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I'm Writing A Book...

  • 08-02-2012 04:03PM
    #1
    Sindri
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,059 ✭✭✭Sindri


    Any suggestions?

    Plots, characters, twists and the like?


    Now away my pretties and write my book for me.


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  • #2
    DirtyBollox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,674 ✭✭✭DirtyBollox


    i've read it already, its shite


  • #3
    stupidusername
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,762 ✭✭✭✭stupidusername


    I'll be your central character so :cool:


  • #4
    davet82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,753 ✭✭✭davet82


    good thread and i'm here first but i'm just drawing a blank here... FCUK! :(


  • #5
    Sindri
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,059 ✭✭✭Sindri


    DirtyBollox wrote: »
    i've read it already, its shite

    Well then, most eloquent sir, what should I change?


  • #6
    Temptamperu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,303 ✭✭✭Temptamperu


    You could have a plane going weeeerr BOOSSSSHHH into a bridge that goes eeeerrrrr ruueeeeeennnnn SPLASSSHH and then another explosion that goes BOOOM ratttattattataaa BABOOM.

    I learned everything I know from The Micheal Bay School of story telling :cool:


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  • #7
    Sindri
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,059 ✭✭✭Sindri


    stupidusername wrote: »
    I'll be your central character so :cool:

    I like, a character who hates his own name, a metaphor for self hate.

    Well done stupidusername.:)


  • #8
    stupidusername
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,762 ✭✭✭✭stupidusername


    Sindri wrote: »
    I like, a character who hates his own name, a metaphor for self hate.

    Well done stupidusername.:)

    I'M A SHE!! :mad:


  • #9
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    Well done OP.

    I'm reading and typing on a thread on boards.ie instead of writing a book!


    Go me.


  • #10
    Sindri
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,059 ✭✭✭Sindri


    chin_grin wrote: »
    Well done OP.

    I'm reading and typing on a thread on boards.ie instead of writing a book!


    Go me.

    This, This will be the epilogue.

    Inspiring. Inspiring...


  • #11
    foxyboxer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,528 ✭✭✭foxyboxer


    You should have a man and a woman, who initially loathe each other.
    After a series of misunderstandings and despite their initial misgivings, they begin to develop 'feelings' for each other.

    However, an obstacle comes up which prevents them from getting together. for example, he has to enlist and fight in a war or she is offered a new job in a foreign country.

    The twist would be that they overcome these obstacles, hook up and live happily ever after.

    Trust me, this has never been done before.


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  • #12
    Sindri
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,059 ✭✭✭Sindri


    stupidusername wrote: »
    I'M A SHE!! :mad:

    Not any more you ain't.

    For this to be realistic, and to be made into a successful movie it looks like it's the snip for you.

    You can play yourself in the movie


  • #13
    MickySticks
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,177 ✭✭✭MickySticks


    Trent can help you OP.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055716814


  • #14
    stupidusername
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,762 ✭✭✭✭stupidusername


    Sindri wrote: »
    Not any more you ain't.

    For this to be realistic, and to be made into a successful movie it looks like it's the snip for you.

    You can play yourself in the movie

    please no :(

    though i imagine a male central character would be more likely to make a best seller


  • #15
    saa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,194 ✭✭✭saa


    I was saving this for someone special...
    A highschool girl who lacks confidence because she wears glasses and always has her hair tied up. At a school dance she gets a big red cup of punch knocked onto her dress by the captain of the football team. She is completely humiliated, in private he apoligises to her and then kisses her in the heat of the awkward moment.
    To catch his attention she hits up Big sassy Rhonda who gives her a make over, suddenly she is now accepted by her peers and the captain notices her, but the thing is he saw her inner beauty all along. And everyone breaks into dance.

    You can send the royalties cheque to 27 Willbrook Drive, Tub of Curry, Ireland.


  • #16
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,424 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    What ever you do, don't open up the first paragraph describing the fúcking weather.


  • #17
    davet82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,753 ✭✭✭davet82


    Dravokivich wrote: »
    What ever you do, don't open up the first paragraph describing the fúcking weather.

    gonna have to re-do that first paragraph Sindri


  • #18
    tbh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,914 ✭✭✭✭tbh


    I'll write the first 3 paragraphs, you carry on.

    I can't exactly explain how I got here. I can't remember anything that happened to me before I found myself standing at this wall. I do know it's not a dream, because I can feel the rough stone under my hands, the sun on my back, and I can smell the freshly cut grass from the garden next door.

    A woman walks by. She nods and says "hello", looking at me with thinly disguised suspicion. She looks as though she knows me, and she does - kind of. I know her. I just haven't seen her in nearly 30 years. My heart is pounding. I turn my head and face forward. I'm looking at a house, my house, and through the window I can a small child playing with lego. It's me. Aged 10.

