I need help...

Subject: I need help... Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:27 am

I really need help with ideas for a book i'm going to write. So if ya'll would be so kind as in to share with me some ideas please. Thanks..

Subject: Re: I need help... Mon Oct 03, 2011 11:05 am

Uhh... So what is it about? Also knowing the genre and basic story would help.

Subject: Honestly... Mon Oct 03, 2011 11:29 am

I really have no idea what to write about. I want it to be some badass story with a touch of romance. I only have two characters. I can't even build a background off those two without a setting or storyline.. pale

Subject: Re: I need help... Mon Oct 03, 2011 11:58 am

S.Winters wrote:: I really have no idea what to write about. I want it to be some badass story with a touch of romance. I only have two characters. I can't even build a background off those two without a setting or storyline..

Wanting to write a book?! We're alike, then. Very Happy

To be honest, just think up a scenario that would do well. Also, don't make your characters a 'Mary Sue'. That's a massive turnoff to most people.

Subject: Re: I need help... Mon Oct 03, 2011 12:39 pm

Ha ha. When I think of an idea, i just can't stretch it far enough. It upsets me. I just need a REALLY idea and then maybe I'll finally be able to run with it. I have this huge binder of stories that I've started, but never quite finished or even gotten that far on. My imagination might just need an upgrade...

Subject: Re: I need help... Mon Oct 03, 2011 1:43 pm

If it's a horror style book your thinking of writing I can help you with that. lol

Subject: Re: I need help... Mon Oct 03, 2011 7:26 pm

I don't even know what genre I want it to be. D:

Subject: Re: I need help... Mon Oct 03, 2011 11:32 pm

I will give you the first paragraph:

It was a sticky afternoon in Las Vegas. More sticky than usual, especially since there was this totally badass guy leaning up against a wall near me! I'm a girl, and I kind of liked him, because he was sooooo badass. And then zombies attacked! I pulled out my M1911 and then remembered that I am a girl and have no idea how to use weapons properly. So I also pulled out my weapon manual to do some light reading, for safety's sake. Then the badass guy did the most amazing thing!

I have set you up with THE most amazing plotline anyone could ever conceive of. Run with it.

Subject: Re: I need help... Tue Oct 04, 2011 12:05 am

Thanks for the idea, but I don't know if I can run with that. I might play around with the idea and see what I get though. It sure is different. ^_^

Subject: Re: I need help... Tue Oct 04, 2011 6:08 am

NiteKrawler wrote:: It was a sticky afternoon in Las Vegas. More sticky than usual, especially since there was this totally badass guy leaning up against a wall near me! I'm a girl, and I kind of liked him, because he was sooooo badass. And then zombies attacked! I pulled out my M1911 and then remembered that I am a girl and have no idea how to use weapons properly. So I also pulled out my weapon manual to do some light reading, for safety's sake. Then the badass guy did the most amazing thing!

And then John was a zombie.

Subject: Re: I need help... Tue Oct 04, 2011 7:29 am

John's amazing adventure did inspire me, I must admit.

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My best advice to you is make it different. Too many books and movies nowadays are all the same. It's either about some super-powered teenager or some gun-toting badass who overcomes all odds. Usually has something to do with a prophecy, an evil SOB that wants to take over/destroy the world/galaxy/universe, whatever. It's a formula that's been done over and over again. That's why I like the Resident Evil plotline (except 4 and 5 really). Because at the end of the story, the only thing the main character did was survive. They didn't really save humanity or the world and there's also a sense of foreboding at the end like something else is going to go wrong because you know that there are a lot of unanswered questions and that there's still something out there just waiting to resurface. Enough about my ramblings though. Just try to make it original. That's what people are known for. Look at Stephani Meyer, Lady Gaga and Marilyn Manson!

Subject: Re: I need help... Tue Oct 04, 2011 11:29 am

How about trying to write from the bad guy's view or a story about an antihero?

Subject: Re: I need help... Tue Oct 04, 2011 11:49 am

Cyberote wrote:

Cyberote wrote:: Look at Stephani Meyer, Lady Gaga and Marilyn Manson!

Look at Stephani Meyer

LOOK AT STEPHANI MEYER

STEPHANI MEYER

Spoiler:

Subject: Re: I need help... Tue Oct 04, 2011 12:26 pm

Needs more cowbell. If you want a gripping story, go into rediculous detail.

The cold copper metal clanged menacingly as the stumbling bovine moved closer, mooing coldly, as though possessed by a supernatural force

Subject: Re: I need help... Tue Oct 04, 2011 2:00 pm

nekronuke wrote:: Needs more cowbell.

Gotta love the Christopher Walken reference. lol

Subject: Re: I need help... Tue Oct 04, 2011 4:15 pm

Cyberote wrote:: My best advice to you is make it different. Too many books and movies nowadays are all the same. It's either about some super-powered teenager or some gun-toting badass who overcomes all odds. Usually has something to do with a prophecy, an evil SOB that wants to take over/destroy the world/galaxy/universe, whatever. It's a formula that's been done over and over again. That's why I like the Resident Evil plotline (except 4 and 5 really). Because at the end of the story, the only thing the main character did was survive. They didn't really save humanity or the world and there's also a sense of foreboding at the end like something else is going to go wrong because you know that there are a lot of unanswered questions and that there's still something out there just waiting to resurface. Enough about my ramblings though. Just try to make it original. That's what people are known for. Look at Stephani Meyer, Lady Gaga and Marilyn Manson!

I've actually had some ideas pass through my head, little scenes, stuff like that.

Subject: Re: I need help... Tue Oct 04, 2011 4:19 pm

nekronuke wrote:: Needs more cowbell. If you want a gripping story, go into rediculous detail.

The cold copper metal clanged menacingly as the stumbling bovine moved closer, mooing coldly, as though possessed by a supernatural force

That's pretty awesome sounding. I'll do my best and one day i'll share it with you guys. ^_^

Subject: Re: I need help... Tue Oct 04, 2011 4:30 pm

I decided to write about this badass chick. It's not gonna be the badass chick that never gets hurt or messes up either. She'll have flaws and secrets and possibly a dark past. She'll be a hitman/mercenary. Though I'm not quite sure if I'll give it just a sad ending or a sad ending that changes and becomes happy again. Ya'll will just have to see, I guess. It should be awesome, or at least that's what I'm hoping for.

Subject: Re: I need help... Tue Oct 04, 2011 4:34 pm

If my line isnt in yo story ill find you >_>

Subject: Re: I need help... Tue Oct 04, 2011 4:44 pm

Well, i'm somewhere in North Texas, if that helps any. ^_~ Maybe I'll be able to find a place for it.

Subject: Re: I need help... Tue Oct 04, 2011 4:50 pm

Subject: Re: I need help... Tue Oct 04, 2011 4:57 pm

Though I really don't know where the hell a sentence like that can go into something like this. I'll figure it out. ha ha.

Subject: Re: I need help... Wed Oct 05, 2011 5:02 am

Please try not to do multiple posts in a row. Use the "edit" button on the top right of your post if you want to add something.

Thank youuu~

Subject: Re: I need help... Wed Oct 05, 2011 2:11 pm

Fine. I'll do my best to do that. >_< i'm new at this kind of thing. But thanks for telling me. Smile