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Post by Denithar on Aug 13, 2007 10:35:20 GMT -5
Genre?
Time period in history or future?
Main characters?
Setting?
I'll post some ideas soon, but meanwhile, Pesto, if you have any then divulge away.
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Post by Chris on Aug 14, 2007 10:20:51 GMT -5
Idea No. 1
Working Title: Super
Genre: Adventure/Drama/Fantasy
Synopsis: A story of two best friends, Jeremy and Chad, who are torn apart by a miracle and their envy of one another. Jeremy is a zealous, intelligent comic book enthusiast, a dreamer, and his sole ambition in life is to be great, to be renown, to be a force in the world. Chad is a dour, strikingly handsome rebel with a learning disability, tired of the constant responsibility that is heaped upon him at home. Jeremy is secretly jealous of Chad because he unfailingly stands out thanks to his good looks and decisive attitude, and seemingly embodies everything that Jeremy would like to be, and Chad is secretly jealous of Jeremy because he lives a charmed life and has the brains to make anything he wants of himself. These jealousies remain secret until one fine day when Chad wakes up one day with superpowers, and Jeremy convinces him to become a superhero of sorts. Their hidden envy of each other slowly starts wearing away at them. Chad becomes more and more bitter than once again responsibility has been thrust upon him, and this time around he is responsible not for the mere parenting of his siblings but with the lives of others, and furthermore is irked that he is not smart enough to be a superhero without Jeremy coaching him through everything with a walkie. Jeremy becomes frustrated that he, the comic book lover, has to play sidekick and once again live vicariously through Chad as he starts gaining the iconic status that Jeremy so passionately covets. Together they can almost literally move mountains, but will their own selfish, human desires rip them apart and get in the way of being super?
Idea No. 2
Working Title: The Mechanics of Being Happy
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Synopsis: Chronically depressed and emotionally crippled, Kelvin Murtaugh becomes exhausted with being perenially pessimistic, especially upon accidentally discovering that his single mom is overcome with the constant worry that he is on the verge of killing himself. Kelvin decides that perhaps life for everyone involved would be better served if he could shed his downbeat personality and try to be happy for a change. However, this seemingly harmless goal takes on a sinister undercurrent when Kelvin slowly starts realizing that pretending to be happy isn't the same thing as actually being happy, and the harder he tries to actually find happiness the more depressed he becomes when it starts to seem that there is something wrong at the core of his personality that makes him incapable of being happy. Suddenly, his mother's fears of his imminent suicide don't seem so ridiculous anymore.
More later.
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Post by Denithar on Aug 15, 2007 9:32:07 GMT -5
Both of your story ideas intrigue me. I believe the first idea lends itself more to co-writing. However, the second idea interests me even more than the first.
I'm going up north for several days, and we don't have internet there. I'll be back here as soon as I can.
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Post by Chris on Aug 15, 2007 9:45:13 GMT -5
I feel exactly the same way. It seems easier for the first idea to lend itself to two different perspectives than the second, but the second one is so much more juicier to sink your teeth into.
We'll talk more when you get back then. Think hard while you're up north.
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Post by Chris on Aug 15, 2007 14:03:34 GMT -5
Idea No. 3
Working Title: A Billion Shiny Snapshots OR A Billion Shiny Pieces
Synopsis: I don't know. I just thought up a title and it just seemed really "EUREKA!" to me. Just writing it down for possible future use.
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Post by Denithar on Aug 20, 2007 19:13:47 GMT -5
I really like both of your ideas, especially the second, but I thought I'd put up an idea just so you aren't doing all the work of creating story ideas.
Working Title: Station
Genre: adventure/historical fiction
Synopsis: Pippin Clemell is a lowly peasant of a kingdom in the medieval period. He is trying to scrounge a life for his family, including his older parents who can no longer work. Pippin's hardscrabble life becomes impossible when his sons are drafted into the king's army. Unable to provide for both his immediate family and extended family Pippin is forced to chose who he will try to keep alive. When one of his sons returns from the king's war the son is followed by the king's recruiters, who claim him as a deserter. Pippin must either continue living as a slave to the king's whim, or commit the unthinkable: pretend he is more than a peasant and become a rebel, risking his wife and daughter being taken by the king's men.
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Post by Chris on Aug 22, 2007 16:04:52 GMT -5
I don't get your title, but the idea sounds fairly interesting. Why does he have to choose between his immediate and extended families though? I really didn't get that part.
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Post by Denithar on Aug 23, 2007 22:02:03 GMT -5
He cannot provide for both his wife and children, and his parents and wife's parents.
However, I say we go with The Mechanics of Being Happy.
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Post by Chris on Aug 29, 2007 10:15:37 GMT -5
 I concur. Ok, so what's the next step?
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Post by Denithar on Sept 1, 2007 9:25:06 GMT -5
Well, what my friend and I did was begin writing an outline along this fashion:
1. Denithar leaves home
2. Jonathan receives mission
3. Aliens attack earth
4. Denithar and Jonathan team up
Etc...
Basically each heading is a scene. For this story though, we may want to explore Kelvin more before we just write the outline up to the end, because we may not yet know what we want the end to be. For my friend and my story we knew what was going to happen in the end from the moment we started writing, but that is not always the case for authors.
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Post by Chris on Sept 19, 2007 19:00:07 GMT -5
I see what you're saying; it only makes sense that if you have an idea of where you want to go, it will be easier to plot how to get there.
I also agree about exploring Kelvin before we start as well. Since the story will most likely center around Kelvin and his struggle against his emotional shortcomings, it stands to reason that the plot will be very character-driven, and figuring out who Kelvin is beforehand will most likely serve as a very good road map for how the story could develop.
I'll get to brainstorm a rough idea of the type of person Kelvin is and where I see the story could lead, and then we'll work together to fine-tune it, yeah?
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Post by Denithar on Sept 19, 2007 22:59:02 GMT -5
Sounds like a good plan.
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