Discuss your ideas for the plot here...

Write anything you want. We all don't have time to get together outside the forum so just discuss inside the forum. The story cannot go on like a novel, therefore I'm proposing a 200page limit for the entire fiction.

Division of work:

Writer: The ones who will actually write the story. (4spots: Introduction...Rising Action...Climax...Resolution)

Editors: Also said as beta readers. Checks for any grammatical errors. If you don't think you have the kind of time to spend on writing 50pages worth of storyline then you should join this. (4spots: 1 for every writer)

Bridge Builders: Can double with the other positions. Responsible for connecting the 4 sections of the writers. (4spots: best if you were the editor or writer for the previous section. Eg: Writer for the introduction or the editor will write the bridge for the Rising action.)

QC: This will be the role of the composers and ANYONE on the forum. Once the above three parts are finished a new thread will be posted with the completed story. QC's job is to put comments/reviews/dissatisfactions of anysort on to that thread. No member of the above three is to post anything on this thread to avoid arguments.

Please select the group you wish to participate in. An audition will be held if there are too many people who wish to join a group (Other than QC). If you wish to be part of QC then do not post that here. I saw 7 people listed which is why I divided it amongst 8 main slots. This means we either have 1 more spot to fill or someone will double one other slot. Ofcourse, if there are people strongly wanting to join the bridge building group then we can have a 4 MAXIMUM.

To summarize...Select the group you wish to be in and submit a plot idea.

ONLY THE WRITERS, EDITORS, and BRIDGEBUILDERS submit plot ideas PLEASE!!

I would like help from Noir to close this thread after 14days unless I ask for any extentions. You have life? That's fine, you have 14days to give one post with the above information. For all fairness, all 7 individuals listed on the composition project thread gets first dibs on the spots because they jumped on this project when it was first suggested. This leaves 5(possibly less) spots for the writing group.

~Omit my vote. Sorry. I wasn't on the regular list :P .

As I stated, there is still 1 open spot so I will keep the spot open and if there are no one else then you're in.

I actually noticed the line about 50 pages of storyline.

Great work KK,

My idea for the dystopian story would have its setting in Asia. Asian characters, asian atmosphere. :)

That's actually what I was thinking as well.

Warning: If you read the plot summary then it might ruin the surprises in the story. Unless you are part of the writing team, I don't suggest reading on this thread until the story is finished. That's up to you though haha!:heh:

My thoughts...

Setting: Qing Dynasty, China.

Plot: A girl's parents were falsely accused and taken away under imperial orders. (She was middle class. Daughter of a small prefectorial officer). She went to her aunt's house but after realizing the troubles she was giving her, she ran away. She is picked up at a prostitute house and that is where she works so that she can live on.

Years later, a prince arrives at the house as a place of secret meeting with a few of the officiers. (I believe there are 14 princes at that time.) He hears a beautiful song played on the "Gu Zheng" (A popular instrument at the time) and that is how he met the girl. The girl tells a small bit about herself (Leaving out much unspeakable details) and the prince decides to buy her and bring her back to the palace as one of his servants.

Threats of war is heard and at the same time, the prince finds himself falling in love with the girl. The Emperor is extrememly appauled by this because she is a servant and was a former prostitute.

One final twist: She realizes that it was this prince that set up her parent's accusation.

A little on the side to remove confusion: Prostitutes back then were not what they are now. They were more like bar girls who talked and poured drinks for the customers. However, they were not looked too highly back then as they are today.

Looks pretty nice--it'd be cool to make that song for that instrument as a composer. :shifty:

It will be extrememly hard because you will have to write something that the people during the time period would have played and found attractive. The concept of time signiture and solfage melody did not exist then. It will take a lot of research but I'm sure you composers will be up for the challenge IF this idea prevails.

So far it's the only one so... who knows lol

Setting - Rural Europe 1700-1800 [see Laputa: Castle in the Sky]

Plot - The story is based in a fictional country where the growing dirty factories are taking over the slow sloping hills of deep green grass [factories/big cities contrasting small villages]. Theres mythical creatures and technologies, sadly the growing factories and industries aren't so magical.

The main character is a peasant, orphaned girl [yr. 15-20 something] who is evicted from her house/shack. She goes searching for family members to help support her, but to get around and pay for things she needs money. So she ends up becoming a prostitute, in which she becomes pregnant. She finds her family but they reject her because of her dirty past.

Wondering around depressed, the prince of the reigning country finds her while he is trying to run away [hes a tree hugger I guess lol] and he takes her with him into a hotel. blah blah blah

King blames her for kidnapping the prince, they run away, lost history of how she should be queen/princess/what-ever is found, tries to over throw the king with the prince's help, girl is killed. Her baby is saved and brought up in secret by the prince.

