Comments | lilyclairwell: Can't Write

lilyclairwell

Can't Write

Dec 10, 2009 16:47

I wanna write. I don’t have the same problem that most wannabe writers have. They don’t have the time, or have bad spelling or grammar, or maybe their not sure how to properly structure a story. I don’t have those problems. I can’t come up with a story. I have absolutely no ideas. And this seems to be a concept that most people don’t understand. “ ( Read more... )

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ubersaurus December 10 2009, 21:52:32 UTC

It's not necessarily having an original idea, but all about how you tell it. Dr. Horrible came out after "Soon I will be Invincible," and both of them had that sort of spoofy, real world take on superheroes and villains, but they were certainly different tales.

lilyclairwell December 10 2009, 22:20:53 UTC

But, as evidence by my two examples, I can't figure out how to tell it.

ubersaurus December 10 2009, 22:55:08 UTC

Well I mean, take your 7th grade idea. Back to the Future did that in a way; old Biff went back in time to make himself rich. You didn't see it happen, just suddenly you were in 1985 and shit was crazy. You could take a similar approach.

lilyclairwell December 11 2009, 00:00:16 UTC

Been done. Not interesting anymore. Besides, that shows how things go wrong when you try to make it better. I want to actually make it better! And, no conflict makes for a bad story.