# Story from the point of view of the only normal one? (warning: long)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-from-the-point-of-view-of-the-only-normal-one-warning-long/597935>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 28, 2011, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-from-the-point-of-view-of-the-only-normal-one-warning-long/597935 "2011-09-28T22:36:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-from-the-point-of-view-of-the-only-normal-one-warning-long/597935/21 "2011-10-11T07:43:19Z")

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“If it _hadn’t…_”

Please do not neglect the pluperfect.

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**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-from-the-point-of-view-of-the-only-normal-one-warning-long/597935/22 "2011-10-11T08:13:36Z")

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Without wishing to sound too picky, what you have there is a premise, not a story. And stories are written with similar premises all the time, so you shouldn’t worry about whether something similar has been done before. Plot out your story and get writing!

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