In today's tutorial my idea was discussed in terms of its setting, story and how the story might be told as a whole. Instead of having the story taking place over multiple locations throughout the world, we concluded that the setting could focus on one particular location, which would be more beneficial for time management but also for telling the story well. If the alien is taken and experimented on in a government lab, the process of tests, imprisonment and pushing this victimised creature could be what ultimately pushes him away from the world and creates this anger inside of him. There could be ways to show his innocence and good intentions, being compromised by the abuse he endures and the endless eyes that look down on him unfairly. What was also brought up was the idea that this character is essentially a bomb, placed on earth with just a matter of time before what is yet to transpire. With that in mind, it was mentioned that the symbol he keeps seeing doesn't necessarily have to be an external one, it could be that he causes unexplainable things to happen without realising. For example, causing small objects to blow up when getting angry as a child. As the character gets older, the signs become more intense and he becomes harder to contain, until eventually he cannot be controlled any longer. I don't yet know how the turning point will fully take place, and if it is a matter of him discovering his place on the world, or just that he discovers that he is in control and his powers are strong enough to turn the tables, but I would still like to have things turn around largely in the third act, after setting up the idea that there may be some slim chance of hope, before learning that it is too late for everybody. With all of this in mind, I think there are multiple ways I can end the story, and ways to tell it. I think it could work without a narrator and maybe even without dialogue. I will keep in mind that my story may still change and be adjusted later on in different ways for it to be told better, but for now I think setting it in a more specific, singular location will be the way that I approach this.
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