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Originally Posted by Wael
Hi Crich70,
As regards the plot,The main character is not simply one person, but the main character is the group of the new Islamic politicians, scientists, writers, artists ....etc.
1- The goal is the establishment of the New Islamic Civilization.
2- The motivations are the human, religious, national feelings and the desire to succeed.
3- The conflict lies in the attitude of some western politicians who want to announce the new cold war against the New Islamic Civilization.
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The point I was trying to convey is that usually a story is crystallized down to an individual character's problem that must be solved. In David Kitson's "Turing Evolved" for example the main character is known as Jonathan Carlson and the story focus's on him and his life. I'm not going to make a lot of comments on Mr. Kitson's story here since I don't want to spoil the plot, but it is very much Jon Carlson's story from start to finish. In your blurb you state a goal for the group and what motivates them and give an idea of why it isn't going to be easy, but you don't single out anyone as being the focal point. For example if one of the characters is engaged to be wed and his views on the events in the story are in conflict with the views of his fiancee's family and thus threaten to tear them apart. The story becomes more personalized then. You could have little tidbits of info. throughout the blurb that give an idea of how some of the characters will be affected on a personal level. I haven't read the actual book as yet and am only suggesting broad ideas to improve the blurb so as to draw more attention. What the 'personal' effects of the conflict will be depends on what your characters actually go through. From the general to the specific.