you choose - i write
just for fun, i've decided that i want to try and write a short story for everyone on this forum. i'm mostly wanting to do this just for fun and to get a bit of practice writing.
what makes this a little different is that i want you (yes, you!) to help me in the decision making process. i want to ask forumers to vote on or choose the direction of the story as i'm writing it. i'll probably go by majority rules unless i have to make an executive decision.
if you're interested in participating, please post your answers to the following questions:
1) what genre would you like it to be? (i'd prefer crime, action, mystery, horror, thriller, science fiction, or fantasy. sorry but i have to say no to comedy as it is way too difficult to write for me. i guess you can choose drama as well, but i'll have to admit that i never quite understood the drama genre.)
2) what type of main character do you want? man or women? what are some of their main characteristics? (you can go into more details if you want but i'm really just looking for a couple defining characteristics to start off with.)
3) what kind of narration would you prefer: first person (a character in the story is telling the story), third person limited (an outsider is telling the story but doesn't know all the details or what people are thinking), or third person omniscient (an outsider tells the story and knows everything that is happening)?
maybe i'm crazy for starting this, idk. we'll see how this goes and see if anyone is even interested.
what makes this a little different is that i want you (yes, you!) to help me in the decision making process. i want to ask forumers to vote on or choose the direction of the story as i'm writing it. i'll probably go by majority rules unless i have to make an executive decision.
if you're interested in participating, please post your answers to the following questions:
1) what genre would you like it to be? (i'd prefer crime, action, mystery, horror, thriller, science fiction, or fantasy. sorry but i have to say no to comedy as it is way too difficult to write for me. i guess you can choose drama as well, but i'll have to admit that i never quite understood the drama genre.)
2) what type of main character do you want? man or women? what are some of their main characteristics? (you can go into more details if you want but i'm really just looking for a couple defining characteristics to start off with.)
3) what kind of narration would you prefer: first person (a character in the story is telling the story), third person limited (an outsider is telling the story but doesn't know all the details or what people are thinking), or third person omniscient (an outsider tells the story and knows everything that is happening)?
maybe i'm crazy for starting this, idk. we'll see how this goes and see if anyone is even interested.
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One story for all of us, or one story for each of us?
2. Female lead
3. First person
Question: What's the way to describe a narrator like say Verbal Kint in The Usual Suspects? Someone who in hindsight you realize knows everything, but is playing at knowing very little. Is that just first person narration with the caveat that he's unreliable?
I recently read The Dinner by Herman Koch, which was a fun read because it's first person narrated but as the story develops he becomes increasingly unreliable and menacing.
Good luck with your project, I think it's a cool idea.
one story for all. i don't have that much free time lol.
that's one of my favourite movies. that's a good question. it kind of jumps between first and third person depending on the scene sometimes. i don't think it matters that he's lying and unreliable. that's one of the things i always liked about that movie - the fact that the whole story could pretty much be fake and never even happened lol.
haven't read that but i've always liked first person narration. it makes you feel like you're in the story more i find. i also don't mind a first person narrator who is messed up. it can make the story more interesting.
looks like you may be the only one. maybe you will get your own personalized story.
2. Both man and woman, could be two characters or a hermaphrodite.
3. 3rd person limited.
PS I WAS WEARING THIS SHIRT IN THE POKER ROOM THE OTHER DAY. SORRY FOR THE POKER-RELATED CONTENT HERE.
for the record though, i do post poker content in this forum (11 of last 15 posts in PLO strat thread are mine, and 7 of last 8 posts in NL/PL holdem strat thread are mine). i just thought this would be fun.
maybe dinobot and tony will get their own stories pm'ed to them if i'm up to it.
i hope everyone has a nice and pleasant day. good luck to you all.
I wana hear the story too
PLO Unicycle terminator + usual suspects. Go!
And yes I am a dick.
all right i'll try to keep going. at least it will give the trolls something to do.
i'll say female main character (obviously there will be other characters as well).
we'll have to decided on the narration though still.
i will include a cyborg. unicycle might be pushing it.
I've got a couple stories I'm working on myself.
(i'm assuming that) you have no idea! i'm not talking about this poker forum. pretty sure i had to read a lot about this in cultural studies courses.
wha?
i'm also just creating the main character as i go along so i may be able to add some specifics about her on the way if anyone has any suggestions.
i guess this beginning is all right so far. i'm assuming that once i post it here it's done and i can't change it - that might change though as i'll read and reread and end up hating it and wanting to change it.
since i'm trying to keep this relatively short (whatever length that may be) i may have to exclude some introductions and move right into the action, but hopefully we'll still learn about the characters enough to empathize and relate to them.
so, without further ado, the following post is part one of (title pending - i'm terrible at creating titles)...
“Hello!” she yelled. “Is anyone there?”
Suddenly, the panel by the door buzzed on. The controls and switches flashed with multi-coloured lights. Natalie went up to it and started pushing random buttons. “Let me out of here! Open the door!” she yelled again.
“Please return to bed,” an unexpected voice over the intercom stated vacantly.
“Wait! Where am I? What am I doing here?” Natalie shouted, her voice cracking.
“Please return to bed or we will have to commence protocol 16,” the voice droned.
“I’m not doing anything until someone tells me what the hell is going on! Where the hell am I?” Before she could speak again, the flashing lights on the panel all went black. “No! Don’t leave me here!” she screamed.
The room fell silent just for a moment minus Natalie’s frantic breathing and pounding heart. From above her there was a clicking noise followed by a whizzing. Natalie looked up and saw a vent in the ceiling pumping some sort of gas into the room.
“No! What are you doing?” she cried while hammering her fists on the large steel door. “Don’t do this! Let me out!”
The gas was quickly filling the room and Natalie began gasping for breath. She crouched down close to the floor and tore a piece of the bed sheet off holding it over her nose and mouth. She struggled for air desperately, but her eyes became too heavy to bear and she quietly fell into unconsciousness on the floor.
Editors Note: This line is to be read in Arnold voice.
missed opportunity IMO
lol yeah i'm struggling with that one.
no idea what you're talking about lol.
To let various members pick your story elements with me as a character, though I may insist on Kristy having final word on what is included in the end product...
Mark