Novel plots

Affable

Anyone got any interesting novel plots?

I got one about an large island coming about halfway between Ireland and the USA, there's then a battle between European/Irish/British and American settlers. I'm offering that one for sale.

Livvie

The idea of us fighting the Americans instead of Russians/Chinese/Muslims is certainly novel.

JustHalf

The idea of us standing a chance is certainly bonkers though.

Livvie

JustHalf wrote: »

The idea of us standing a chance is certainly bonkers though.

But the best stories are often a David/Goliath one. Sounds to me like it should be a screenplay rather than a novel. Would this island emerge from the sea? I have no idea whether this would be possible and whether any such island would be worth fighting over .. maybe the story would have to be a fantasy.

Matt Holck

We could play Settlers of Catan
and then no one wold have to write

godspal

My own novel I am working on is about two brothers in a dysfunctional family, who from an early age have a wedge drove between them, the wedge deepens and turns into loathing for the younger brother, while the older brother is very self-involved is completely unaware of his brothers hatred for him.
The younger brother uses all sorts of escapism to distance himself from the reality of "brotherly love."
While the older brother slowly turns into a sociopath.
The family step in every once in awhile to try and reconcile the two, but the younger brother, who has bared the brunt of the older brothers anger, and had to carry the family through its inevitable dissolvement, can never forgive the older brother.

I think a good name is: 'A Million Miles From Philidephia.'

Matt Holck

a more resonable distance might ground the title better

| | The earth has a circumference of approximately 24900 miles

Black Swan

An island between Ireland and the USA? Sounds too much like yet another Atlantis plot? How about a dispute between Ireland and the UK over the Isle of Man? Lots of metaphor possibilities?

Livvie

Blue_Lagoon wrote: »

An island between Ireland and the USA? Sounds too much like yet another Atlantis plot? How about a dispute between Ireland and the UK over the Isle of Man? Lots of metaphor possibilities?

And the losers of the dispute get the IOM?

(Sorry anyone on the IOM..I don't mean it).

Matt Holck

Blue_Lagoon wrote: »

An island between Ireland and the USA? Sounds too much like yet another Atlantis plot? How about a dispute between Ireland and the UK over the Isle of Man? Lots of metaphor possibilities?

let's not forget Scotland and Wales

Madou

Then the land in between Ireland and the US can be easily explained by volcanic activity rasing the mid-Atlantic ridge up and creating the second biggest mass of land after the Asian continent and all that. That part writes itself:) But, wouldn't this land be Potuguese territory (considering the Azures and stuff)? But maybe territorial waters would be respected.....in any case, bedlam ensues. And then you throw in the fact that new oil and gas fields are discovered on this new land-mass! Holy war occurs (WWIII, apocalypse), and at the end you can throw in the bitter irony that as the world had just given us new land and the chance to cultivate it and grow trees and save the planet for generations, we decided to fight for fortune and spit on nature's finally piece of charity to the human race!!

Right I'm off to a publisher

Matt Holck

volcanoes are only good for islands
continents are the lighter rock floating on top