I don't know if this fits more with this thread, or in the Life Problems area. This is a question about my life, but it has to do with my writing, so I will post here and not be surprised if it gets moved, or not, whatever the staff wishes to do. I am at your mercy...
Alright, on to the real problem. As some of you may know, I have a ton of ideas for novels. As more of you may know, I am already writing a novel, Project Tango. I want to know if these other ideas are even worth my time fantasizing about writing. So I will outline a very general idea of what these stories are, and I will let you all discuss what's your favorite. I added a poll so I can easily keep track of what ideas are better than others. Feel free to vote, but I would like a comment on which are better and why, or areas that i may improve the weaker ideas to make them good enough to spend time on... Also, the titles I have placed above the descriptions are not the real titles. They have no titles for now. these are just a way of knowing which story is being talked about, and the story "titles" correspond with the votes up there.
Remeber: Most if not all ideas are only partially thought out, I am still writing a novel and did not want to embark on another at the same time.Anthro WarsThis is a first person story about a man, still unnamed. It starts out in a jail cell. Nothing is inside the cell, not even a bed. He spends only a fraction of the novel in the cell, most of it is recounts of a war between humans and anthros, until about the middle that is. The anthros are what were once "furries," a social group spread mostly across the internet. These furries used the newly improved genetic research to alter their bodies temporarily into part human, part animal creatures. At first just tails and ears and muzzles. Then they were full anthros for the extent of a whole weekend at cons. Soon though, these temporary genetic changes turned to permanent alterations. These people who were now not fully human, turned their backs on society as society had done for them for so long. The genetically altered humans formed their own government and developed their own laws. They called themselves Anthros and refused to abide by human rules. Soon, the whole world declared war on the disobedient Anthros. The humans soon found that these Anthros were far too much to handle.
The marine in the cell recounts battles with Anthros. eventually you learn that he himself is turning into an Anthro, and he is in there because his fellow marines "captured" him since he is not human anymore. He goes through a little internal struggle on whether or not to betray his fellow man. The humans begin torturing him and mistreating him because he is not human anymore, but he still is mentally, all that has changed is his looks. He eventually breaks out of the prison, killing his best friend in the process, and joins the Anthros in their fight against humans.
When Angels DieAgain a first person, based around the short story I did for the word "Angelic." A female angel is fighting along her comrades in the other world against a hideous evil. They are loosing the fight, and she eventually is killed. Being killed as an angel, she falls to Earth and becomes mortal. As an angel, she can change into her "Cross" which is an anthro version of their spiritual animal. Hers is a dog, or maybe I will change it I'm not sure. it was a dog in the short story. As a human, she can not change into her Cross, but rather that animal watches her and protects her, similar to a guardian angel of sorts. She sees that the Earth is going to die because of the losing battle up above. I haven't figured it all out yet, but she somehow finds a way back up there and assists in fighting again.
Split PathThis is once again first person, although I dont know how i will write this in first person, but i feel it will hit home better that way so I must learn how to write this in first person. Its about a young adult, either a teen or a man in his low twenties. He has a low paying job and lives with his parents, who are not supportive of his life at the moment. The man suffers from a severe personality split. One side of him is furry and loves to draw. He feels unsure of himself and his art skills and is very shy towards others. The man's other side is very abrasive. He despises furries and views them as nothing more than "Sick adults trying desperately to reattain the empty childhood they lost." His passion lies in writing and he feels art is just a waste of time and writing is the only "intelligent form of self-expression." When he finds that he has drawn something or that his computer is signed into a furry website, he is disgusted and usually tears up the art. Neither side knows about the other. One side is disgusted with this other being that takes over without his knowledge, the other is terrified of this being that tears apart his art and posts hateful things on his websites, which result in the banning of his profile from many furry sites. I dont know where I would end this one, but I assume he goes insane, as he already is, or ends up getting unwanted help.
