Writers' Ideas

[mark-2007]

Oh yeah, that's right. Thanks for clearing that up. I mean narrative then, and I'll be telling the readers the story if I manage to get something good down, that is. I'm my own biggest critic, which has prevented me from posting any original work so far here. It has it's ups though, meaning only my best work, in my opinion, gets through.

 

By the way, and out of interest, what kind of books does everybody read here, if any at all? There was a topic covering this in D&D but I wanted to know what WD writers read, and since it's not exactly topic-worthy alone, then this is the only place I could think of posting in. I've only recently became interested in reading the ones I keep hearing of. I've just finished Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, which I enjoyed a lot, especially the ideas in it and the ending. I'll go along to the library sometime and get some other stuff like this, any suggestions?

 

Before this, I rarely read novels. My two favourite fiction books are (for the moment, before I get into reading) by Don Winslow, called the Power of the Dog and the Winter of Frankie Machine. The first is about Mexican drug cartels from several people's perspectives. The ending for two of the characters is the worst bit of it. The latter is about a retired hitman getting involuntarily dragged back into crime (O! The predictability!).

[Omnia sunt Communia]

If you're wondering why Gabriel Constantin has been banned, that's because I got a new account. Don't be alarmed!

[Wanted Assailant]

If you're wondering why Gabriel Constantin has been banned, that's because I got a new account. Don't be alarmed!

Thought it would be weird to have a story based on your username, Jacky?

[Omnia sunt Communia]

If you're wondering why Gabriel Constantin has been banned, that's because I got a new account. Don't be alarmed!

Thought it would be weird to have a story based on your username, Jacky?

Not really. Jacky Fiend is the moniker I use on every other website I visit (MySpace, VampireFreaks etc.); even my PSN is JackyFiend! I thought it'd make more sense to have them all matching. Plus, I was getting bored of Gabriel Constantin to be honest.

[Danni]

Good to have you back, Kayden.

[Omnia sunt Communia]

I've been playing Gangs Of London lately, and it's reignited my love for London Cockney Firms. Which has led me to another story idea:

 

The story revolves around Billy Thatcher, who has returned to London after several years in exile after getting on the wrong side of the law. Upon his arrival he saves a young woman from a group of randy Triad gangsters and escorts her home before heading back to his father's pub.

 

His father is a ex-Firm member and proper old school London mobster. Billy returns and lives in his father's pub for a few days while running a few odd "errands" to earn his keep.

 

After returning from beating up a drunk who hasn't kept up with his bar tab, Billy finds his father's pubs in ruins. His father is on the floor, grasping onto life, and Billy soon finds out that his father was mugged and beat by a group of Triads who wanted protection from the aging mobster.

 

Billy then decides he needs to reunite his father's old Firm and take over London from the sea of illegal immigrant gangs that has torn the city apart.

[Wanted Assailant]

Can anybody say, "yay floppy disks and electronic devices capable of strong and processing information with a predetermined set of instructions"?

 

 

[Oxidizer]

Can anybody say, "yay floppy disks and electronic devices capable of strong and processing information with a predetermined set of instructions"?

Not just anybody, no. But you just did.

[mark-2007]

Got an idea about a midnight walk I just took with some friends. Might write a story about it, maybe even save it for a Short Story comp entry, if the genre comes up. If not, then I'll see and post it anyways. It'll be horror-ish.

 

Also, got more ideas for a story about a man stranded in the desert. Here's a litle clip...

 

 

My eyelids are growing heavy and closing against my will. Around me lie miles upon miles of colossal sand dunes which form a blanket stretching to the horizon and beyond. Nothing breaks this monotonous view.

 

I climb to the top of a steep dune, taking the best part of half an hour. My feet slide away from beneath me every few steps, causing me to stumble before regaining my balance. Atop the dune’s peak, I gaze around at my surroundings. Only more sand greets my desperate eyes.

 

Then I spot something; something alien; something that doesn’t belong in this landscape:

Oooh, the suspense! I hope you liked it. Work's being done on it, and I hope for it to be release soon. I'll probably write it all and then release it chapter by chapter, editing the upcoming one to adjust to criticism.

 

 

Edited August 26, 2008 by mark-2007

[Wanted Assailant]

 

Got an idea about a midnight walk I just took with some friends. Might write a story about it, maybe even save it for a Short Story comp entry, if the genre comes up. If not, then I'll see and post it anyways. It'll be horror-ish.

 

Also, got more ideas for a story about a man stranded in the desert. Here's a litle clip...

 

 

My eyelids are growing heavy and closing against my will. Around me lie miles upon miles of colossal sand dunes which form a blanket stretching to the horizon and beyond. Nothing breaks this monotonous view.

 

I climb to the top of a steep dune, taking the best part of half an hour. My feet slide away from beneath me every few steps, causing me to stumble before regaining my balance. Atop the dune’s peak, I gaze around at my surroundings. Only more sand greets my desperate eyes.

 

Then I spot something; something alien; something that doesn’t belong in this landscape:

Oooh, the suspense! I hope you liked it. Work's being done on it, and I hope for it to be release soon. I'll probably write it all and then release it chapter by chapter, editing the upcoming one to adjust to criticism.