END

after reading kk's story, it has prostitution too... total coincident [really!] lol

[NOTE] if this plot is picked, theres a scene I would really want in it that I have imagined. Theres these magical flying machines that resemble creatures [car equivalent passenger holdings] are used, and I can really just image a bunch of them flying around in a big [dirty] city. :d

Both story looks okay. (haha, make the prince an Indian prince). @KK, Asia should not be limited to China, that is the point I am trying to make. I prefer RD's setting. Storywise, I prefer KK's.

I'm really loving KK's right now--from the start of it it got me writing a "Chinese Poem" (orchestral piece).

And yeah, holding the left mouse button and going up and down will give you some crazy ideas for melodies and backgrounds. :heh:

My story will work for any imperial country. I simply chose china because I know a little bit more about its background. Japan, Korea, Russia, Mongolia, any asian country could work. I'm stronger in Chinese and Japanese history. Knows little about Korea and only school textbook stuff on Russia from when I was in Jr. High. Since I applied for the writer position, I decided to pick the country that I was most comfortable in which was china...hey I'm chinese what can I say haha.

It will be extrememly hard because you will have to write something that the people during the time period would have played and found attractive.

That's not necessarily true. That will be something that the composers will have to discuss.

5 days has passed, 9days left. If you are one of the following and has not submited the position you wish please do so. If you do not wish to be part of the writing team and you are on the list, please apply for QC.

Ajamesu - Group leader
Deathraider - Story Writer
Random_Tangent - Story Writer
Inu-chan - Story Writer
KaitouKudou - Story Writer
Meim - Story Writer
Jaso - Story Writer
Radical Dreamer - Story Writer
PFK - Story Writer

Also, if have or wish to apply for a writer or editor or bridge position then please submit a plot idea. It does not matter what the idea is and does not matter how simple or foolish you may believe it to be. This is the brainstorming step of the planning stage. Even if your idea is not used, there may be interesting portions that could be taken out when making the detailed plot in the next stage. If I am not mistaken, I believe there were many who wanted the story to be written in dialogue format. That is why I said 50pages because if 75%is dialogued, it will only be about 30pages of writingX4 is 120pg of story in total.

Please PM me if you have specific questions regarding the positions. Not the plot you wish to submited but the positions and related questions. I will check once a day so you will receive a reply within 24hours at most.

Again, remember. ANY plot idea will be fine. We have 2 current. Thank you RD. If we can get 12 (1 for every spot in the writing team) that would be great but even 6 would be wonderful! Please keep in mind of the dystopian romance theme when writing.

I think we should have the plot be about China creating a new age
Qin communist regime that unites all of Asia. This nation should be what the communists would advocate as the stepping stone to a world nation. However, war breaks out, and everyone is afraid that nuclear war will ensue between the two new powers. As any little thing could tip the balance of power and cause one side or the other to attack with weapons of mass destruction, two leaders meet in secret about the future of the world: the female president of the newly formed Nation of the New World, and the Qin Communist nation leader. In the course of the meetings, they fall in love, and fall deep into a passionate love affair. Meanwhile, in both nations, new leaders are rising up to try to usurp power and turn the tide of the war to fit their own agenda. These people begin to gain support as the war-toll rises, and behind the backs of the two lovers, begin to undermine their authority.

Both of the leaders are poisoned by the men trying to usurp their power, but then somehow the true story is revealed to the press and the people of both nations about the love between their two leaders, as well as the fact (which is not revealed to the reader until the end) that the two men vying for power were in cahoots, and they were scheming together to create a world dictatorship. The two countries, after discovering this plot, declare an armistice and attempt, in the spirit of their late-leaders, to bring the two nations closer together.

I also think we should incorporate descriptions of some of the new war methods, such as space battles and missile launches from satellites, that would accentuate the dystopian aspect.

The story takes place in a time when there is a global government. There are no rooms for gray areas in the world and once a crime is committed it, the criminals will be killed. Morals are determined by the global government, a selected group of people that hold on to their powers and allow rich people that give them benefit to run terribly immoral business (selling human flesh) . Rebels will be killed. Son of this selected leaders start questioning about the ruling system. Secret police are everywhere and people are to submit without any question to the people with authority. Girl is from people that are planning revolution. Guy meets girl and found out she is one of the rebels, love still. Will they manage to change the world?

I think we should have the plot be about China creating a new age
Qin communist regime that unites all of Asia. This nation should be what the communists would advocate as the stepping stone to a world nation. However, war breaks out, and everyone is afraid that nuclear war will ensue between the two new powers. As any little thing could tip the balance of power and cause one side or the other to attack with weapons of mass destruction, two leaders meet in secret about the future of the world: the female president of the newly formed Nation of the New World, and the Qin Communist nation leader. In the course of the meetings, they fall in love, and fall deep into a passionate love affair. Meanwhile, in both nations, new leaders are rising up to try to usurp power and turn the tide of the war to fit their own agenda. These people begin to gain support as the war-toll rises, and behind the backs of the two lovers, begin to undermine their authority.

