I have started to brain storm and am really liking my ideas to create this story I've decided to attempt. I say attempt because I have been unable, in the past, to actually write a full fledged story. I tend to get about a third of the way through and get caught up in the traps of past writer. What I mean by that is I re-read my story and it tends to be similar enough to other stories I've read that I get discouraged and stop writing it. So I have decided to attack this story in a different means... I am actually going to plot at least some of it out. I've been sitting here for the past hour trying to sort my thoughts and ideas and see if they will be conducive to a single story. But I've hit a dilemma... and that's the BAD GUY dilemma.
Should I have a bad guy?? I know everyone will say that in most stories you need an antagonist to "fight" your main character or group of characters, but is this truly necessary?? Should I really have a bad guy or should I try something new... maybe a bunch of good characters fighting against each other for something... hmmm... that might work, or be TOTALLY LAME! I can't decide. Before I can continue my writing from where I am I need to decide on this main point and what the main scheme of the whole thing is (or at least what the main scheme for the start of the book is). It seems ridiculous for me to try and fight the tried and tested ways of writing. It's been used for generations... the them versus us thing... but what if I don't want a "them"??? What else could I use. From every book I've read there's always something that the main characters are "fighting" against, and being I'm planning on this book being within the Sci-Fi/Fantasy -ISH (as everything I tend to write is) Genera then there's usually a reason... or a person/group behind the reason that the main party is doing what it is doing. But what is that reason??? Why??? I'm tired of it always being a "bad"guy... can't there be something else???? I know some authors don't use a bad guy but an event or a job or a something... but I can't seem to figure out that something.
So I'll keep with my brain-storming... and see if we can manage to storm the castle and free the princess of thoughts in my head. Maybe once she is free then I'll be able to actually get on with this story... Woot!
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