 

 

 

@Mark-2007: Really? Maybe you need a writer?

 

Those chunks could fit anything in a story, really. From the last quote and sentence it looks as if as..

 

An engineering technician from England, after being convinced by several business agents, is said to be free-of-charge, transported  as a tourist in one of the vacation spots in St. Martin/Marteen. But instead, is sent on a plane to the Sahara Desert in northern Africa as a secretive testing subject for the United Nations. Now he/she must find a way back home regarding to living is life again, knowing he will be executed shortly after his testing.

 

 

Just something I thought up quickly right on the spot. That "tasting the rain in the Britain night" held up my consider for being placed in the world's most largest desert.

 

 

[mark-2007]

Haha, yeah. If you remember, I think that was directed to another a little snippet of a writing I had. I wrote that bit ages ago. Thanks for bringing it up though, I'll incorporate it into a future chapter for the same piece. Unfortunately, no St. Martin or UN testing... in fact "England" and "Desert" may be the only two words that relate to my story from your synopsis

[Skimask101]

I'm thinking of making a story about the aftermath of hundreds of thousands nuclear bombs going off on 2012. After the explosions are finished and 60% of the population the earth are dead, I will write how the world is in complete chaos and one man is given the opportunity to take over the world. Sounds kinda corny though.

[Wanted Assailant]

Haha, yeah. If you remember, I think that was directed to another a little snippet of a writing I had. I wrote that bit ages ago. Thanks for bringing it up though, I'll incorporate it into a future chapter for the same piece. Unfortunately, no St. Martin or UN testing... in fact "England" and "Desert" may be the only two words that relate to my story from your synopsis

Ah, just picking. That post I made those days back actually directed to one of yours, the 'snippet.' Just saw the similarity.

[mark-2007]

 

Haha, yeah. If you remember, I think that was directed to another a little snippet of a writing I had. I wrote that bit ages ago. Thanks for bringing it up though, I'll incorporate it into a future chapter for the same piece. Unfortunately, no St. Martin or UN testing... in fact "England" and "Desert" may be the only two words that relate to my story from your synopsis 

Ah, just picking. That post I made those days back actually directed to one of yours, the 'snippet.' Just saw the similarity.

Yeah, it does seem similar, so thanks for making the connection. I would have forgotten about that bit, only to open it months later and think "Shiiit, shoulda put that in that piece somewhere.", so thatnks for that.

 

@Skimask: Upon reading your idea, an ember flared up at the back of my mind somewhere. I remember Otter posting this link somewhere before, and it took a good few minutes to fish it up for you. Here it is, a good read, when you have the time...

 

http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/nuclear/nuclearwar1.html (http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/nuclear/nuclearwar1.html) (http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/nuclear/nuclearwar1.html)

 

Your idea sounds a bit corny, yes. However, the last bit sounded interesting. Perhaps featuring the nuclear war only in the first chapters or even just the prologue, then having the rest of the story dealing with how humans cope with the aftermath of nuclear holocaust. How's that sound?

[The Unvirginiser]

The long awaited chapter of GTA San Andreas Stories is finally up! Sorry about the long wait!

[saltinespike]

This is a spam/update/off-topic post. I'm posting it with good reason, so don't try to corner me in my own damn topic.

 

I'm sorry about the absence these past two days. Like an idiot, I created a password for my account, didn't write it down, and forgot. Literally tried 50 f*cking passwords with no luck. Downloaded something from another computer that cracks passwords, burned it on a CD, tried it here, no luck. Yet, in the final moments of this epic failure (which lasted a whopping 2 hours), I happened to remember my motherf*cking password. Ain't that a bitch. First thing I did as I logged on was change it to my girlfriend's name. Jesus H Christ. Well, I'm back now.

[Oxidizer]

Is it wrong I found that kinda funny?

[Lochie_old]

 

A game in the GTA IV forums or somewhere; 'Build Up Your Gang'. I wish it'd stop getting dragged in here.

Mm, Mark, radicell and I are apart of the staff. We've been trying to prevent Angelo being such a little girl about it but so it doesn't happen.

 

@Oxi: I found it kinda funny too.

Edited August 26, 2008 by ~PhusioN~

[Oxidizer]

@Oxi: I found it kinda funny too.

 

And on that note, I suppose I better post an idea to stay on topic. Uh... I got a little something (operative word; little) in the works.

[Vercetti21]

I'm thinking of making a story about the aftermath of hundreds of thousands nuclear bombs going off on 2012. After the explosions are finished and 60% of the population the earth are dead, I will write how the world is in complete chaos and one man is given the opportunity to take over the world. Sounds kinda corny though.

Uhh, I'm pretty sure "hundreds of thousands of nuclear bombs" would kill a lot more than 60%.

[Wanted Assailant]

 

I'm thinking of making a story about the aftermath of hundreds of thousands nuclear bombs going off on 2012. After the explosions are finished and 60% of the population the earth are dead, I will write how the world is in complete chaos and one man is given the opportunity to take over the world. Sounds kinda corny though.

