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Posted By: ElfDragon Jan 11, 2004 - 05:11 pm

well hmm...as the topic suggests the idea that i have a fantasy due on tuesday...yeah this tuesday...uhm two days from now!!! anyway i am an amateur* writer and i am suffering writers block! all you writers out there know exactly what i mean!!!!grrr...it is totally frustrating!...i need some ideas...they can be random ideas that have nothing to do with each other...i need good character names and plots and settings and all!...i am thinking on this really hard myself; but i really need help!!!

Posted By: Ariette Jan 12, 2004 - 03:42 am

Setting: Polar Zone. A cold one. Kind of like a snow desert. Not a lot of vegetation, just large water mammals and the odd bear.

Posted By: gypsychic Jan 12, 2004 - 05:53 am

Do a twisted retelling of a fairy tale or a myth. Along the lines of Eudora Welty's "The Robber Bridegroom." Most teachers love that kind of thing.

Posted By: wafricansavage Jan 12, 2004 - 10:05 am

well definatly dont' do a story of a student killing a teacher, you will get suspended for that, as recent news suggests. :-)

here's a small fantasy, how a bout little red riding hood, but from the wolf's perspective. a grueling tale of a terrible winter which has left the hunting plains barren of good prey. forcing him to go after human meat. Perhaps a she-wolf mate a couple of cubs that he must feed as well, draw upon the emotional strings to break the readers pre-determined view of the wolf.

Posted By: ElfDragon Jan 12, 2004 - 03:45 pm

hmmm...i cam up with a pritty good pirate type idea....well morgan a boy (16) found a treasure map whith 11 gold coins in it. he has to detrmine weather or not to keep them for himself or return them....after reading the back of the map he decided to definatley return them becasue if he didnt by a certain time on the given date...the world would siece to exsist...hmmm....any good?...oh yeah by the way there is a little love story in it too...the boy is about 16 and he an orphan and he works in the governors house and he is secretly in love with his rich neighbor...they have been friends forever....but she secretly admires him for his humble heart...hmm...any good?

Posted By: Ariette Jan 12, 2004 - 04:49 pm

hey, wafricansavage, have you ever read any Gregory Maguire? 'Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister'? 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West'? Cuz your idea sounds strikingly similar to that author's style.

Posted By: wafricansavage Jan 12, 2004 - 05:07 pm

nope haven't, but thanks for the heads up. will look him up.

Posted By: gypsychic Jan 13, 2004 - 11:21 am

Sounds good, run with it

Posted By: ElfDragon Jan 16, 2004 - 05:45 pm

welll the teacvher loved it and i got the best grade in the entire freshman class!...she gave me 3 extra credit pionts for being the best to...lol...well i was asked to preform it on stage at a convention next month

Posted By: Bmat Jan 16, 2004 - 05:48 pm

Wonderful! Congratulations!

Posted By: ElfDragon Jan 16, 2004 - 06:44 pm

thankya!..thnx 4 the ideas