Elevator Pitch: My article shall be about a teen-aged boy who is unable to be forgotten. When a person learns information about him, whether first- or secondhand, they can always recall it instantly with perfect accuracy, making him the easiest thing for people to remember. Because of this, people think about him more frequently as a side-effect.
Central Narrative: The boy was originally non-anomalous. He was extroverted and had many friends. He was also insecure, however, craving validation from others.
When his anomaly manifested, he noticed people recalling information about him in unusually high levels of detail. People would talk and joke about him far more than they usually did, and the boy was under constant attention. The attention quickly became suffocating, as the boy's mistakes couldn't be forgotten and his attempts to alleviate the scrutiny were unsuccessful. He grew to dread social interaction, and eventually stopped coming to school altogether.
The boy's absence caused his school's faculty to take notice, and when an undercover Foundation agent noticed his anomalously boosted popularity, he was discovered and contained.
Hook/Attention-Grabber: I personally haven't seen much relating to unforgettable anomalies, so I feel this would be somewhat new. My plan is to show how Darcy's anomaly changed his personal/social life for the worse, which I think would be interesting.
Additional Notes: This idea is based on my own social anxiety, and the irrational fear of having one's mistakes remembered by everybody. I wanted to write about a scenario where that fear came true. Please tell me if there's anything I should clarify. Also, I currently have it where the "undercover agent" is working at the boy's school, but let me know if that doesn't work.
