"Abandoned Ideas"

[Chicklet]

I have a huge, huge folder filled with beginnings of stories that I've lost hope for. How many of you have such things? I was thinking maybe we could start a thread with our story beginnings; maybe another author would want to take it from there. Or do you think this would go over better in Story Ideas?

Chicklet

 

[KillerMuffin]

Either place, I think.

 

[Reshbod]

I have several things like that, but I usually find a way to incorporate them into other stories. If not they still sit on the back burner until I am ready to tackle them again or get re-inspired. I admit most of these ideas haven't made it out of my head yet, though I probably should put them down somewhere so I can clean out some of the clutter.

A few of these ideas I have posted on the Story Ideas board, but so far nothing, ASAIK has happened. So it looks like I will have to end up using them myself instead of letting others do it for me.

 

[PoliteSuccubus]

Not only do I have files, but I also have "favorites" files on the comp for research related links with the title of the unfinished/never started books/stories.

 

[karmadog]

I agree with Reshbod. Abandoned plots and characters tend to re-emerge eventually.

 

[Un-registered]

I have a huge, huge folder filled with beginnings of stories that I've lost hope for. How many of you have such things? I was thinking maybe we could start a thread with our story beginnings; maybe another author would want to take it from there. Or do you think this would go over better in Story Ideas?

Chicklet

An excellent idea, but when I put one of mine on Story Ideas, nobody seemed interested.

SO: here it is again:

There are two couples who organise "Murder Weekends". One couple act as the organisers and one of the other couple, who masquerade as participants, is always the murderer. Couples alternate and sometimes the wife or sometimes the husband is the murderer, etc. etc. etc.

They decide to have a "Rape Weekend."

Wife of organiser comes into room of one participating couple while husband is in bar.

She explains that, just as there is no real murder at a "Murder Weekend" there is no actual rape at a "Rape Weekend". However, rape victims can be questioned, while murder victims cannot. Therefore, to make it real, a man will come into her room in a few minutes and tear her night-dress and generally be obnoxious, but will not actually harm her. This is all voluntary, explains the organising wife.

Woman says OK and curtains are drawn to darken room and woman gets into bed.

Build tension a little here by making her wait and give her thoughts.

Man comes in and ... fake rape scene from there!

Maybe she lets him shag her, "for realism"?
Maybe she panics and fights for real and he leaves bruises?
Maybe she panics and fights for real and he actually rapes her?

Husband's reaction could be good/bad.

Maybe the organiser's wife says the same thing to more than one?

Maybe the others try to solve it and get turned on and various "meetings" happen?

 

[Svenskaflicka]

I like that idea, Un-registered. But how exactly does it work? I mean, with a fake murder, you must find out how she was murdered, who had the time and motive to murder her, etc. But with a rape... You can just ask the victim herself who it was! And as to why... well, unless it's an act of revenge, my guess would be that he was horny..?

"I think it was Colonel Mustard, in the library, with the monkey wrench!"

 

[pop_54]

Yo all

I've a bunch of started but never finished tales and the like, I keep going back to some and trying again, but without much hope. I'd be too embarrassed to post some of them, the words f**king and crap spring to mind when I look at them.


pops..........

 

[Un-registered]

I like that idea, Un-registered. But how exactly does it work?

The victim can say when and where, but it was in total darkness, so she doesn't know who it was. Of course, like any victim she knows a few things, like "His name was Guinness." "How do you know that?" "Because it was good for me!"
Motive is less important, but opportunity is vital.
However, my guess is that such a week-end would be a thinly disguised excuse for an orgy of room visiting, especially in a Lit story!

 

[Svenskaflicka]

Several couples having sex, not only the rapist & his victim...

 

[peterpan]

Surely the point would be the same as a real rape investigation, not who did it, but who does the jury believe?

The story could be a mock trial where the defence tries to prove the 'victim' is a slut or jilted lover, while the other side brings up evidence to support her(his?) Unlike real rape trials (I hope), either may be asked to reenact portions of their testimony.

It would be an interesting narative trick to present the highlights of the evening... anyway too difficult for me...

 

[SlaveMasterUK]

I agree with Reshbod here, I tend to use most characters / ideas etc that I think up in one story or another eventually.

Sometimes tho I do have an idea for a new story that goes nowhere after I've started writing it. It happens a lot more with my music, because it's hard to re-use a good musical idea once it's been marred by a bad unfinished song.

