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I need a itty bit of help
I have to write a short story for school. Unfortunently, i am out of ideas. All i know is that it has to be spooky/suspenceful and i am determined to make my characters speak in ebonics (my idea. This school's got too many rednecks. I wanna stir it up.)
anyone got an ideas?
I tried to see how i could do with "The Colon Shrimp goes to Miami" but that didn't work. I felt i would ge expelled because the suspenceful scene involved him almost getting crushed by a butt plug.
anyone got an ideas?
I tried to see how i could do with "The Colon Shrimp goes to Miami" but that didn't work. I felt i would ge expelled because the suspenceful scene involved him almost getting crushed by a butt plug.
And please. Ideas that aren't vendetta related.
"Invasion of the Colon Snatchers"
What grade are you in, Sam?
C'mon Rogue, that's totally inappropriate and unscholarly.
Sam, ask yourself:
What are your interests?
What do you know most about?
What do you spend your spare time doing/thinking about?
Steps of a Story
1) You need to first introduce the characters in the story.
2) Introduce your central conflict.
3) Build your characters.
4) Increase the magnitude of the conflict or let the reader learn more about it (this will be building the suspense).
5) Climax - Conflict comes to a head.
6) Resolution - aftermath.
Hope this helps.
C'mon Rogue, that's totally inappropriate and unscholarly.
Sam, ask yourself:
What are your interests?
What do you know most about?
What do you spend your spare time doing/thinking about?
Steps of a Story
1) You need to first introduce the characters in the story.
2) Introduce your central conflict.
3) Build your characters.
4) Increase the magnitude of the conflict or let the reader learn more about it (this will be building the suspense).
5) Climax - Conflict comes to a head.
6) Resolution - aftermath.
Hope this helps.
Too structured... Just think up a character, place, and plot, stick yourself infront of the computer, and see what flows out. You can always change it later if you don't like it... I wrote this out in about half an hour, with no method whatsoever...
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Nickname: Pyro
Real name: Classified
Age: 20
Height: 6'
Weight: 150 lbs.
Eyes: Gold
Hair: Brown
Bio: Pyro was born on the Itani homeworld, in its capital city. At the age of 10, his family was brutally murdered by Serco assassins. The Itani military, who saw that he would be valuable to them, took him in. Pyro gradually progressed in rank, and now, at the age of 20, is the captain of the Itani frigate Glory, a weapons testbed. Pyro enjoys using heavy weapons, and greatly prefers fighting in capital ships, but is a decent fighter pilot when the need arises. While the bodies of his mother and father were found and buried, that of his sister was never recovered. From what he can remember of her, she loved to build new things, and was quite ingenious. If still living today, she would be about two years younger than him…
Nickname: Tyrdium
Real name: Tyr Hiroth
Age: 30
Height: 6’ 3”
Weight: 175 lbs.
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Black
Bio: During his youth, Tyr grew up aboard the cargo freighter Hope. When he was 15, the Hope was attacked by pirates. The Hope jettisoned its cargo, as the pirates had said that they would take the cargo and leave. However, after taking the cargo, the pirates turned around and destroyed the Hope, leaving Tyr floating in an escape pod. He drifted for months, living off MREs, until he landed on the Itani homeworld. Having no remaining family and unable to find a job as a freighter pilot due to the economy, he joined up with the Itani nation military.
After 10 years of service, he left to found the United Nations Police Force, or UNPF, with Mordok, who [insert explanation of how Mordok and Tyr came to know each other here]. The UNPF’s main goal is to fight pirates, while also helping new pilots and those who have been attacked by pirates. Due to his prior experience, Tyr has a personal vendetta against dishonorable pirates. Unfortunately, they have been growing in strength, and only a few honorable pirates, who Tyr is willing to ally with against the dishonorable ones, remain. The UNPF has frequent fights with the EiG clan, and is on friendly terms with the Syndicate, as they enforce a code of honor for pirates. Additionally, the UNPF sometimes hires the Erinyes to eliminate pirates who the UNPF cannot kill. The UNPF is based in sector 7, and frequently holds meetings over dinner at the Saturnine Bar.
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Those are my character bios... :P
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Nickname: Pyro
Real name: Classified
Age: 20
Height: 6'
Weight: 150 lbs.
Eyes: Gold
Hair: Brown
Bio: Pyro was born on the Itani homeworld, in its capital city. At the age of 10, his family was brutally murdered by Serco assassins. The Itani military, who saw that he would be valuable to them, took him in. Pyro gradually progressed in rank, and now, at the age of 20, is the captain of the Itani frigate Glory, a weapons testbed. Pyro enjoys using heavy weapons, and greatly prefers fighting in capital ships, but is a decent fighter pilot when the need arises. While the bodies of his mother and father were found and buried, that of his sister was never recovered. From what he can remember of her, she loved to build new things, and was quite ingenious. If still living today, she would be about two years younger than him…
Nickname: Tyrdium
Real name: Tyr Hiroth
Age: 30
Height: 6’ 3”
Weight: 175 lbs.
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Black
Bio: During his youth, Tyr grew up aboard the cargo freighter Hope. When he was 15, the Hope was attacked by pirates. The Hope jettisoned its cargo, as the pirates had said that they would take the cargo and leave. However, after taking the cargo, the pirates turned around and destroyed the Hope, leaving Tyr floating in an escape pod. He drifted for months, living off MREs, until he landed on the Itani homeworld. Having no remaining family and unable to find a job as a freighter pilot due to the economy, he joined up with the Itani nation military.
