points to consider. You have to give us a reason to suspend the
belief and help our minds grasp from this reality to the one you want us to
be in.

Cindy

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> No, and that is why I posed my question.  As I said in my 
> original post, I 
> needed to know if it asked the reader to suspend disbelief too much.
> 
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> > If that were even moderately true, there would be a lot more 
> > transplanted
> > hearts.  Also, if a person has the donor heart they are 
> usually dead.  Has 
> > anyone ever heard of a living person being the donor for a heart?
> > Judith Bron
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> >> Ah, a point I neglected to mention, the problem would only 
> affect the
> >> person the heart was born with, not the person it is 
> transplanted to.
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> >>> One question, if there is a problem with the one heart, why would 
> >>> the
> >>> other
> >>> person want it?
> >>>
> >>> Cindy
> >>>
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> >>>> In this day of transplants, this plot looks plausible. 
> So I'd try 
> >>>> it. (The real test comes in developing the right title for this 
> >>>> scenario- like- "trading Hearts" or "I Beat for You" or 
> "My Heart 
> >>>> for Yours" or  ???; not trying to be strictly funny but 
> a title is 
> >>>> an eye and mind catcher. Any other suggestions for the title?
> >>>>
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> >>>> I have an idea for a short story I want to write, but I 
> want input 
> >>>> on the strength of the overall idea.  Is it plausible, or am I 
> >>>> asking the reader to suspend disbelief too much?
> >>>>
> >>>> Here's the idea, a couple (I haven't determined married or just 
> >>>> lovers) is struggling with communicating with and understanding 
> >>>> each other.  In a strange twist of fate, one (or both) 
> have a heart 
> >>>> condition that allows them to participate in an experimental 
> >>>> surgery to literally swap hearts.  The procedure is a 
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