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Dokura
Joined : 15 Apr 2008
Posts : 11
|  Subject: Story help pwease!  Sat Apr 26, 2008 7:03 am | |
| Hey guys i got a new english thing coming up where i need to write a story about the sky, can be anry genre and this is what i came up with....
There are sky pirates going after a beautiful gem that's supposedly located in 'the castle in the sky'
forgive me if this sounds like im copying off of any anime/manga/whatever, i swear i came up with this the other night with no help from others...
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Phoenix
Born of Ashes
Age : 17
Joined : 30 Sep 2007
Posts : 3746
Location : Down Under
| | Subject: Re: Story help pwease! Sat Apr 26, 2008 7:08 am | |
| Final Fantasy 12 just spilled all over my screen. I would focus less on people and more on the sky alone. It's a wonderous thing even without additional treasure and steampunk fiction thrown in.
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Ark
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Age : 18
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Jade
Shipping Fangirl
Age : 20
Joined : 11 Aug 2007
Posts : 574
Location : Venus
| | Subject: Re: Story help pwease! Sat Apr 26, 2008 8:51 am | |
| I would also tend to talk more about the sky and less about pirates.
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Siirenias
Pirate Fox
Age : 22
Joined : 23 Mar 2008
Posts : 375
| | Subject: Re: Story help pwease! Sat Apr 26, 2008 9:03 am | |
| | Ark wrote: | | I am an English major. Pay me $50 and I will write your story for you.. |
The main vocation for English majors.
I, personally, would write a story about the sky itself and its dual indifference and beauty in the world it surrounds. But that's just me. Non-Final Fantasy Sky Pirates FTW >.>
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Sunny
TeniPuri fangirl
Joined : 21 Sep 2007
Posts : 1449
Location : Australia
| | Subject: Re: Story help pwease! Sat Apr 26, 2008 3:54 pm | |
| Made me think of Laputa: Castle in the Sky. (Oh how I love that movie <3)
But yeah. I agree with what the other people who have posted have said. Focus more on the sky rather than something else.
Though out of curiousity, how long does the story have to be?
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BladedFalcon
Professional Blade-For-Hire
Age : 19
Joined : 27 Feb 2008
Posts : 4891
Location : Mexico
| | Subject: Re: Story help pwease! Sat Apr 26, 2008 4:08 pm | |
| | Ark wrote: | | I am an English major. Pay me $50 and I will write your story for you.. |
Riiiight, im sure she will pay you for it right away...
EDIT: whoops! sorry 
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Marsco
I Saw The Sign
Age : 19
Joined : 07 Dec 2007
Posts : 2203
Location : 19 miles outside the windy city
| | Subject: Re: Story help pwease! Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:44 am | |
| Its a she >.>
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| Jack A T wrote: | Sweet.
So, as the TRUE Jack A T, not some meager poseur who needs a period in his name, I claim dominance of the battlefield.
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Magello
The Man Without a Rank
Joined : 13 Oct 2007
Posts : 2221
| | Subject: Re: Story help pwease! Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:51 am | |
| I'd write about a ship of men, sailing upon the sea of clouds, docking on the highest mountain ports, ever searching for the elusive sky whales and their precious cloud blubber.
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Marsco
I Saw The Sign
Age : 19
Joined : 07 Dec 2007
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Location : 19 miles outside the windy city
| | Subject: Re: Story help pwease! Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:52 am | |
| magello...that sounds epic...lol
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| Jack A T wrote: | Sweet.
So, as the TRUE Jack A T, not some meager poseur who needs a period in his name, I claim dominance of the battlefield.
Ahem.
"BLARG BLARG BLARG IMMUNE I KILLZ UR FACES BLARG BLARG." |
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Magello
The Man Without a Rank
Joined : 13 Oct 2007
Posts : 2221
| | Subject: Re: Story help pwease! Sun Apr 27, 2008 12:04 pm | |
| Yeah, I've got a million of them. Disjointed tales of adventure and mystery, where not all is as it seems, and the most mundane contain miracles beyond number.
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Siirenias
Pirate Fox
Age : 22
Joined : 23 Mar 2008
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| | Subject: Re: Story help pwease! Sun Apr 27, 2008 1:13 pm | |
| | Magello wrote: | | Yeah, I've got a million of them. Disjointed tales of adventure and mystery, where not all is as it seems, and the most mundane contain miracles beyond number. |
The sky-sturgeon alone--!
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Vault Dweller
RAAAAAAAGE
Joined : 09 Sep 2007
Posts : 2675
Location : Australia
| | Subject: Re: Story help pwease! Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:22 pm | |
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James Draegun
The Re-Animator
Age : 19
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| | Subject: Re: Story help pwease! Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:25 pm | |
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Jack's Spirit
Archive Hound
Joined : 01 Apr 2007
Posts : 3968
Location : Australia
| | Subject: Re: Story help pwease! Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:04 am | |
| | Dokura wrote: | Hey guys i got a new english thing coming up where i need to write a story about the sky, can be anry genre and this is what i came up with....
There are sky pirates going after a beautiful gem that's supposedly located in 'the castle in the sky'
forgive me if this sounds like im copying off of any anime/manga/whatever, i swear i came up with this the other night with no help from others... |
Do you have a word limit? And what type of time frame do you have to write the story?
If you have a reasonably small word limit (up to 1500 words is pretty tiny for me, but I am not overly talented at the are of the short-story) I'd suggest sticking to one concept or idea. It's better to develop a single idea into a quality piece of work instead of putting in lots of ideas which are good, but there simply isn't enough space to expand them. And I wouldn't worry about the castles in the sky "being done", as I'm sure your take on the concept will end up being quite different to those castle in the sky stories that already exist.
Also, here are a few more things you might like to consider before getting started:
1. How does your world work? Are the protagonists of your story familiar with the world at large, or are they rather sheltered as to it's workings?
2. Who are your main characters? Who is telling the story?
3. What is the plot of the story? How to the sky pirates fit in?
4. How do the sky pirates fit into the world itself? Are they perhaps scorned and hated by the people for their thieving ways, or admired for the freedom of their lifestyle in a world where most people are limited to their single floating island?
It sounds like you've already got the story going and the gem makes a good plot point (or MacGuffin), and I'd say if you have the idea, you're already on your way to create a good story. Good luck with your assignment. :)
...Oh, and I'm not an English Major yet, but I will be next year. Can I join the special club then? :D |
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