After 10 years of service, he left to found the United Nations Police Force, or UNPF, with Mordok, who [insert explanation of how Mordok and Tyr came to know each other here]. The UNPF’s main goal is to fight pirates, while also helping new pilots and those who have been attacked by pirates. Due to his prior experience, Tyr has a personal vendetta against dishonorable pirates. Unfortunately, they have been growing in strength, and only a few honorable pirates, who Tyr is willing to ally with against the dishonorable ones, remain. The UNPF has frequent fights with the EiG clan, and is on friendly terms with the Syndicate, as they enforce a code of honor for pirates. Additionally, the UNPF sometimes hires the Erinyes to eliminate pirates who the UNPF cannot kill. The UNPF is based in sector 7, and frequently holds meetings over dinner at the Saturnine Bar.
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Those are my character bios... :P
10th grade
I know what i need and all, i just needed a flash of inspiration, which i got.
I was thinking of hitman 2 and how you get to murder the guy on the table in 1 of the last missions. So i though "how can i use that?"
Then it came to me. Suspence doesn't need to be in the middle. I can have a really, really f***ed up, spooky ending. And the rest came.
It is the year 2018. 15 years ago, the world broke into war. The US was attacked and poison gas was realesed into the atmosphere. Almost everyone in the world died. Dispite attempts to contain the gas it spread. Those who survived are forced to live in contained areas, or wear airtight suits and air filters.
Except for 1 man. The main character has a genetic deformity which prevents him from being affected by the poisons in the air. And the otehr survivers will do anything to gain this gene, understandably. So 1 group hunts him so they can get it all for themselves and take over the world.
As the story goes on the main character reflects on what happens as he runs from the group. But he is not fast enough and is eventualy captured.
He wakes up laying on a, shirtles and strapped down. As his vision clears he sees a man approching him with a scaple. The last words on the page will be something along the lines of: As he lowered the scaple, the man said, "Now Mr. harrison, let's see what makes you immune..."
I know what i need and all, i just needed a flash of inspiration, which i got.
I was thinking of hitman 2 and how you get to murder the guy on the table in 1 of the last missions. So i though "how can i use that?"
Then it came to me. Suspence doesn't need to be in the middle. I can have a really, really f***ed up, spooky ending. And the rest came.
It is the year 2018. 15 years ago, the world broke into war. The US was attacked and poison gas was realesed into the atmosphere. Almost everyone in the world died. Dispite attempts to contain the gas it spread. Those who survived are forced to live in contained areas, or wear airtight suits and air filters.
Except for 1 man. The main character has a genetic deformity which prevents him from being affected by the poisons in the air. And the otehr survivers will do anything to gain this gene, understandably. So 1 group hunts him so they can get it all for themselves and take over the world.
As the story goes on the main character reflects on what happens as he runs from the group. But he is not fast enough and is eventualy captured.
He wakes up laying on a, shirtles and strapped down. As his vision clears he sees a man approching him with a scaple. The last words on the page will be something along the lines of: As he lowered the scaple, the man said, "Now Mr. harrison, let's see what makes you immune..."
...only the autopsy is completely routine. There is NO deformity. The poisons had dissipated years ago, but evil politicians/industry had used the threat of poison for years to frighten and control people.
That or the deformity turns out to be a symbiotic creature who is suddenly in need of a new host - the man with the scalpel. He is immediately paralyzed by the creature's venom and endures a long and painful introduction to the creature (hey maybe it IS a colon shrimp). Finally, his last thoughts are overwhelmed by the symbiote's lust for world domination and the totally alien and disjointed thoughts of it's brethren. Hilarity ensues.
Or the man is not only immune to the toxins but has unknowingly concentrated them in his body, and discovers how to unleash them in that moment of acute stress as the scalpel touches his skin. What could go wrong?
All of these could be easily worked into a preachy social message for extra credit.
That or the deformity turns out to be a symbiotic creature who is suddenly in need of a new host - the man with the scalpel. He is immediately paralyzed by the creature's venom and endures a long and painful introduction to the creature (hey maybe it IS a colon shrimp). Finally, his last thoughts are overwhelmed by the symbiote's lust for world domination and the totally alien and disjointed thoughts of it's brethren. Hilarity ensues.
Or the man is not only immune to the toxins but has unknowingly concentrated them in his body, and discovers how to unleash them in that moment of acute stress as the scalpel touches his skin. What could go wrong?
All of these could be easily worked into a preachy social message for extra credit.
lol.. I was just thinking that i'd leave the ending wide open.. Have the dude getting ready to cut him open then end it on a suspenceful note.
The real question is.. where to start it?
I like the first one... Sounds like the ST:TNG episode with the people who are addicted to some drug... Ketracil, I think?
Urza, I got an A for a vendetta-related short-story. I'm not kidding either. As long as you follow the requirements set down by your teacher, you should be ok with whatever you do, EVEN if it's based on a game.
I prefer my stories for school to be compleatly unrelated to stuff i play or do. I can already see how my story takes some stuff from "The Stand" by Steven King (great book, btw) and Hitman 2. Taking such things annoys me.
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