Story Ideas

[biggrumpy]

So I've been so busy at work and school lately. As some of you know I wrote 2 books while in Japan and have completed a few short stories. I've been too busy to clean them up for publication, but I really really need to. Now that I have some free time because my 20 and 10 page papers are turned in, I hope to get some me writing done

Comments

[luxylyx]

I agree. I like the second idea a lot.

[superpastelgirl]

For the second story, I think it would be an interesting plot twist if people continue singing the songs because they think it will be a way to fix the problems they have. It could be that somehow, the first of the songs is sung and bad things happen, but people think it's because only one of them was sung. So in the story the heroes are trying to find the songs, and sing them to restore order to the universe (so they think), when in fact singing the seven songs will destroy the universe. But the reader wouldn't know that either, so they'd be rooting for them to find the songs the whole time. Also, I like the idea that singing all of the songs again will remake the universe in a new way, rather than simply destroy it.
I'm borrowing a little from the Brandon Sanderson Mistborn series btw, which you should totally read. It's awesome!

[willwrite4books]

I like both ideas, but I'm leaning more toward the first one. I recently read and reviewed a book with a slightly similar presence. You might want to check it out, as I think you'd like it: http://fantasybookcritic.blogspot.com/2009/06/alara-unbroken-by-doug-beyer-reviewed.html

[willwrite4books]

*presence = premise.