    The door opens. My mother - who is younger than me now - steps onto the porch. "who are you?" she asks. "what do you want?"


  • #19
    Temptamperu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,303 ✭✭✭Temptamperu


    For Bella Swan, there is one thing more important than life itself: Edward Cullen. But being in love with a vampire is even more dangerous than Bella could ever have imagined. Edward has already rescued Bella from the clutches of one evil vampire, but now, as their daring relationship threatens all that is near and dear to them, they realize their troubles may be just beginning...

    I smashed my head of the keyboard and this happened :eek:


  • #20
    Seachmall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,041 ✭✭✭Seachmall


    How about a character who's suffering from hallucinations, they get really bad and worsen the bullying he suffers.

    As a result he goes to a psychiatrist for help, of course the psychiatrist is suffering from his own problems which help him to relate to the kid (this adds "depth" to the characters).

    They go back and forth and learn a lot from each other but somethings not right, something you just can't put your finger on... and then BANG! it hits you; The psychiatrist is one of the child's hallucinations (this adds a "twist" to the plot).

    Call it, "The Child Who Had Hallucinations".

    Or maybe instead of hallucinations the kid can see dead people. And the psychiatrist is one of those dead people. And maybe in stead of "The Child Who Had Hallucinations" call it "The Sixth Sense". And maybe instead of characters you can relate to you cast Haley Joel Osment.


  • #21
    mattjack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,389 ✭✭✭mattjack


    Seachmall wrote: »
    How about a character who's suffering from hallucinations, they get really bad and worsen the bullying he suffers.

    As a result he goes to a psychiatrist for help, of course the psychiatrist is suffering from his own problems which help him to relate to the kid (this adds "depth" to the characters).

    They go back and forth and learn a lot from each other but somethings not right, something you just can't put your finger on... and then BANG! it hits you; The psychiatrist is one of the child's hallucinations (this adds a "twist" to the plot).

    Call it, "The Child Who Had Hallucinations".

    Or maybe instead of hallucinations the kid can see dead people. And the psychiatrist is one of those dead people. And maybe in stead of "The Child Who Had Hallucinations" call it "The Sixth Sense". And maybe instead of characters you can relate to you cast Haley Joel Osment.

    That's roughly the OP's life story already.


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  • #22
    Deus Ex Machina
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,556 ✭✭✭Deus Ex Machina


    Are you genuinely, seriously writing a book? Really? You know a serious piece of fiction is life's work, not to be taken lightly? It will require every inch of your intellect, soul and being. You need to rid your mind of clutter, which includes every single thing everyone you know tells you, everything you hear in the media, basically every cultural experience you've had which could be characterised as "mainstream" unless you've got a way of looking at it that's weird new and unusual. It may be the case that you're lucky, and your inner monologue is nuts and original enough to be worthy of publication in its own right, otherwise you need to join the long line of souls who wish to work night and day to become something special.


    Make no mistake, if you're serious, you've chosen one of the hardest professions in the world.

    Best, best, best of luck if you really are serious. Don't listen to anyone's negative bull****. And remember, you've got to wade through a mountain of shît before you get anywhere worthwhile.


  • #23
    spankmaster2000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 345 ✭✭spankmaster2000


    Dan is a food critic, with a passion for bird-watching.
    He spends his lunchtimes every day sitting in the park, watching a particular pigeon waddle around, and, developing a fondness for him; christens him "Stephen".

    Meanwhile, problems develop at home for Dan, and he suspects his wife of infidelity. Night after night, he has nightmares that his wife is secretly meeting someone else.
    One nightmare reveals his rival to be none other than Stephen.
    (This then develops to Stephen muscling in on his job as well.)

    This culminates in a climax where Dan finds Stephen in the park one lunchtime, and begins an epic showdown.

    The epilogue to the story is told from the point of view of a young couple witnessing the fight; and reveal it to in fact be a single pigeon fighting with his own reflection in a window.


  • #24
    matt-dublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,479 ✭✭✭matt-dublin


    do you read books???

    has anyone here red pubes??

    :D:D:D


  • #25
    Seachmall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,041 ✭✭✭Seachmall


    Deus Ex Machina wrote: »
    intellect

    Best give up now, OP.


