Absolute Chaos Discussion Boards

Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Advanced search  

News:

Spammers will be banned. Repeat spammers will be fed to angry penguins.

Author Topic: I don't know what to write....  (Read 3412 times)

fracktrain

  • Guest
I don't know what to write....
« on: August 01, 2008, 08:39:25 PM »
I have two idas that are a lot alike.Should I write one or both?
Logged

cabybakes

  • Commander of Confusion
  • *****
  • Posts: 1010
Re: I don't know what to write....
« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2008, 09:03:20 PM »
I say start with the one you have the most inspiration on or the most thought out on...if that makes sense...
Logged

nicksgal

  • Supreme Time Waster
  • *******
  • Posts: 10984
  • Fool, said my Muse, look in thy heart and write
    • Could You Do Me Right?
Re: I don't know what to write....
« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2008, 09:26:47 PM »
It probably depends on what's alike about them. And if they're so alike, they could probably be made into one story.

It often helps if you post your ideas here so we can see what you're thinking. :)
Logged
~*Dee*~

People think it would be fun to be a bird because you could fly. But they forget the negative side, which is the preening.

From "And Now, Deep Thoughts" by Jack Handey

RokofAges75

  • Supreme Time Waster
  • *******
  • Posts: 18643
    • Dreamer's Sanctuary
Re: I don't know what to write....
« Reply #3 on: August 01, 2008, 09:54:56 PM »
Yeah, I agree with what's already been said - see if you can combine the ideas into one story, since they're similar.  If not, choose one to write first.  After you've written one, you might not even feel the urge to write the other.
Logged
~Julie

"Sometimes writers and sociopaths are hard to tell apart." -J.K. Rowling

fracktrain

  • Guest
Re: I don't know what to write....
« Reply #4 on: August 01, 2008, 09:57:41 PM »
Idea #1- Nick writes a fan fic just for fun and everything he writes starts to come true.

Idea#2-One of the guys finds a old camera and the pictures that come out tells what will happen.Like someone getting hurt.


They may not sound the same by that but I plan to use the same type of things.Say like a car crash....the camera takes a photo of a 'new' car only its a wreck and Nick would write about Brian in a car crash.....Can you see the prob?I just don't know how I want to do it.
Logged

mare

  • Banner hater
  • Queen of Fanfiction
  • Supreme Time Waster
  • *****
  • Posts: 23822
Re: I don't know what to write....
« Reply #5 on: August 01, 2008, 09:59:59 PM »
Both sound like good ideas. I have never seen the second one in fanfic form I believe.

Just carefully think it out before you post. That's what I would do. Write a few chapters and then figure it out from there. Maybe you can write one chapter for both stories and see which one hs the most promise?

 
Logged
Writing is something you do alone. Its a profession for introverts who want to tell you a story but don't want to make eye contact while doing it. ~ John Green

RokofAges75

  • Supreme Time Waster
  • *******
  • Posts: 18643
    • Dreamer's Sanctuary
Re: I don't know what to write....
« Reply #6 on: August 01, 2008, 10:11:46 PM »
Yeah, I see how they're similar but not something you could probably make into one fic.  If it helps at all, your second idea already exists as a Goosebumps book called "Say Cheese and Die" LOL.  The first one has been done too... I'm thinking of that movie with Will Ferrell that came out a few years ago; I can't remember the name now, but I know Mare will know what I'm talking about.
Logged
~Julie

"Sometimes writers and sociopaths are hard to tell apart." -J.K. Rowling

Rose

  • Supreme Time Waster
  • *******
  • Posts: 8275
  • Uh oh! We lost Nick again...
    • Double Rainbow Fiction
Re: I don't know what to write....
« Reply #7 on: August 01, 2008, 10:17:22 PM »
Quote from: RokofAges75 on August 01, 2008, 10:11:46 PM
Yeah, I see how they're similar but not something you could probably make into one fic.  If it helps at all, your second idea already exists as a Goosebumps book called "Say Cheese and Die" LOL.  The first one has been done too... I'm thinking of that movie with Will Ferrell that came out a few years ago; I can't remember the name now, but I know Mare will know what I'm talking about.

