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Aludra:


--- Quote ---I will share one position I am taking for this project that is my take on things: supernatural stuff exists(I'm making a list), but that all the popular culture is the same.
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I watched a play (popcorn drama) at a local theater here in Dallas, about Dirk Spatula, private dick, who was in New Orleans caught in a family war (romeo and juliet style), but the families were all vampires and they had both Twilight and True Blood books for props.  It was hilarious.  Your quote reminded me of that.

The Corvidian:
Rick Riordan, the author of the Percy Jackson novels had a nice way to keep the supernatural secret, he called it the Mist. It worked on ordinary people by clouding their perceptions as to what was going on.

LizW65:

--- Quote from: Aludra on February 15, 2010, 07:01:38 PM ---"When confronted by a zombie in your classroom, get under your desk and cover your brain."

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"When Mr. Vampire's fangs are out, Mr. Vampire is not our friend."

Der Sturmbrecher:
Why limit yourself to one work? If you have ideas, write till the barrel's empty! DOn't take on too much at once, or you'll burnout. You can, though, take one idea you like and just write that one for a bit. THat's it. Commit.

Yes, fantasy does seem pretty pedestrian sometimes, anymore. Kudos to Jim Butcher for putting the "antasy" back in "fantasy"! One thing I like to do with writing, is take a cliched idea that has been used up, and redo it in away that is sometimes deliberately obnoxious to a current trend. The best stories are the ones not only with good characters and a cool plot, but also that make you think.

As an example, take all this stuff about the Apocalypse happening in 2012. If you wanted to do a cliche-ripper, do something along the lines of "the apocalypse actually wouldn't have happened, but all the panic about it caused it to happen."

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