Would like feedback on how people would see somewhat related plots, and how best to put them into universes and series. I'm returning to writing after a couple of years. Incidentally, I lost the Word originals of some of the earlier stories. Is there a way to download that might retrieve some of my original markup, or is it just raw text?
Is this one universe with three series, three universes, or something else?
The three paths that I have in mind all have some autobiographical elements from my past from roughly ages 14-16. They all have do-over aspects, but not necessarily time travel or mind control. The one that is up with content is the Tomorrow Is Another Day (universe/series), starting with alternate (and background setting) for influencing JFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. Partially up, and in need of revision and extension, is "Ask Not What Your Country can Do for You". Both do involve the protagonist time-traveling, some do-over, and some fairly soft mind control. Most of the characters are drawn either from history, my high school, or my other experience.
Getting near to posting are two other plotlines. One is about a couple of approaches to improve society and individuals, with integral hot sex, that has Maslow's Pyramid and "good alignment" as a model. There are two coordinated approaches to the Pyramid. Both animal behaviorism of bonobos, and humanistic psychology including Maslow, Jung, Sullivan, etc, Also more recent psychological methods such as EMDR.
The next is not so much trying to have a D&D style good-aligned context, but it's also not intended to be evil or exploitative. It's more about power than humanistic psychology. A key premise, without too much in the way of spoilers, ia that the 3rd-4th generation of US organized crime doesn't just go for lower-risk legitimacy, but the Commission had agreed to have the first female-led Family. It also works its way into legitimate business.
While I draw much from 1962-1964, the time at which they actually take place is more vague, except for historical events, Miniskirts didn't really start entering my time line until a couple of years later, an unacceptable constraint. Smartphones, computers, etc., are far more advanced than the time.
There is a contemporary assumption through the latter two that there has been a backlash against US political evangelism, and the society has become more sex-positive, including Registered Courtesans (Mr. Kraft should have used one). I did have one path involving the Trump Administration, but reality was moving faster than I could write parody.
These are "cousins" of other paths, such as my Veneries stories. Most of my stories have at least some autobiographical content -- I make use of this in my personal psychotherapy.