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July 8, 2008, 6:04 PM

The characters placed into my story will be exagerated versions. They will be over the top.

I did base that 3rd idea on Friends, as you may of guessed, but I might cancel that one out, because I have more ideas for the other three.

I think that Big Brother may be my best bet due to the point that the readers will have some interactivity, (The power to vote to evict) But I'm still opening up to ideas.

As for including other members in my stories, I dunno, it's just something we've been doing for who knows how long. It just becomes like, an unavoidable habits. We've been doing it since last year, something me, Rene, and Faith used to do on FFH that stuck with us here lol.

Anyway, I think a more comedic story may be in call for. People may find it more appealing.

July 8, 2008, 6:14 PM

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Originally Posted by BlueMage

Bahamut's Heir: Seems to me, that if you do a, how would you call it, "friends insert" fic, then you should really only expect for whoever you're inserting to be reading it. Which limits your reading base to however many FFF Members you insert.

Sadly, I have to disagree with this. Currently I'm writing a story called Darkness Of Destruction which features many FFF members and it has received quite a lot of good comments.

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Originally Posted by Bahamut's_Heir

We've been doing it since last year, something me, Rene, and Faith used to do on FFH that stuck with us here lol.

Rene, Faithy and Filden for the win! Best buddies for life!

July 8, 2008, 6:26 PM

Of course, I didn't mean it as hard set rule. If the story is genuinely good, then you can expect to have success in attracting new readers. It just depends on how the story goes.

EDIT: Oh, yeah, about voting people off. I feel it's a bad idea for comedies, because you mess up the character interactions, and if you get rid of characters. Material for that character becomes wasted. Think of it. Why don't we vote characters off of The Simpsons, Family Guy, Sienfeld, Guilligan's Island. Because, once a character leaves, that messes up the dynamic of the show.

Drawn together was supposed to be a reality show, Big Brother type, too. But no one got voted off, because that would mess with the dynamic.

July 8, 2008, 6:46 PM

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Originally Posted by BlueMage

Of course, I didn't mean it as hard set rule. If the story is genuinely good, then you can expect to have success in attracting new readers. It just depends on how the story goes.

EDIT: Oh, yeah, about voting people off. I feel it's a bad idea for comedies, because you mess up the character interactions, and if you get rid of characters. Material for that character becomes wasted. Think of it. Why don't we vote characters off of The Simpsons, Family Guy, Sienfeld, Guilligan's Island. Because, once a character leaves, that messes up the dynamic of the show.

Drawn together was supposed to be a reality show, Big Brother type, too. But no one got voted off, because that would mess with the dynamic.

FYI, people DO get voted out of Big Brother though, it's doesn;t mess up the dynamic if people are MEANT to be voted out as it is a competition game

July 8, 2008, 7:03 PM

As Rene says, that's the idea behind Big Brother. And hopefully, The FFF community will be smarter than the viewing public of the real Big brother and decide to get rid of the boring people before getting rid of the instigators. Besides, I could always chuck more in

, Or I could put old housemates back in like they did on BB7

July 8, 2008, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Finicella

Hm, a chatting place for writers? That could be the place to ask something.
I've been writing fantasy stories so far. And nobody in my family wants to read them. (They all don't like fantasy <<") So I decided to write a "murder story" for my mother. It also has to be a murderer who has psychological diseases.
Now that sounds easier than it is, because I have NO IDEA where to start. '-'
So my question is: Has anyone written a thriller or a "short murder story" (that sounds stupid, but someone has to die XD) yet and could help me a bit?

Oh my goodness, I love writing horror. I'm actually writing a story about a fifteen year old boy who is a serial killer in his small town (circa 1500 C.E.) and he hasn't been caught because they always assume the suspect has to be someone brutal enough to do the things this boy has done. He's insanely intelligent, by far a genius, but nobody listens to anything he says because of his age. He's schizophrenic would be legally insane by today's standards, but most people ignore him and so he sneaks around during his schizophrenic moments and kills people, covers up the evidence, leaves clues, but knows nobody is going to catch him because they're all so ignorant.

So, if you don't know where to start, then first think of why someone would kill someone else. Something simple. Say, it's the boyfriend of murderer's ex girlfriend who he still loves. Now, how could that become complex? How could this lead to multiple murders? How can this whole thing be resolved by people who were either already in the situation or dragged in via story? There are plenty of ways to go with this.

July 9, 2008, 2:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Rene Skylar

FYI, people DO get voted out of Big Brother though, it's doesn;t mess up the dynamic if people are MEANT to be voted out as it is a competition game

Except that BB is a Reality Show, and what BH is undertaking is scripted comedy.

Reality Shows are about watching these, almost, cartoon characters, scream, argue, have sex with each other. It's like watching animals at the zoo, you laugh at these "people" and think, "If they're faking it, it's hilarious. If they're not, its so sad. I might be bitchy, but I'm not as bad as horrible as these people."

Scripted comedy, on the other hand, is based on situations, timing, and the characters.

You say you'll vote off the boring characters, but a funny man is not as funny without a Straight man to play off of. By getting rid of the straight man, all you'll end up with is a bunch of screaming drama queens.

Kramer was the most popular character on Sienfeld, but The Michael Richards Show just didn't work. Bart was the most popular character when the Simpsons started out, now, he's taken a back seat to Homer. If Curly was the most popular Stooge, why did the skits continue after he died?

Look, to bring the point home, you don't have to agree with me. In the end, BH is just going to do whatever the hell she feels like. I'm suggesting that if you give yourself complete control over your own characters, instead of relying on the whim of the audience, you can build a stronger base (of characters) that will last longer.

July 9, 2008, 5:40 PM

Scripted or not, it will be written in a style that's similar to a reality show (don't worry, I won't be including them boring moments where they are talking in the lounge which make you feel like cutting your wrist with a spoon)

I'm combining improvisation with story writting, I will write the first thing that comes to my mind of how a character will respond to a situation.

So what if it's scripted, rumours go around of many reality shows being scripted, but you wouldn't guess if you watch them, I will write it almost as if it's reality.

You may know this, but I am a GCSE drama student, and the whole idea of drama is putting myself in someone elses shoes, so I can respond as another character.

I have also got excellent marks on improvisation, I have came up with good lines thinking on my feet in front of the audience, so relying on the audience like that will not prove much of a problem to me. It'll only make things funner.

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You say you'll vote off the boring characters, but a funny man is not as funny without a Straight man to play off of. By getting rid of the straight man, all you'll end up with is a bunch of screaming drama queens.

You act as if a screaming bunch of drama queens is not funny

(FYI, she is a he

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July 9, 2008, 5:44 PM

Bah. Sorry. I got confused by your Yuffie avatar.