Uhh, I'm pretty sure "hundreds of thousands of nuclear bombs" would kill a lot more than 60%.

More like everything. And everybody.

 

 

 

On topic, I'm about to release a currently worked-on-short , and releasing a finished segment of Wretched Face - Finally. In addition, there's going to be more stuff in my Big Bag Theory, which is just more of a personal virtual diary of pieces I've wrote and nothing else. There's a bunch of ideas I want to work with for the moment, but it seems I can't get a good grasp of one. Maybe I should write all of these ideas at the same. Will probably help a bit. That superhero-comic book-esque story I had planned before, is being pushed aside on the shelf until I'm ready for it (possibly after finishing off Wretched Face). Still excited about writing it, as I have the plots , characters and 'nuffs.

[Vercetti21]

I'm thinking of making a story about the aftermath of hundreds of thousands nuclear bombs going off on 2012. After the explosions are finished and 60% of the population the earth are dead, I will write how the world is in complete chaos and one man is given the opportunity to take over the world. Sounds kinda corny though.

Uhh, I'm pretty sure "hundreds of thousands of nuclear bombs" would kill a lot more than 60%.

More like everything. And everybody.

Indeed. I was being sarcastic.

[mark-2007]

I've got a story where a guy is talking to himself, only he doesn't know how, but he recognises it as his own. It's hard to do without spelling it out, thus making it really corny dialogue, or without making it seem totally normal, which might confuse readers. Any help?

Edited August 27, 2008 by mark-2007

[Skimask101]

I've got a story where a guy is talking to himself, only he doesn't know it and he doesn't know who the voice it, but he recognises it as his own. It's hard to do without spelling it out, thus making it really corny dialogue, or without making it seem totally normal, which might confuse readers. Any help?

Is he Bi-polar or Schizophrenic? and does he fall in love with some one who helps him or does he end up being a mass murderer?

[mark-2007]

I've got a story where a guy is talking to himself, only he doesn't know it and he doesn't know who the voice it, but he recognises it as his own. It's hard to do without spelling it out, thus making it really corny dialogue, or without making it seem totally normal, which might confuse readers. Any help?

Is he Bi-polar or Schizophrenic? and does he fall in love with some one who helps him or does he end up being a mass murderer?

Haha, none of them. I really don't want to give my plot away but he's on the phone to himself, if that clears anything up, which it probably doesn't. I just need a way to get round the fact that the guy wants to know how he's talking to himself on a phone. At the moment, I've got the other voice saying the like "That's not the matter at hand," "That's not the point," and shunning the questions, sound alright? Any tips anybody?

[Skimask101]

I've got a story where a guy is talking to himself, only he doesn't know it and he doesn't know who the voice it, but he recognises it as his own. It's hard to do without spelling it out, thus making it really corny dialogue, or without making it seem totally normal, which might confuse readers. Any help?

Is he Bi-polar or Schizophrenic? and does he fall in love with some one who helps him or does he end up being a mass murderer?

Haha, none of them. I really don't want to give my plot away but he's on the phone to himself, if that clears anything up, which it probably doesn't. I just need a way to get round the fact that the guy wants to know how he's talking to himself on a phone. At the moment, I've got the other voice saying the like "That's not the matter at hand," "That's not the point," and shunning the questions, sound alright? Any tips anybody?

It makes me think of the movie "Being John Malkovich".

[The Unvirginiser]

I'm putting the Heat story on hold, want to do more creative work.. still working on the Dark Knight Sequel and San Andreas Stories

[Eminence]

I'm putting the Heat story on hold, want to do more creative work.. still working on the Dark Knight Sequel and San Andreas Stories

[Oxidizer]

You should write something completely original, made up of your own characters and plots. I'd kill to read some of that.

 

Speaking of which, I'm currently working on YtB and as usual I'm so-far glad I hadn't quite written it before now, as I've changed how a couple of scenes would've played out and this new way is much more unique and stylish. I've only got one tiny little piece of this stuff to tease you with, and some of you have already seen it:

 

 

Rafe's eyes darkened. "Pay me with money, or pay with your body, that's up to you," he said with an unsettling calm. "But you will pay, Keller."

 

I'll work on this properly later tonight when I haven't got so many distractions. And as a small hint as to what kind of story You're the Blade is, it's inspired by Linkin Park's 'In the End'.

 

(Sorry for the update but this contains all of my ideas ).

Edited August 27, 2008 by Oxidizer

[The Unvirginiser]

 

I'm putting the Heat story on hold, want to do more creative work.. still working on the Dark Knight Sequel and San Andreas Stories

Oo Ya cheeky bitch

 

What I meant was, the Heat story was going to be the film, but taken from different perspectives of the characters

 

E.g: Just before a character is shot... there is a chapter about him up to two seconds before he is killed... Then the next chapter is the killer, up to the point where he shoots the narrator from the previous chapter

 

Working on developing some new characters from TDK and as my lovely fans will know, a lot of SA Stories characters were created in my dangerous mind