I keep wondering what it must be like to write about the hero from the pov of the civilian being rescued, and villain from the pov of the minion. Thus, a story where the two pov's come together and give a very different, outsider's, idea of what the main characters are like. It will ending in one of their's death, though the pov-mixing will leave ( Read more... )

Got blindsided last night with the idea of prefacing chapters with bizarre shopping lists which both reflect the focus-character and the chapter-content.

Mostly this goes for OUaTiM and all sorts of guns, disguises and playschool* objects.

ETA: And each chapter would be named after a cooking instruction, like:

1. Preheat
2. Slice and Dice
3. ( Read more... )

A scene which I'm willing to explore is set after the "fade-to-black" where Danny and Maddy talk over a milk-carton of palm wine and we're left with their holding hands quite tenderley. Then, the next morning, a little eye-contact (via rear-view mirror) in the car.

Three ideas stemming from my being upset over the ending, and the love of the relationship between Clayton and Tom.

One of these ideas is slash. This makes me happy.

Warning: Thar be spoilers for the end.

( Ideas don't return your calls )

From the Sept. 21 entry over at bending_sickle: Not even the most imaginative storytelling could get me to accept a [Gladiator's Commodus/Maximus] fic in the movie's storyline. Before the storyline, however, is another matter. Something awful has happened: I now have an idea. I hate how easly I'll come up with scenes and emotions I'd want to include into a fic ( Read more... )

Coming up with ideas is really the least of my troubles when it comes to writing. I've got ideas a plenty, sometimes even full fleshed-out scenes. Plots, however, don't even get to be zombies. I can't do plots. In my whole short-lived history of writing, I've managed to write only one finished piece (All THings Copper), and that sorry bastard ( Read more... )

Recalling the Star Wars Ep 1 (TPM) tone poems* (also found here), I wondered about these two definitions/litanies of fear:

Darth Maul: "Fear. Fear attracts the fearful, the strong, the weak, the innocent, the corrupt. Fear. Fear is my ally." From the dmeb2.

Bene Gessert:: "I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that ( Read more... )