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Alex Collins
Novel: Diminishing Hope
Genre: Mainstream Fiction
51,100 words so far  

About Alex Collins

Location: Australia

Home Region:
Australia & New Zealand :: Sydney

Age:25

Favorite novels: The Principia Discordia, Jack West Jr. novels, IT...

Favorite writers: Stephen King, Matthew Reilly.

Favorite music: Celtic Woman, Delta Goodrem, Godspell, Jars of Clay, Jennifer Knapp, RENT...

Joined: Oktober 13, 2008

This Year: Official Participant

NaNoWriMo History:
'05 '06 '07 '08

NaNoWriMo posts: 115

NaNoWriMo buddies: 24

 

Synopsis: Diminishing Hope

Hope's future--and that of the Rebellion--is uncertain.

In one, she is dead, along with her five comrades. Their proposed uprising was eliminated with extreme prejudice--and so the last chance for separation failed.

In another, she left the rebellion, which continued on without her--and the price of freedom was far too high, with far too much ceded in order to obtain it.

In a third, her story is recounted, as is the story of the Rebellion: the rebellion that was their salvation. They recount the stories, so that in the recounting, they shall remember the pain that was suffered for their freedom.

None of that matters now.

The Rebellion is only newly formed. The plans are unfocused, ineffective, but guided by one intent: what has happened to Hope and others must end--and end swiftly.

Hope is seventeen.

Given all that has happened, she is lucky she made it this far. The stress, fear and pain are driving her mad; just a little longer and she will be worthless. She doesn't want that; she wants a way out of it all--even if it means courting certain death by joining with the Rebels.

It is soon clear, however, that before Hope can truly help them, she must first deal with her demons.

She must do this...

Alone.

Excerpt: Diminishing Hope

The Storm Approaches

The workers of Toronto--the primary place of goods production--have ceased to work. Whether it happens today, next week or next fortnight, what stock there is will be depleted. The ramifications of this extend to more than just Toronto--as the primary place of goods production, sixty-three percent of the country's goods were produced here. Not only will Toronto feel the pressure, but so will all of the country.

The obvious answer is to replace the workers--whilst a solution, there are two serious flaws. The first is that the workers must come from other locations, resulting in production slowing down there. The second is that the workers must take on the jobs of multiple people ito avoid the production slowing to a trickle and will therefore demand extra pay. History has proven that particular demand must be met.

However, the amount of extra pay required to cover this situation is beyond anyone's capabilities to sustain long term.

Thus, the government faces a choice in this age; a choice that has long been avoided, not just by them, but by many governments, all over the world, all through history. It would be all too easy to lay the blame at their feet alone, but it is not wholly their fault. In one sense, their only fault is that they allowed this to continue.

For we are tired of the slavery laws, of being slaves. We are tired of doing all the work, of being the only who can do the work. We are tired of the inequality, of males' superiority over females, even if they are both slaves, freed slaves, or slave owners. We demand freedom. But we do not demand freedom for ourselves alone. We demand that everyone be free, female and male alike.

Yes, even males as well. For although they think themselves free, they are not. We are more free than they, we believe, because we in our slavery we are still freer--for do we share a bond of sisterhood, of love familial? Are we not able to enjoy the simple things that exist: the heat of the sun, the cool of the breeze, the light of the moon... we are daughters of Eris, chaotic creatures, yes, but in essence simple beings.

We, we daughters of Eris, who make no claim on this world; who know that it is not our right to be here, but our privilege; who desire nothing more than freedom.

We demand our freedom.

In truth, we would like nothing better than for our voices to be heard, our demands met. But we leave it to the government to respond, hoping they choose with calm wisdom. For we know more than they would have us know.

We are the Rachel Rebels.

We are watching.

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