Some Beginnings and a Prompt Request
I'm trying to find my muse. If you see her/him/it, can you please point it back my direction. On that note, I'm trying to decide what I should work on next. I'm still going through Stealing Rapunzel and making the tense changes, but that's pretty brainless and not much fun. So I'm going to post some beginnings and if anyone wants to weigh in on what I should work on next, feel free!
Title: Broken Boyfriend
Summary: When Becky's boyfriend wakes up from a coma, he's brought something back with him - something that wants Becky dead.
Pros: Rough draft is done/complete/finished (hooray!) but wow, is it ever rough. I wrote this way back in the very beginning of 2005 and it's been languishing on my computer ever since. Back when it was posted online, though, it had a pretty big following (for me, anyway) so I know this story has potential
Cons: Just not sure what to do with it. It's pretty short and needs a ton of fleshing out. Plus, it's revisions so it's not the fun part of writing a story.
The Prologue:
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Title: Tyler, Again
Summary: At 17, Tyler dies and is buried, leaving behind his father and Avery, his boyfriend (who is 16). Tyler's father is a mad, rich scientist who labors tirelessly to “resurrect” his son. He manages to clone his son, and then 'downloads' all of his son’s memories into the body. This task takes 9 years to do, and Tyler has one happy year with his father before his father is brutally murdered, possibly by Tyler's uncle, who sees this new Tyler as an abomination. Up to this point Tyler’s father has forbidden that he contact Avery, who has moved on and far away and has no idea that Tyler has been "resurrected". Pursued by the same people who killed his father, Tyler flees the city and seeks out Avery, the only person who might be able to help him. Chaos ensues.
Pros: I think it's a promising idea and will give me a chance to hone my action writing scenes.
Cons: Similar (vaguely) in plot to Drifting, only in the whole "replacement angst" thing. I might have been overly ambitious with this plot.
Chapter One: Death Most Foul and Ruinous
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Title: In Winter DeepSummary: Ghost!boy is dead – long dead and is a bona-fied unsettled spirit prone to violent outbursts and whatnot. Ghost!boy is also cursed (or blessed) to be corporeal once every so often - only during these sessions he doesn’t remember that he’s dead. Cue broke or homeless girl/boy who has just moved to town into the dilapitaded house that is being haunted by ghost!boy as well as some other malevolent ghosts. Ghost!boy and broke or homeless girl/boy end up falling in love. The other malevolent ghosts (or ghost) has their own agenda regarding broke or homeless girl/boy.
Pros: Another story I think will be fun to write
Cons: Probably my least developed plot idea (like you couldn't tell from the summary)
So those are my three main options at this point. I have other story ideas floating about but nothing I think I'm going to work on soon.
Another idea I had to get the muse flowing again was to do a timestamp for Drifting Through Doorways, but I have no idea what to do a timestamp of (I've never done a timestamp - Drifting was my very first fic). So, on that note, I'm taking prompts! If you've read Drifting and want to read more, please let me know what you'd like to read.
Title: Broken Boyfriend
Summary: When Becky's boyfriend wakes up from a coma, he's brought something back with him - something that wants Becky dead.
Pros: Rough draft is done/complete/finished (hooray!) but wow, is it ever rough. I wrote this way back in the very beginning of 2005 and it's been languishing on my computer ever since. Back when it was posted online, though, it had a pretty big following (for me, anyway) so I know this story has potential
Cons: Just not sure what to do with it. It's pretty short and needs a ton of fleshing out. Plus, it's revisions so it's not the fun part of writing a story.
The Prologue:
( 329 words...Collapse )
Summary: At 17, Tyler dies and is buried, leaving behind his father and Avery, his boyfriend (who is 16). Tyler's father is a mad, rich scientist who labors tirelessly to “resurrect” his son. He manages to clone his son, and then 'downloads' all of his son’s memories into the body. This task takes 9 years to do, and Tyler has one happy year with his father before his father is brutally murdered, possibly by Tyler's uncle, who sees this new Tyler as an abomination. Up to this point Tyler’s father has forbidden that he contact Avery, who has moved on and far away and has no idea that Tyler has been "resurrected". Pursued by the same people who killed his father, Tyler flees the city and seeks out Avery, the only person who might be able to help him. Chaos ensues.
Pros: I think it's a promising idea and will give me a chance to hone my action writing scenes.
Cons: Similar (vaguely) in plot to Drifting, only in the whole "replacement angst" thing. I might have been overly ambitious with this plot.
Chapter One: Death Most Foul and Ruinous
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Title: In Winter Deep
Pros: Another story I think will be fun to write
Cons: Probably my least developed plot idea (like you couldn't tell from the summary)
I. January 1913
( 256 words...Collapse )So those are my three main options at this point. I have other story ideas floating about but nothing I think I'm going to work on soon.
Another idea I had to get the muse flowing again was to do a timestamp for Drifting Through Doorways, but I have no idea what to do a timestamp of (I've never done a timestamp - Drifting was my very first fic). So, on that note, I'm taking prompts! If you've read Drifting and want to read more, please let me know what you'd like to read.
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On choosing character names
Spent all day in the emergency room, so I'm not posting the next chapter of Stealing Rapunzel tonight. I'm fine, Batz is fine (or at least will be) and it's not like anyone but my cousin Ellie is reading this darn thing anyway (lol) so I don't think it will hurt to wait to post it. *waves hand dismissively*
in other news, I try to give my characters full names, even if I don't end up using them in the story they happen to be in. So, tonight, I was picking Batz's brain for a middle name for the main character in Broken Boyfriend, Rebecca Winborne. I liked the name Marie, however I have a relative with that middle name that I don't associate with and really didn't want to be reminded of her whenever I worked on the story. Batz suggested Lorraine, and I like it, so Rebecca Lorraine Winborne it is. The funny thing about it is that my aunt's middle name is Lorraine, so it looks like I was destined to use a relative's name after all! Also my older sister is Rebecca and I have a cousin Rebekah, so if anything I can say her name is a nod to my family. As for the last name Winborne, I can't remember how/why I chose that as it was back in 2005 and apparently, my memory is getting faulty. Sometimes, character development is fun. :)
All in all, though, Broken Boyfriend needs more work than I'd originally thought and I'm not sure it will ever be novel length. On a different note (and story), In Winter Deep has made itself determined to written, so it looks like I'm multitasking, once again. Also, it's morphing into a sort of love story instead of just ooh, scary, ghosts!
in other news, I try to give my characters full names, even if I don't end up using them in the story they happen to be in. So, tonight, I was picking Batz's brain for a middle name for the main character in Broken Boyfriend, Rebecca Winborne. I liked the name Marie, however I have a relative with that middle name that I don't associate with and really didn't want to be reminded of her whenever I worked on the story. Batz suggested Lorraine, and I like it, so Rebecca Lorraine Winborne it is. The funny thing about it is that my aunt's middle name is Lorraine, so it looks like I was destined to use a relative's name after all! Also my older sister is Rebecca and I have a cousin Rebekah, so if anything I can say her name is a nod to my family. As for the last name Winborne, I can't remember how/why I chose that as it was back in 2005 and apparently, my memory is getting faulty. Sometimes, character development is fun. :)
All in all, though, Broken Boyfriend needs more work than I'd originally thought and I'm not sure it will ever be novel length. On a different note (and story), In Winter Deep has made itself determined to written, so it looks like I'm multitasking, once again. Also, it's morphing into a sort of love story instead of just ooh, scary, ghosts!
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