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re: Writer's Club: Part 1 - Single Sentence Pitches
Posted on 5/10/12 at 5:40 pm to Freauxzen
Posted on 5/10/12 at 5:40 pm to Freauxzen
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here's one idea that hasn't been done. Ever.
Well, it all depends on how you deal with the time paradox. I like the idea you literally can't change anything because the past has already happened, and the protagonist eventually goes insane trying to change the past, but can't do so.
But what I'd like to see is the POV of those that stay behind and realizing the world is changing due to the time traveler's influence, but unable to stop the shifts in their reality.
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Posted on 5/10/12 at 6:53 pm to Baloo
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Well, it all depends on how you deal with the time paradox. I like the idea you literally can't change anything because the past has already happened, and the protagonist eventually goes insane trying to change the past, but can't do so.
But what I'd like to see is the POV of those that stay behind and realizing the world is changing due to the time traveler's influence, but unable to stop the shifts in their reality.
I've always thought that a good idea would be:
The eventuality of science is time control (travel and immortality), and that human life is a circle of us trying to forget that we created it because its so damn depressing. But we always end up creating it again. So we start over by going back in time.
Posted on 5/10/12 at 6:53 pm to Baloo
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Well, it all depends on how you deal with the time paradox. I like the idea you literally can't change anything because the past has already happened, and the protagonist eventually goes insane trying to change the past, but can't do so.
LOST delved into this.
Posted on 5/10/12 at 6:55 pm to Freauxzen
Also, I want this to be a serious thread where we give and take. If someone has found an idea that they like and actually do want to run with, maybe ask the OP of the ides for permission and possibly to remove it.
It would be cool if someone actually ran with something to publication from these threads. I plan to write a tad tonight.
It would be cool if someone actually ran with something to publication from these threads. I plan to write a tad tonight.
This post was edited on 5/10/12 at 6:59 pm
Posted on 5/10/12 at 6:57 pm to Freauxzen
A man adopts a dog, but regrets it when the dog begins to talk to him and orders him to kill.
It feels like a black comedy.
It feels like a black comedy.
Posted on 5/10/12 at 8:00 pm to Freauxzen
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Also, I want this to be a serious thread where we give and take. If someone has found an idea that they like and actually do want to run with, maybe ask the OP of the ides for permission and possibly to remove it.
It would be cool if someone actually ran with something to publication from these threads. I plan to write a tad tonight.
Story of a man who was going to write his first ridiculous one sentence movie pitch until he saw a warning not to right as he was about to post it so he erases the idea. This film is based off of a true story.
Posted on 5/10/12 at 8:20 pm to Baloo
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Baloo
Either of these sound familiar:
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Further information: Washington Diplomats and Washington Whips
I'm going to run with the soccer idea fairly quickly.
Posted on 5/10/12 at 9:05 pm to Freauxzen
Mankind destroys itself and sends Embryonic Stem Cells to another very distant planet to continue the human race.
This post was edited on 5/10/12 at 9:09 pm
Posted on 5/10/12 at 9:09 pm to OMLandshark
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Also, I want this to be a serious thread where we give and take. If someone has found an idea that they like and actually do want to run with, maybe ask the OP of the ides for permission and possibly to remove it.
It would be cool if someone actually ran with something to publication from these threads. I plan to write a tad tonight.
Agreed. I'd be particularly pissed if I found out someone ran away with my Martian idea, which is kinda a blend between "A Clockwork Orange" and "The Shining". I know the Singularity being done right is just a matter of time though.
Posted on 5/10/12 at 9:11 pm to Freauxzen
See, for me the plot isn't that important. I like to try and imagine a character first and base everything around that.
I've always been terrible at one-line pitches.
I've always been terrible at one-line pitches.
Posted on 5/10/12 at 9:15 pm to Baloo
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See, for me the plot isn't that important. I like to try and imagine a character first and base everything around that.
I've always been terrible at one-line pitches.
So give us your 'It's about a guy who" ideas.
I have a few characters that I love and am trying to work good stories around them.
Posted on 5/10/12 at 9:18 pm to Baloo
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See, for me the plot isn't that important. I like to try and imagine a character first and base everything around that.
I've always been terrible at one-line pitches.
It all depends on the idea for me. Sometimes I start with a place and what to look at what might go on there. Sometimes I begin with a character. Other times it's the plot.
No recall on that team? I might do some research first.
Posted on 5/10/12 at 9:24 pm to Freauxzen
Deep Water Echo (or Alpha, Beta) - A rescue team boards an under-water research station to find it deserted. But they discover they are not alone.
Think Event Horizon on Earth. The research team that was stationed on the station has not been heard from for four days, prompting the company to send down a team. Jason wolfe is a geo-physicist who worked on the project and is the only guy on the surface who knows how to run the station.
When they get on board, it is deserted. None of the emergency pods have been launched and none of the equipment is missing. While they try to figure out what happened, they start to notice weird things going on.
And then the woman appears...
Think Event Horizon on Earth. The research team that was stationed on the station has not been heard from for four days, prompting the company to send down a team. Jason wolfe is a geo-physicist who worked on the project and is the only guy on the surface who knows how to run the station.
When they get on board, it is deserted. None of the emergency pods have been launched and none of the equipment is missing. While they try to figure out what happened, they start to notice weird things going on.
And then the woman appears...
This post was edited on 5/10/12 at 9:28 pm
Posted on 5/10/12 at 9:43 pm to magildachunks
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A man adopts a dog, but regrets it when the dog begins to talk to him and orders him to kill.
It feels like a black comedy.
That happened in real life.
I want to do a story on the Lead Masks Case. LINK
This post was edited on 5/10/12 at 9:44 pm
Posted on 5/10/12 at 9:45 pm to Pectus
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That happened in real life.
That's how I got the idea. The man in mine doesn't want to do it though.
Posted on 5/10/12 at 9:51 pm to Freauxzen
I tried to look it up. I think the team was out of Richmond, and they had problems when DC United formed. I think they played in the US Open Cup. I do know DC United caused the Maryland Bays to go under. I'm hazy on the details... sorry.
Posted on 5/10/12 at 10:24 pm to Baloo
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I tried to look it up. I think the team was out of Richmond, and they had problems when DC United formed. I think they played in the US Open Cup. I do know DC United caused the Maryland Bays to go under. I'm hazy on the details... sorry.
Fair enough. Thanks for the idea though, I'll just expand the research.
Posted on 5/10/12 at 11:12 pm to Freauxzen
In the midst of a zombie apocalypse, one man may hold the secret to the cause of the plague, but that one man also hides a grave secret: he's one of them, trapped between life and death, a Living Undead.
Posted on 5/10/12 at 11:18 pm to magildachunks
Racism in the south is such a fresh toPic. Can we name the ahole father archie bunker?
Posted on 5/10/12 at 11:20 pm to Freauxzen
Personally I like to think of the character and setting simultaneously. I like to think of an environment that would be the exact opposite of a character's personality to where they'll be most likely to clash with said environment, then I develop the characters around main character. Granted I've been working with sci-fi settings mostly in my scripts/outlines. Not sure if this is recommended since I'm still definitely an amateur.
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