Vampire Vocab

I’m so proud of Alice-marie. She’s writing a book! So I’m just taking this space to do “writing prompts” like you get when your teacher wants you to write about something specific. Sometimes, to find a really good idea, something has to really strike you, like true love. Does anybody believe in love at first sight anymore? Very few. Most people write it off as lust, or some stimulus reacting with some part of your brain…blah, blah, blah. Not that I’m disavowing science, but I do believe in love at first sight: when it comes to writing. So to all ye landlubbers who are feeling like their  being sent to Davy Jone’s locker because they can’t find a writing topic, and are planning on giving yer dream up: Belay that! If me friend can do it, so can ye, ye mangy cur! (Sorry, I’m feeling the pirate craze today) Anyway, I wish the greatest luck to Alice-marie and to all aspiring authors. I hope these prompts help, and if they don’t, just keep looking! Inspiration sometimes shows up in the weirdest places. I’ll do a prompt for a few different genres, so they’ll be kind of different.

1. As the captain of a cursed ship, you knew reprecussions would come, but you never knew what they would be, until now…

(That one is kind of pirate-y , and if you don’t want it to be, ship can be changed into house, car, etc. Also, you can change it into a story where the captain doesn’t know the ship is cursed. Genre: Fantasy/ mystery?)

2. During the civil war, a slave must choose between her/his best friend who is also the daughter/son of the slave holder, and freeing her family…

(Ouch. That one is a little hard. It’s like Edward vs. Jacob. Not to mention for the author, you have to find out why the main character has to choose. Genre: Historical fiction)

3. A half-fae girl is being targeted by a vampire cult, one of the members of which was killed by her mother. As the vampires close in, the girl makes an unlikely alliance with one of their members who is allegedly a spy for an enemy group. The only problem is that as the destined mate of this vampire, they must go through a trial that decides whether or not the vampires soul will be saved by her. As the vampire attempts to resist the delicious smell of the girls blood that is so tantalizing because of her fairy origins, the girl is finding something quite different irresistible…

(Yuck, that last line made me gag. This one is pretty complicated. I don’t know how to write romance prompts, but I figure this one is pretty good. Anyway, you should note how I said “allegedly”. He could betray her, and you could cut out the part about destined mates. Anyway, half-fae is a kind of cool concept in my opinion. Genre: Paranormal romance)

4. A boy/girl is born with an unusual “gift”. He/she knows whenever somebody dies and how it happened. She can also read the dead’s memories to know what they did, but she can’t block any of the memories once she starts ‘listening’. One day she meets a person who claims to be able to help her block the knowledge of the deaths, but whose side is he really on?

( This one can be sci-fi if desired and you can change the gift around. If the protagonist agrees and it works, but then people start dying, it can be mystery, too. Also, it can be a ghost story about a person who has the gift, but can also see ghosts and, using her knowledge of the dead, helps them move on. Or, if you want it to go in a “romance” direction she could have a relationship with her instructor. Genre: I’m not even going to try.)

Anyway, Based on comments on this post, I may or may not continue to give prompts. Good luck, Alice-marie, I hope you find your “true love” topic soon.

This entry was posted on Thursday, June 25th, 2009 at 8:28 pm and is filed under Books, Life, Ramblings, Vampires, Writing.
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