Have you ever tried to condense Shakespeare? How about simply one scene of some play? Have you ever been tasked with presenting said play by yourself? It is horridly difficult and while it is three pages, or, two front and back and one front, in the book it is still a total of two pages after paraphrasing as much as I can. Garg, I hate drama, though Much Ado About Nothing is funny as all get out, even if the syntax is a little difficult to follow from times to time.
On another note, I'm stuck on one of my stories and I'm going to ask for ideas from whoever reads this. Please keep all ideas PG and as straight as possible. Here's the plot so far. A knight on a quest to find his long lost twin meets a childhood friend who has been enslaved. They join forces, since the friend can understand the knight and said knight had sworn to never speak until he found his brother. As they track down the brother, they are joined by a barbarian and a poacher's daughter. Oh, this is a fantasy story in case you haven't noticed. So, the brother has been found, the poacher's daughter has tried to confront the knight about her affection for him, the brother has revealed that the amulet their mother left them is the Amulet of the Seer and lots of people are already gunning for it, the boys are out and about in the town leaving the girl and the knight alone at the inn, the knight told the girl they needed to finish their talk and that's where I'm a little stuck. Should the knight confess he loves her as well, what should the responses of their traveling companions be, and how should I transfer from the 'looking of the Magi' segment to the 'trying to save the kingdom and stay away from rabid hunter type people who want the power/money the amulet can bring them' part? Again, keep all suggestions clean.
I might ask for more help with stories and if anyone, not just my follower, has any ideas for a blog story I will be more than willing to oblige... as long as they're family friendly and, perhaps most importantly, straight.
Later,
Lil Bit
No, I can honestly say I have never had to do any of those things. But I probably will have to next year, so I'm going to ask for your help and advice when I do!!!! HAHAHA please keep all ideas PG?? What kind of warning tip is that?! Have I ever advised you to write erotic nude scenes in your story, or scenes of soldiers hacking eachother to bits with guts splattered all over everything within a fifteen foot radius?! I don't think so! *tsk tsk* Haha ANYWAAAY, aha, I see where you're stuck. Well, you may have figured out something by now, but just in case you haven't, I have some ideas.
ReplyDelete1. Cor could confess he loves her as well, but then upon doing so, things grow awkward between them. They don't know where to go from there, and so this makes for some conflict within the story as both Cor and Trix try to figure out if their confessions were just words that they thought were right but felt they had to say, or if some power is keeping them from becoming too close. Okay, pretty crappy idea, but it's something
2. Cor and Trix engage in a kind of 'stalling' conversation, and right when Cor is about to confess his feelings for her, someone (an enemy, of course) bursts in, demanding to know where the Amulet is. Of course, I'm not sure exactly where it could go from there, but it was an idea that popped into my head
3. Cor does not return Trix's feelings. At least not now. He feels their mission is too great and his responsibilities too urgent for him to be able to fall in love at the present time. (This would seem to be in line with his character) Though Trix is disappointed, they agree to continue their journey as good friends, but soon discover that it's not that easy...dun dun duuuun...
4. Ah, forget your PG suggestion! They should just start kissing passionately and then make love right there on the bed! Forget morals! (Hahaha, yeah, did that just to tick you off ;)
Seriously, a warning to keep things clean? I must have sent an awful lot of porn stories or suggestions to you in the past that I'm not aware of or something. :O
It seems to me you have already transferred your story from one major focus to another. They found Vin, you're focusing increasingly on Tor (my fan name for Trix and Cor, haha), and you've already added the subplot of a lot of people looking for the Amulet. Those all helped pull the focus away from 'looking for the Magi' to the more hero/action type theme you're trying to turn the reader's attention to. I'm not really sure what transition you need help with, it seemed to me you had already pulled it off effortlessly :)
If none of my ideas work for you, perhaps you should ask a question on Yahoo Answers, in the "Books and Authors" section. I have gotten some really great advice there.
First off, I was writing as if someone other than you even bothers to read this blog(not that I'm hatin' on you, just saying)second, you have never steered me wrong. now, for idea 1, I kinda did that(*gasp* spoiler!) Idea 2, that may be incorporated later. Idea 3, attempted but Trix took over and made Cor see that he couldn't take things slow without hurting her. So, basically, out the window. Idea 4... maybe in the end when they(may or may not) get married. No, I am not giving out more spoilers! Don't ask! Ok, mild insanity over. Wait, you made a shipper name for Cor and Trix? OOH Noes! Now there's going to be fanfics for a book that, as far as the world at large knows, doesn't exist! What's next, Vinrix? Aritrude? Oh, the horror! Make it stop! ok, now the insanity is over. Right now I've got the group all saying, 'Cor you great idiot, of course we're going with you,' and Cor going, 'You're the idiots,' though not in those words. Soon I'll have them leave Roshline and then the epic quest for the survival of the kingdom shall ensue! * insert favorite manic laughter here*
ReplyDeleteHaha I was mostly just being funny about the PG suggestion, anyway :) Well thanks for taking my suggestions into account. I hope you gotten other opinions besides mine :) Hmmm...pretty sure you just hinted that there will be a wedding at the end ;))) And possibly kids! :D I bet Cor will name one of his sons after Vin. And maybe even Timor! Haha I'm getting way ahead of both of us, I know. Well, yeah, I had to come up with a fan name for Cor and Trix! They are so perfect for eachother! But now that you mention it, maybe Crix sounds better. Ah, tomato, tomahto. I am a big fan of them, what can I say? ;D Haha *rubs hands together maniacally in expectancy of reading about their epic quest for survival* Hehe and just so you know, I am working through the piles of emails that have accumulated in my inbox over the past few weeks, and I should get around to yours today or tomorrow :) Sorry for the long wait but THANK GOODNESS school is over!
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