  • #26
    Sindri
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,059 ✭✭✭Sindri


    Deus Ex Machina wrote: »
    Are you genuinely, seriously writing a book? Really? You know a serious piece of fiction is life's work, not to be taken lightly? It will require every inch of your intellect, soul and being. You need to rid your mind of clutter, which includes every single thing everyone you know tells you, everything you hear in the media, basically every cultural experience you've had which could be characterised as "mainstream" unless you've got a way of looking at it that's weird new and unusual. It may be the case that you're lucky, and your inner monologue is nuts and original enough to be worthy of publication in its own right, otherwise you need to join the long line of souls who wish to work night and day to become something special.


    Make no mistake, if you're serious, you've chosen one of the hardest professions in the world.

    Best, best, best of luck if you really are serious. Don't listen to anyone's negative bull****. And remember, you've got to wade through a mountain of shît before you get anywhere worthwhile.

    I am serious yes.

    And I have synesthesia as well as benign creativity.

    The idea I have is fairly original and I think I have the ability to write it in a new style.

    Thanks a lot for your support:)


  • #27
    lastlaugh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,382 ✭✭✭lastlaugh


    You are an ex FF councillor turned dole scrounger who has recently hooked up with a Roma girl and are now also a heavy Heroin user and you have a feeling you might be HIV positive.

    Branded a scumbag wherever you go, you have many an interesting adventure in an around the City center.


  • #28
    Eathrin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,076 ✭✭✭Eathrin


    List of Legendary boards threads

    So much material here...


  • #29
    Deus Ex Machina
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,556 ✭✭✭Deus Ex Machina


    Sindri wrote: »
    Deus Ex Machina wrote: »
    Are you genuinely, seriously writing a book? Really? You know a serious piece of fiction is life's work, not to be taken lightly? It will require every inch of your intellect, soul and being. You need to rid your mind of clutter, which includes every single thing everyone you know tells you, everything you hear in the media, basically every cultural experience you've had which could be characterised as "mainstream" unless you've got a way of looking at it that's weird new and unusual. It may be the case that you're lucky, and your inner monologue is nuts and original enough to be worthy of publication in its own right, otherwise you need to join the long line of souls who wish to work night and day to become something special.


    Make no mistake, if you're serious, you've chosen one of the hardest professions in the world.

    Best, best, best of luck if you really are serious. Don't listen to anyone's negative bull****. And remember, you've got to wade through a mountain of shît before you get anywhere worthwhile.

    I am serious yes.

    And I have synesthesia as well as benign creativity.

    The idea I have is fairly original and I think I have the ability to write it in a new style.

    Thanks a lot for your support:)

    Now Op I really mean this, it's not not not bullshît, believe me. If you have a genuinely original idea (a belief rarely reachable unless you've read and read and read and read, the you need to decide that it's your life. When you pick up a fork of steak and potato you need to be thinking of it. When you turn of the light to go to bed you need to be thinking of it. When you are wiping your ass you need to be thinking of it. It has to be real real real real. Don't fućk around and don't let fuçkers fuçk around with you. You literally have to be the most confident motherfuçker under the sun if a single word you write is to worth anything.

    If you can do this you will move mountains to achieve your goal and I wish you
    Luck every inch of the way. It is not easy.


  • #30
    Temptamperu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,303 ✭✭✭Temptamperu


    Deus Ex Machina wrote: »
    Now Op I really mean this, it's not not not bullshît, believe me. If you have a genuinely original idea (a belief rarely reachable unless you've read and read and read and read, the you need to decide that it's your life. When you pick up a fork of steak and potato you need to be thinking of it. When you turn of the light to go to bed you need to be thinking of it. When you are wiping your ass you need to be thinking of it. It has to be real real real real. Don't fućk around and don't let fuçkers fuçk around with you. You literally have to be the most confident motherfuçker under the sun if a single word you write is to worth anything.

    If you can do this you will move mountains to achieve your goal and I wish you
    Luck every inch of the way. It is not easy.
    Dont mind him, if Meave Binchey can do it anyone can.


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  • #31
    Sindri
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,059 ✭✭✭Sindri


    Deus Ex Machina wrote: »
    Now Op I really mean this, it's not not not bullshît, believe me. If you have a genuinely original idea (a belief rarely reachable unless you've read and read and read and read, the you need to decide that it's your life. When you pick up a fork of steak and potato you need to be thinking of it. When you turn of the light to go to bed you need to be thinking of it. When you are wiping your ass you need to be thinking of it. It has to be real real real real. Don't fućk around and don't let fuçkers fuçk around with you. You literally have to be the most confident motherfuçker under the sun if a single word you write is to worth anything.

    If you can do this you will move mountains to achieve your goal and I wish you
    Luck every inch of the way. It is not easy.

    Yes, it is original, and I have read many many many books, some of the greatest works of mostly western literature from an early age.

    Thanks for your advice, it helps a lot.

    Are you a writer perchance?


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