: Re: How to make philosophical ideas more relatable? The consequence of some ideas can be so distant in the future or so foreign to most people that creating a relatable setting or character to

@Steve161

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You've just done it. Maybe we're not all fighting for immortality, but your character in the last paragraph is facing death and failure. Everyone can relate to that, and I'd read that story.

You'd show why it's important to your reader by showing why it's important to your character. If it's an idea that's foreign to the reader, that could be what makes the story interesting.

That said, if you're creating a setting or character to exploit a particular philosophical idea, you're already in danger of the character becoming less relatable. They would benefit from more depth. What else does this character think, and why do they believe what they believe? Above all, how does it fit with the story?

If the philosophical point becomes more important than the story, that's unlikely to be a good outcome. If it feels like hard work, it might be because the story doesn't want to go that way.

On the other hand, if writing fiction was easy, anyone would be able to do it.

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