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Brainstorning: BF October

Oct 03, 2011 20:09

Alright, I'm pretty certain I know WHO I'm gonna be writing about this month: Boots and Hearts. I've been wanting to get back to those two for a while now and something about them (probably Hearts) is screaming October is it. It'll be another serial piece, I think, just to gear up for NaNo. (Plus, I'm hoping to get another story under my belt ( Read more... )

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toxic_apiaceae October 6 2011, 11:07:55 UTC

I've been trying to get a message through, but LJ's being rather douchetastic at the moment. Anyway, here are my thoughts:

Oooooh, I like this very much.

What I'm leaning toward is maybe an inmate who ISN'T insane but is questioning it. Like, maybe the protagonist was pushed in the direction of insanity by someone in their life, or pushed to the point where they question it (think Hitchcock-esque). And then from there your idea of the residents furthering this descent along by playing games and just generally being mad. Maybe you could tie in a more literal "fire" theme as well with one of the "mad squad" having a pyromania-type obsession -- or maybe one of the inmates mumbles about fire and burning and the flames eating eating eating....

*shivers* This is going to be super intense.

As far as SPECIFICS for fleshing it out, I think a good place to start would be the scenic elements. OH! You know how Silvana had a thing for numbers? Perhaps your protagonist has a thing for the physical details. Like, they focus on the scenic elements to try and remain sane, but here in the asylum it only pushes them closer to the edge. There are no buttons to observe, no decorative mouldings on the walls, no paintings to memorize. All the protag has are the details of the people around them, their psychosis which they inflict on him, the n00b.

mermaidbia October 7 2011, 11:44:01 UTC

Huh...think I can pull this off this weekend? *needs encouragement*

toxic_apiaceae October 7 2011, 16:31:15 UTC

I think you definitely can. You've got until Sunday to whip something together. *thumbs up*

mermaidbia October 8 2011, 17:45:38 UTC

Right...I can't pull this off...way too ambitious and I don't know jack-shit what I'm writing about, and it's too cold in this apartment and I can't think straight anyway...who cares if I write this or just huddle up under a blanket.

toxic_apiaceae October 8 2011, 18:06:12 UTC

I care. Now, get yourself unhuddled and WRITE.

You can SO DEFINITELY DO THIS. And the reason I know this is because you've done it before. You know EXACTLY what you're writing about: a person being tossed into the fire of insanity and slowly catching that same fire.

Now write it.

mermaidbia October 9 2011, 08:53:18 UTC

Meh...you'd be better at this stuff.

toxic_apiaceae October 9 2011, 12:56:51 UTC

No, I wouldn't be. I don't DO abstract things like this. You do. Look at what you did with Silvana! She was very, very close to breaking, just like your protag in this one. Whoever said you do creepy well was very, very right. Honestly, I don't think anyone but you could write this story and not only pull it off but pull it off WELL.

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