I also think we should incorporate descriptions of some of the new war methods, such as space battles and missile launches from satellites, that would accentuate the dystopian aspect.

Once this poll is over, I will create a new thread involving the plot finalization. This one is just for dumping out ideas. I said 1 idea per member is to avoid unnecessary complications. This is done online on a forum so naturally we will lose time on replies. The more straight forward the task at hand for the people, the faster we can get the project done. Interesting idea, dystopian during WWX.

Meim: Romeo and Juliet style haha. Nice!

The Romeo and Juliet template is so commonly used, yet so effective each and every time :) I think all the suggestions on the story have been great!

Once this poll is over, I will create a new thread involving the plot finalization.


OK, I was mostly talking about it as it applies to my story specifically, though.

Can I take over as the Project Leader Ajamesu?

Um, well, since I'm so busy and stuff, okay...

Another story.

Setting: idk decide later. Something with a king and queen feel though Europe of course. Either renaissances or 1700-1800 [fictional place of course]

A princess going to a neighboring country to get into an arranged marriage to a prince. She loses her mind in the big city and forgets almost everything. Fearing the worst, the family servant doesn't tell the king because of the kings temper problems [some comedy could be put in of him trying weird remedies on her, trying to hide her from her dad or her thinking hes some weird creep ass]. So the servant brings the girl to a smaller bordering town because "the best gown maker lives there".

The princess runs away from the creep ass. She gets a job as a waitress were a young man her age sees her from across the room. He hits on her. She thinks hes a creep ass too. He follows her around trying to get her to like him, but she only gives any attention when he offers dinner. blah blah blah

It doesn't work, but shes grateful to have such a creep ass dog following her to keep her company. For ten nights and ten days he showers her with bigger and more thought out gifts while she slowly comes to like him. The last gift on the tenth night is a horse and carriage ride to a city for a ball dance, though she doesn't see it as extravagant as the others and is confused because so.

Before they get to the place he proposes, she says yes. stuff happens, and hes the prince shes supposed to marry that ran away because it was arranged and they live happily ever after? [She gets her memory back?]

They have an omg wedding though
http://users.telenet.be/summerghost/OMG.gif


this deserves a lot of tweeking so keep that in mind.

An idea that I thought of: The setting is future a Asia, or China to be more precise. My idea was to have China as the only living nation in the world. The rest of the world suffered so severely from the third world war, (or something), so that they eventually became incanpacitated and spiralled downward. Because of this, living in China is setup by extreme laws, fully controlled by a superpower (Such as a leading government). I wanted to combine this with a tad of fantasy though, merging both China's superior technology and their ancient past of mythologious saga. I think that would easen up our imaginative minds!

Add a melancholy love drama into that and it might just work :)

An idea that I thought of: The setting is future a Asia, or China to be more precise. My idea was to have China as the only living nation in the world. The rest of the world suffered so severely from the third world war, (or something), so that they eventually became incanpacitated and spiralled downward. Because of this, living in China is setup by extreme laws, fully controlled by a superpower (Such as a leading government). I wanted to combine this with a tad of fantasy though, merging both China's superior technology and their ancient past of mythologious saga. I think that would easen up our imaginative minds!

Add a melancholy love drama into that and it might just work :)

I like this idea. Although, why not just put the setting on an AU (Alternate Universe). We can actually have enchanted weapons and protective barriers and stuff too. China could have been secretly studying their "ancient magic" that the rest of the world thought was lost and that is what allowed them to win the third world war or something haha.

I like Noir's setting. It combines technology and fantasy. Though I have this weird vision of more fantasy then technology : | escaflowne? lolol

Maybe it was because of that last country that the rest of the word is in ruins?

Yeah I'm digging what Noir said--again. :heh:

Votes for Noir's plot. If there are enough people liking his idea, can we go for it? KK decide, after all you have taken over as project leader.

Herm, I don't really see Noir's plot as a plot, more as a setting.

Doesn't anyone else see it that way? lolol

You're right, it's just a setting/overview.

Hmmm...could I incorporate that into my plot idea? No one gave feedback to mine...

This thread will be closed in a few hours. If you have last minute sign ups then better do it soon. The team from what I see is alot smaller than we had originally expected which I think might be a good thing. I will be posting the new thread in 10hours which will involve the finalization of the plot based on the ideas submited.

Again, I would like Noir7's help to close this thread 10hours from this post. Thank you!

Oops sorry omit my vote x_x

You're not going to participate Ajamesu? If you decide to be an editor, it will be perfectly 3:3. You should stay!:)

Well... okay :) I'll find time to read :P