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Lately, I've been trying to work on original stories as well as my fanfiction. This has proved to be difficult, as I've only had one feasible idea for an original short story in the past semester. Most of my creative energy is going towards fanfic. While this is good for my fanfic, it's probably not the optimal condition for someone who really wants to be published.
The idea I've had is, of course, "From the Gods." The concept is simple: A middle-aged man, probably an ex-hippie, believes his teenage son to be an alien. The problem here is that I only have the concept, and no plot or story map. I've had the ENTIRE SEMESTER to work on this. I've even gotten a deadline from the Fiction Collective for a rough draft, and I still didn't make it.

( From the Gods, first draft, beginning, 212 words )

When I brought it in to Fic Collective, the first suggestion was that I just start writing from inside the character's head. It doesn't seem to have worked within the context of the story so far; I don't know how to get from "old hippie reminisces" to "son is alien" (and I don't even know if it actually sounds like an old hippie or not), and the wording seems waaaaaay too pretentious to be actually coming from inside the character's head. I thought I might use scene cuts to get to action and dialogue, but I really have no idea as to how I'm going to construct the story, whether I'm going to be able to keep the elevated tone up throughout the story, or whether such an elevated tone is really necessary. And I'm still really waffling about the character of the father.
(Thanks to diraskyria for insights)

Should I scrap it and start over, or try to keep going?
Wordsmiths, I ask for suggestions.