Stranger Than Fiction :) Loved that movie. They ripped off  5 BSBs in Search of a Plot lmao.
Logged
Double Rainbow Fiction - So Bright and So Vivid...


"Don't annoy the writer. They may put you in a book and kill you." —Anonymous

“I don’t believe in being serious about anything. I think life is too serious to be taken seriously.” —Ray Bradbury

nicksgal

  • Supreme Time Waster
  • *******
  • Posts: 10984
  • Fool, said my Muse, look in thy heart and write
    • Could You Do Me Right?
Re: I don't know what to write....
« Reply #8 on: August 01, 2008, 10:19:39 PM »
Don't you love when movies rip off fanfics? lol
Logged
~*Dee*~

People think it would be fun to be a bird because you could fly. But they forget the negative side, which is the preening.

From "And Now, Deep Thoughts" by Jack Handey

Rose

  • Supreme Time Waster
  • *******
  • Posts: 8275
  • Uh oh! We lost Nick again...
    • Double Rainbow Fiction
Re: I don't know what to write....
« Reply #9 on: August 01, 2008, 10:24:05 PM »
Or TV shows  ;)
Logged
Double Rainbow Fiction - So Bright and So Vivid...


"Don't annoy the writer. They may put you in a book and kill you." —Anonymous

“I don’t believe in being serious about anything. I think life is too serious to be taken seriously.” —Ray Bradbury

nicksgal

  • Supreme Time Waster
  • *******
  • Posts: 10984
  • Fool, said my Muse, look in thy heart and write
    • Could You Do Me Right?
Re: I don't know what to write....
« Reply #10 on: August 01, 2008, 10:26:12 PM »
Love it when TV shows do it. lol
Logged
~*Dee*~

People think it would be fun to be a bird because you could fly. But they forget the negative side, which is the preening.

From "And Now, Deep Thoughts" by Jack Handey

fracktrain

  • Guest
Re: I don't know what to write....
« Reply #11 on: August 01, 2008, 10:31:10 PM »
Well I got both ideas from goosebumps and a tv show lol.If the first has been done here I wouldn't want to take anyone's story.lol
Logged

nicksgal

  • Supreme Time Waster
  • *******
  • Posts: 10984
  • Fool, said my Muse, look in thy heart and write
    • Could You Do Me Right?
Re: I don't know what to write....
« Reply #12 on: August 01, 2008, 10:42:58 PM »
Well, there's a lot of ideas that come from an inspiration based on something else. When it comes down to it, an idea is only original when you put a twist on it.

Although, yeah, I feel like the writing a fan fic thing has been done a lot... Though I don't know if Nick writing a fan fic would really make it fan fic? lol
Logged
~*Dee*~

People think it would be fun to be a bird because you could fly. But they forget the negative side, which is the preening.

From "And Now, Deep Thoughts" by Jack Handey

Rose

  • Supreme Time Waster
  • *******
  • Posts: 8275
  • Uh oh! We lost Nick again...
    • Double Rainbow Fiction
Re: I don't know what to write....
« Reply #13 on: August 01, 2008, 11:00:27 PM »
Quote from: nicksgal on August 01, 2008, 10:42:58 PM
Well, there's a lot of ideas that come from an inspiration based on something else. When it comes down to it, an idea is only original when you put a twist on it.

Although, yeah, I feel like the writing a fan fic thing has been done a lot... Though I don't know if Nick writing a fan fic would really make it fan fic? lol

Thats a topic thoroughly debated in Nick's Turn lmao
Logged
Double Rainbow Fiction - So Bright and So Vivid...


"Don't annoy the writer. They may put you in a book and kill you." —Anonymous

“I don’t believe in being serious about anything. I think life is too serious to be taken seriously.” —Ray Bradbury

nicksgal

  • Supreme Time Waster
  • *******
  • Posts: 10984
  • Fool, said my Muse, look in thy heart and write
    • Could You Do Me Right?
Re: I don't know what to write....
« Reply #14 on: August 01, 2008, 11:31:38 PM »
Yes, I remember. lol
Logged
~*Dee*~

People think it would be fun to be a bird because you could fly. But they forget the negative side, which is the preening.

From "And Now, Deep Thoughts" by Jack Handey