What story do you wish soemone would write? - Writers Forum

nytimesbestsellingauthor · 03-22-2008, 08:37 PM

I've been itching to write ever since my awful Nanowrimo failure, but I've had complete writers plot block. I cannot come up with any ideas!

Anyway, what book do you wish someone else would write so you could read it??? Any ideas are helpful!!!

Lost in Some Story · 03-22-2008, 09:07 PM

You know what I really want? I want a sort of sci-fi philosophical novel about a rhino falling in love with a toucan. It has to be homo-erotic, and it has to have mass appeal (maybe some sort of government conspiracy?)

Oh. And I'd like a trilogy please.

Lost

P.S. And how about a refill on my iced tea?

Forgotten Abyss · 03-22-2008, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Lost in Some Story

You know what I really want? I want a sort of sci-fi philosophical novel about a rhino falling in love with a toucan. It has to be homo-erotic, and it has to have mass appeal (maybe some sort of government conspiracy?)

Oh. And I'd like a trilogy please.

And I thought I was the only one who wanted such an epic! I am not alone

dhyre · 03-23-2008, 10:41 AM

I had the exact same problem no less than a week ago, and it lasted over a year, except for small short stories, I couldn't write anything, no ideas, no characters, nothing. It was like I had completely forgotten how to write, never mind come up with an idea. I bought a book about writing and it had all these great tips, but that did not help. It just happened that one day I was facilitating an in class seminar and a name just came into my head. For the rest of the week I thought about that name, I felt that I could not move forward with the name so I wrote myself a letter. Which, by the way is one of the most useful tips I have ever heard. And in the letter, I pretended to be someone else, writing in reply to a letter I received asking who my character was and what he might do in his life.

I suggest you try writing yourself a letter, or take the opportunity to spend alot of time thinking about what might your character achieve. Repetive tasks are great for spending time working on your story. If you think hard and long and try writing yourself a letter or two or more... you might just find something!

Good luck,

dhyre

Ender's Games · 03-23-2008, 03:07 PM

I want someone to write a science fiction novel that won't be so cliche, because all I see out their is sci-fi novels about things people have been writing about for ages. All of the early stuff, Ender's Game, Prelude to Foundation, Dune, etc, was great, until people took the stories and changed them a bit so they could publish them. Those are the dusty books sitting in the back where all of the geeks go, and even though I am one of those geeks, it would be nice to see something new...

Vee · 03-23-2008, 06:21 PM

No such thing as a novel or story that isn't cliche. Cliche is often defined as trite and overdone, I disagree. Cliche should be defined as a truism, as the end result happens more often than not.

Hobo · 03-23-2008, 06:47 PM

I want Warren Ellis to hurry up with his new book.

Freedom Is Not Free · 03-24-2008, 07:51 AM

Hun, there's not much that anyone can do here. Getting over writers block isn't a matter of having someone tell you what to write. I wish it were that simple.

Your writing comes from you. I could tell you a million different stories that I want to hear. That doesn't mean that you are going to be able to write them well or even at all. Different story types have different writing styles. Someone who is prone to writing fantasy might have a bit of a problem writing chick lit.

Instead of asking for people to hand you ideas (which is not likely to happen because if someone has a good idea they are probably keeping it for them self) find ways to get your creativity going again.

archer88iv · 03-25-2008, 11:26 AM

Here, you can have this idea:

"Member service" rep for a small-town electric co-op gets fed up with what he sees as lying to the public and asks his general manager to back off on the global warming/climate change/conservation campaign they've been running because he feels it is hurting their co-op members more than it is helping.

The manager isn't particularly interested in the science of the matter or even the effect it has on his members, but rather the politics involved and the opportunity he may have to run for state office, so of course this advice is not heeded.

Our protagonist then goes behind the manager's back to change the next advertising campaign to reflect a more conservative stance on climate change, thereby incurring the manager's wrath. Due to major projects coming up, replacing the member service rep is not an option in the immediate future, but office tension escalates, spilling over out of the office.

This culminates in a high speed chase down a farm-to-market road in a pair of "gas-guzzling" V8 cars (that point should be subtle, but present nonetheless; it could serve to underscore the boss's placing political ambition over environmental concern). It seems violence may be inevitable, though still quite pointless, as the protagonist considers simply pulling over to end the chase in hopes that the manager might not act on threats made earlier.

The manager's car, heavier, slides off the caliche road and crunches into a ditch, rolling once before coming to a stop. The protagonist turns back to help, reaching for his phone as he leaps out of the car to assist. One gunshot rings out just as the 911 operator says yadda yadda "What is your emergency?"

"A car accident," the protagonist might assure the operator after the manager realizes what's happening--thereby gaining leverage over this man of power.

Or, "[manager's name] is trying to kill me."

Or the protagonist could say nothing because he just got killed.

Your idea now. You deal with it.