Whats ur short story about? (3 Viewers)

[goldendawn]

It is still tenable to write an original story within genre, even within the Gothic genre, which has been greatly abused, stereotyped or otherwise misrepresented. I think that the seeds of the Gothic genre have great potential; and that Gothic it is a genre in need of a new representation and a breath of fresh air. Horror and the Gothic genre are also related to the Speculative Fiction genre. A little bit of research into this may give you some more ideas.

 

[jhakka]

Gothic is a variation of horror, isn't it?

 

[goldendawn]

I thought that the "Gothic" movement in literature emerged around the 18-19th centuries, but I am not sure. Nonetheless, "Gothic" is also an architectural style (e.g the Romanesque arch style). I think it is more than a derivation of horror. It may employ elements of horror, but it is an artistic movement unto itself.

 

[_muse_]

are there any kind of storylines we should steer clear of? ones that dont get marked well or whatever?

 

[jhakka]

One word: angst.

 

[veridis]

at least angsty stories are better than angsty poetry. damn i've read some shocking teen angst poetry

 

[jhakka]

Same difference. It's all awful.

 

[veridis]

agreed. anything but angst

 

[_muse_]

so i should obviously stay away from that then.. is there anything else?

thanks guys

 

[veridis]

just do an issue that you actualy believe in or have a strong opinion of. then you can delve deeper into it and make the story more complex and thus less cliched. almost every topic has cliches that if you're too close to will lose you marks. try not to be too influenced by one or two people unless they're way different. forge your own style


edit - and make sure your spelling is better than mine

 

[_muse_]

i jus feel that what i feel strongly about it too cliched thats all.. so im having a bit of trouble deciding what to do

 

[veridis]

cliche aint all that bad. you can use it to not have to concentrate much on the basics of your concept/plot and develop a smaller part thats usualy overlooked in more depth. much like the use of stereotypes to reduce the need for in depth description

 

[_muse_]

oh its all so confusing.. i need a set idea by next Monday.. fat chance of that happening

 

[veridis]

for proposal yes?
you just need to appear to have a set idea. i wrote mine and sounded so definite when realy i was just making half of it up then and most of it will be cut. remember its a work in progress always under review its meant to change so they wont notice if your proposal is way different to the final product

 

[_muse_]

yeah its for my proposal... my ideas change every 5 mintues..i cant even catch up lol.
im no good with interviews either...
but u think i could use something a little cliched and it wouldnt lose marks for it?

 

[archangel leila]

hey y'all, i'm new...my class got our proposals back today (thank god THAT's over) We were all stressing about getting a final idea but i think pretty much ALL of us came up with it the day before, and no doubt that pretty much ALL of us will probably change next term...or that might be just me...Anyways, cliches are ok, i guess basically anything can be classified as cliche now coz of the whole post-modernist-nothing-is-original-blah-blah. But what would be even better is if you shed light on an alternative insight of that cliche, say something additional, without sounding cliche - 'make it your own'. Something done to death told well or in a slightly different way (options in doing this are endless!) would be all good. Start with cliche if it suits, then u have something to build on or reconstruct as u go coz it'll keep developing (oh god, sounding like my teacher here...gah!) So yah... roger that

 

[boasboy]

i just handed in my proposal today.. second person to do so.. >_<"

my idea is sort of cliched.. but i structured it differently and in .. a ... more.. CREATIVE! way

oh well.. off to study for my assessments

 

[illodous]

I'm doing perhaps a cliche.. an ancient Persian/Moroccan/Middle-Eastern desert setting incorporating American Indian, Buddhist and Kabbalistic prinicples and ideas.
So basically the society of a near-picaresque land of barter, virgin earth, trade and mercenaries. Your typical fantasy story - with subversions to the typical specualtive fiction genre.

But, I'm not telling what

nyeh nyeh!

-Matt

 

[_muse_]

ive changed my initial idea... argh its so confusing.. new ideas pop up all the time... i duno wat one to go with!!!! i doubt my story will be very good...

 

[Insouciance]

My EE2 teachers assigned the proposal before school ended, so we don't get it back until February, which is just plain cruel. Or not. Mine wasn't very articulate.

I was going to do something about breaking the 'damsel in distress' cliche and placing it in an 'ambiguous Australian context' (I know), but I've promptly lost interest.