I have about 30 unfinished tunes on my HD at any one time...

Ax

 

[TrinaT]

Sounds like a way to make a collaborative effort. Maybe one person's story would add to or be blended into someone else's. I like finding ways to blend different stories I've started into one. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.

Trina T.

 

[SlaveMasterUK]

I have made that work with music before, but never tried with a story. Not sure if it's the same with me at least, because often I only get the first few paragraphs down then get stuck with the majority of the story still in my head.

With music I have the technology to write the 'skeleton' of a song in minutes, so I can spend days transforming it into a finished piece. I have nothing like that for stories - it's the initial writing that takes the bulk of the time and effort, hence most of the story never hits paper and therefore can't be passed to another without a deal of handover work.

Would be worth a try tho. I'm tempted to do a co-op story with someone quite soon.

ax

 

[MathGirl]

I have a huge, huge folder filled with beginnings of stories that I've lost hope for. Chicklet

I have just one of those, and I can't go anywhere with it. I sat down to write some generic smut, and somehow got into a manic mood. I ended up with what I think are weirdly good comic characters without a story.

Maybe there's a place like the mythical graveyard of the elephants where such things go to die. In the meantime, those poor characters just sit there on my C drive, gathering dust.

 

[Svenskaflicka]

The story could be a mock trial where the defence tries to prove the 'victim' is a slut or jilted lover, while the other side brings up evidence to support her(his?) Unlike real rape trials (I hope), either may be asked to reenact portions of their testimony.

Actually, this gives me a sour taste in my mouth... too close to all the tragedies in RL, where people shrug their shoulders at a rape victim, saying "well, she asked for it, that little slut, and with that short skirt and all".

Had it been a mock rape, a game, where the woman is willing but pretends not to be, as a part of a roll play, then I think it would be nice. But if the story would be about a real rape, I'd want to see the rapist get nutered, or I'd "1" the story!!!

 

[Reshbod]

I agree with Svenskaflicka, A story I have thought about is a group of people off for a fantasy weekend. The "victim" is chosen or draws straws and tries to avoid being captured while the others "hunt" her down. A prize is given if she avoids capture or to whoever does catch her.

There are many options to this as well:
could have teams
man hunted by women
women hunted by men
either hunted by mixed teams

Then it could end with a big orgy.

 

[MathGirl]

There are many options to this as well:
could have teams
man hunted by women
women hunted by men
either hunted by mixed teams

Then it could end with a big orgy.

Or a nice barbeque.

 

[Un-registered]

But if the story would be about a real rape, I'd want to see the rapist get nutered, or I'd "1" the story!!!

Calm down a little, please. Let's go back to my original suggestion and think calmly.

1 Is there a real murder at a "Murder Weekend"?

2 Do the stories on Lit represent real life?

3 Do you think most of the writers here would tolerate real life rape?

I believe the answers are "No, no, and no".

 

[Svenskaflicka]

True. But even a made-up story about a rape, is too much for me.

 

[Reshbod]

Or a nice barbeque.

Maybe it is a sign of age, but I think I prefer this idea.

 

[MathGirl]

Maybe it is a sign of age, but I think I prefer this idea.

Maybe it's because you're in Texas.

 

[Chicklet]

Re: Re: "Abandoned Ideas"

An excellent idea, but when I put one of mine on Story Ideas, nobody seemed interested.

I really liked this idea when it first popped up. I even started writing it. Problem is, like it seems that most people here don't, I don't really understand how a murder weekend works. Does anyone know of a website that has descriptions?

chicklet
ps - this might be a cool chain story

 

[PoliteSuccubus]

I've had them at my house, so I can tell you.

You invite a group of people over to your house for the weekend. You give them a "persona" to act out over the weekend. Only you, the victim, and the murderer really know what's going on. We usually kill off the victim late Friday night or early Sat so that there's time to slove it. We leave clues around, and there are verbal hints, and the vic picks fights or whatever to "muddy" the waters.

At our last one the murderer put food coloring in the vic's sprite, when she drank it a few moments later he was in the kitchen putting the vail into the fridge egg door, and a few moments later the vic let the red colored sprite dribble out her mouth and "died". She still enjoyed the party, but only repsonded to questions about her "murder" by saying "avenge my death" etc.

 

[TrinaT]

Now that sounds like a cool weekend. May just have to try that out myself sometime soon. When we do, I'll have to kept you posted as to how the weekend went.

Trina T.