agilebrit | Stuff that thing...

I appear to be writing fantasy, this time out of the box. *headdesks* I have a creature. I know what it looks like now, and it has spoken--which is freaking out my other characters. I may even have some idea of what it is. I have a couple of human protagonists, a male Biology major and a female Theatre major. I may flip them around; nothing's set in stone three hundred words in.

All this is fine, as far as it goes.

Now I just have to figure out what my central conflict is. Also, it's starting out funny. Which means I've set a tone that I should probably maintain throughout...although trying for funny horror would be an interesting tightrope to walk.

Yeah, I have no idea how to do that. *is not Joss Whedon*

I need a villain for this one too. And a villainous goal for him/her to be trying to attain. I have something noodling around my head about alchemy and a Philospher's Stone and possibly stopping an apocalypse.

Um.

I... think I should sleep on that. But since this story takes place around a college environment, the Chemistry department would be a perfect place for a rogue alchemist to hide. Maybe someone who's bitter about being passed over for tenure, so rather than looking for a cure-all, they're looking for something that would make everyone sick--or maybe even make everyone die. Perhaps my critter has the last ingredient needed, and my students have interrupted his journey.

And it's entirely possible that the little guy has his own agenda as well. What that is, I will have to sleep on as well.

Heh. Brainstorming with myself is actually fairly productive. This is what happens when I bounce around following wiki links from imp to Paracelcus to homonculous to alchemy. See? I'm not "surfing the web." I'm "researching." *innocent look*

Also, I think I saw something weird at Walmart today whilst grocery shopping. Ripped clothing, slack jaws, empty eyes...either there's a heavy metal festival in town or those zombie rumors are true. This being Salt Lake City, I'm more inclined to believe the zombie thing.

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Brainstorming with myself is actually fairly productive.... following wiki links from imp to Paracelcus to homonculous to alchemy. See?

Yes, I do - because I do the very same thing myself. Research, research...

Of course, research with an actual goal in mind is much more productive than just randomly hitting links. But whether this was "real" research or just random is an open question. It doesn't look random NOW, but I think it might have been while I was doing it. *snerk*

But results are what count, right? And now I have plot, where I didn't before.

I envy you the ability to build a story as you go like this. I tend to work from the back to the front in building a plot.

Keep the shotgun close at hand for those zombies.

I usually start a story with no idea how it's going to end--and I hate that. LOL. This one began with a first line I ganked from...somewhere.

I still have to figure out something for the Books Gone Bad anthology...

Wal-Mart is a hot zone for zombies. K-Mart is further down on the list. They can sometimes be spotted in the food court at the Mall, but they rarely venture into any stores, with Spencer's and gaming places being the exceptions to the rule.

I haven't been in a K-Mart in years, even though there's one practically down the street from my house. Got out of the habit during the AFA boycott twenty years ago and just...never got back in.

I stopped shopping there about the same time. We moved and it was on the other side of town. I stopped there at Christmastime, and I decided I really didn't need to shop there any longer. I hate the skinny checkout lines where a person can't get out if there is a price check or something.

Wtf, that is insanely cool. I know you don't have a whole lot right now, but from what you have already I'm like, "Dude, I'd totally read that." :D And Wiki-hopping is probably the best way I have heard of to think of a plot, ever. XD

Well, when it's done, it'll get posted to the concrit group, and you can read it and tell me if my execution worked. :)

Perhaps the little guy IS the last ingredient? *looks innocent*

Stuff that thing...

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