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Jun 05, 2010 01:25PM
I was thinking of a paranormal creature, but maybe a demon possessed priest would make a good story.
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both of those ideas sound really good. Maybe you could use both. The demon possessed priest could be the villain and the paranormal creature could be a savior towards the kids...just remember that even though you have a savior doesn't mean the savior gets saving :o)
An interesting line occured to me yesterday and I wrote a story about gargoyles, a ghost and a prison on the moor. No shredding though.
Wow, now that sounds like an awesome combination in a story and with no shredding...that could get very creative. Is this a short story or one you are still working on?
I thought of a great scene within the story idea we were messing with, kind of just visualized it and thought it could be a creepy scene were one of the little kids (this has to be the one the reader cares the most for) is slowly sneaking up on someone they see hiding in the shadows of a corner area. The kid is creeping up, carefully placing his footing as to not crunch any leaves or scuff the ground, and as he's getting closer he's noticing the kid hiding has his back to him and he is shifting from side to side with his hands in front of him holding down low like he might be pissing on the side of the church. So the kid creeping up uses this as the perfect chance to scare him. He reaches out and goes AHHHHH!!!! and the other kid spins around and he finds he wasn't peeing, he was quiet from being in shock. The shock of holding down low trying to push his guts back in from the huge gash that the creature hunting them down (playing hide and seek) has made with it's claws. Just something I came up with but I am sure you could word this thing a lot better than me.
Steven wrote: "Wow, now that sounds like an awesome combination in a story and with no shredding...that could get very creative. Is this a short story or one you are still working on?"It's flash fiction (under 1000 words) and I'm still tweaking it.
Steven wrote: "I thought of a great scene within the story idea we were messing with, kind of just visualized it and thought it could be a creepy scene were one of the little kids (this has to be the one the read..."A very creepy scene, and inspired.
I don't know what it is about that scene it just seems like something if it were in a movie and the scene was set up the right way, it would make me jump or give me the heebie geebies.The flash fiction story sounds like it's gonna be a really good one. Are you saving it for your next book or are you thinking about putting it up on your Goodreads page?
Steven wrote: "I don't know what it is about that scene it just seems like something if it were in a movie and the scene was set up the right way, it would make me jump or give me the heebie geebies.The flas..."
I'll probably do both.
Steven wrote: "I thought of a great scene within the story idea we were messing with, kind of just visualized it and thought it could be a creepy scene were one of the little kids (this has to be the one the read..."I worked up your scene; see what you think:
Jack was late.
He was supposed to meet Donnie at St. Vincent’s Church, and then go look at the new comic books. Jack had been surprised Donnie had asked him to meet after school; Donnie had been acting all weird lately, ignoring him.
“Hey Donnie, I’m here! Donnie!” No sign of him. Jack hoped Donnie hadn’t gone without him.
“Donnie!” Still no answer, but Jack heard a noise coming from the bushes at the side of the church.
He grinned. Donnie was hiding. “I bet you’re playing one of your stupid jokes, trying to scare me. I’ll show you.”
Still grinning, Jack snuck around the building, creeping quietly to try and catch out Donnie. As he moved in closer, he could see a shape, someone doubled-over, as if he had a stomachache. He was moaning, deep, strange sounds. Jack stopped, confused.
“Donnie? Are you sick or something?”
“Yesss. Or something.”
That didn’t sound like Donnie. It was a nasty, creepy voice. Jack was scared.
“Donnie, is that you? If this is a joke it isn’t funny.”
Slowly the figure turned. It was Donnie.
Jack screamed.
Donnie’s guts were hanging out of a gash in his stomach as he vainly tried to contain them with his small fingers. He whimpered.
“Help me, Jack.”
“Can’t help, too late. Too late.” The dreadful, unnatural voice echoed again. “Fresh meat. New life. Take it. Take it.”
Black flowing slime spurted from Donnie’s eyes and nose, reaching out for Jack. Jack scrambled backward, screaming, terrified.
“Jack.” Donnie’s voice sounded weak, helpless. “Run.”
Jack ran.
Wow, that came out really creepy and worded so well. How exciting to see what you came up with from my idea. Very cool to read the evolved version. I guess the word I am looking for is honored that you worked with my idea. The scene you came up with really brought it all to life and gave it character and feeling.
Steven wrote: "Wow, that came out really creepy and worded so well. How exciting to see what you came up with from my idea. Very cool to read the evolved version. I guess the word I am looking for is honored that..."I'm glad you liked it. I had a great idea to play with.
Hey A.F. I am working on a few other ideas at the moment. A lot of what I've got so far is a bit dark but you did really great with the one above. What type of genre are you working on for publishing at the moment, and after that do you have plans for your next book? If there's an area that you are setting a goal with and you need any research help or scene ideas let me know, I will try to mess with some stuff on my end and you might be able to mesh them into your future works.
Steven wrote: "Hey A.F. I am working on a few other ideas at the moment. A lot of what I've got so far is a bit dark but you did really great with the one above. What type of genre are you working on for publishi..."I'm just finishing the process of getting my latest book, The Incomplete Guide to Action Movies, uploaded to Lulu.com; it's sort of an expanded version of The Incomplete List of Action Movie Cliches.
For the next few months, I'm going to be (I hope)working on my online vampire novel, The Elite of the Blood, and the first book in my proposed fantasy series, Song of the Wind and Sea. I'm also playing with the idea of another story collection, but that might not be until after the summer.
Those all sound very interesting. The vampire novel that is for online, how does that one work out? Is that going to be a Kindle/Ebook thing, or is going to be a chapter at a time type thing? I remember and still have a few chapters of Stephen King's The Plant he started out with. I wish he'd finish that.Anyway, those ideas and titles sound fun. I am in the middle of typing out an idea for a story at the moment. Don't know whether I want to do it in a screenplay or novel format. It's kind of rough and I really need to do some research for it. I've got a few fantasy story ideas that I am messing with at the moment as well. I think they are just kind of growing into whatever they will be.
Hopefully I can think up another scene to add to the one you helped create. I am definitely going to be working on that a bit this summer as well.
Steven wrote: "Those all sound very interesting. The vampire novel that is for online, how does that one work out? Is that going to be a Kindle/Ebook thing, or is going to be a chapter at a time type thing? I rem..."The vampire novel is an online chapter by chapter thing. Right now it's on Squidoo.com (http://www.squidoo.com/eliteblood) but I'm going to be moving it over to my secondary website when I finish with a redesign.
It sounds like you're going to be a busy writer. I love doing research for a story and developing rough ideas.