JumpersThis is very early in it's development. An infant story, as I call them. The only real information I have is it revolves around a total war with humans against some other being that threatens the very existence of humanity. The enemy has more numbers than we do, and a greater war machine than us. We are losing terribly, and thousands die every fight. We are interstellar by this time, so our technology isnt all worthless. The story will revolve around a sole character, dont know what person, maybe first person, but I am still undecided. He is a Jumper, or maybe I will change it to something more militaristic later. But he drops out of low-orbit crafts to land directly in the battlefield. this is done either by a serum you inject that somehow gives your body the ability to fall mass distances without damage, like a crystal that forms around them, or a total cell lockup that cushions the fall somehow. Or they are dropped with only their gear, and an anti-gravity beam catches them gradually as the near the ground, which is shot from the ship using advanced computer tracking systems. Parachutes were previously used, but a HALO (high altitude low opening) jump proved that they were suspending in the air too long by their parachutes, and most everyone died before hitting the ground. He of course will go through many battles, and see many of his friends die, eventually refusing to make friends through the knowledge that no one will survive forever in this war. Again, this is an infant story and i need to sit down and think this one through fully. For instance, who are they fighting? Idk, maybe aliens, or maybe something they stumbled upon on a planet that had some friends. Like they attacked a planet that had a treaty with other races, and now a sort of WW1 effect, but Humans are alone here, or maybe they will have an alien race helping them, I dont know yet...
Jet's StoryAgain, an infant story. This one will start as the main character, me! Well, my war dog personality, but whatever. It is so far a first person account through the eyes of Jet, a covert operative working for a section of his country's military. (I dont know I will create new countries for this world, or use this world but with anthros) This particular section of the military closes down due to some controversial missions, some of which Jet participated in in the past. The easiest way to shut down a section of the military so secret no one knows about it other than those involved is to kill off all involved. Jet's squad is sent on a final mission. During the mission, they are captured and round up by their own country's soldiers. All either executed or taken in for torture to obtain needed information except Jet, who escapes. He returns for his lifelong friend, who eventually becomes the only thing he cares enough to socialize with. His whole squad wiped out, the only survivors being himself and his friend, Jet plots revenge on the country that betrayed him. That's about all I have. I know that I plan to also include other characters, all based on the people I have met here. These people will either be members of his squad, executioners of his squad, or other anthros Jet runs into in his quest to topple the government that tried toppling him. I have yet to verify whether I will actually include anyone I have met, but it sounded like a good idea. To have the other characters, whether small or not, be based around other furries who have made a difference in my eyes. Of course their placement in the novel will be based around whatever job their specific personalities or characters would fit best. but again, this is an infant novel and i dont know where exactly this goes from the executions.
Project FoxtrotThis one may well be a permanent name for the novel. And I am SUPER excited about this novel. I have NO idea what its about, but I will do it regardless. I put this here just because it is a novel I am thinking of so why not post. Maybe someone can give me ideas, I dont know, but whatever. If you dont want to be spoiled about Project Tango, dont open the tag below. This is going to be a second book to the first book which will now actually be named Project Tango for a specific reason explained in the spoiler tag...
Alright, I finally found something to make a second book for the Project Tango series. I decided to maintain Project Tango's name rather than create a real name for it. And the second book will be called Project Foxtrot. This new book will be about a whole new character, a boy in fact on the other side of the US. Here the region is mainly overtaken by the Russians and Japanese. Not as much Mexican involvement here as there is in Nevada, where Project Tango takes place. Creatures are stll mutated through acts of war, but many creatures will not make a debut in the second novel. Although Fuzzapedes will return, as this is a different person, they will be known as something different. Sam called them fuzzapedes because they looked like fuzzy centipedes to her. The new character will be different than Sam, so he will see things differently. He also will not be traveling in a group the whole time. His family, Like Sam, has all but died off, and he now does not trust people enough to group with many people. I will also be adding some creative new creatures, but deadly and otherwise, into the story because he is in a different environment. I need to figure it out more, but the thing I am most excited for is the reason I can actually make a second novel...
The idea came to me a little bit at first, then exploded into its own world. I am assuming by you reading thus far that you dont mind spoilers, so I will explain this idea. Again this is a major spoiler, so avert your eyes if you do not want to know how Sam and this new kid are connected. Here it comes... Sam, unknown to her, is part of a secret Russian project. Her codename for the project was "Project Tango." This new character is in the same secret government plan, with his name being "Project Foxtrot." The Russian's in command of this project call these people involved by this name. The idea here is to manipulate the child's life very early on. Yes! Sam's mom dying was a result of the Russians. Her dad was contracted to be killed by Marc, and it was planned for him to be killed in a vengeful fashion by Sam. the new kid also had his parents killed by Russian plots. And his life is altered in other way by plans the Russians set forth secretly. "Project Tango" was a failure, not killing Marc out of vengence (she walks away, letting the Fuzzapede enact her revenge) and was then executed by a kid mad in love (Matt, I told you there were spoilers, yes Matt kills Sam at the end, pistol to the head in a plead not to leave him, she does anyways and he pulls the trigger. It was originally just a cliffhanger, I could decide she died and not make a book 2 or pick back up and he missed or she heard a different gun go off or something. Instead, she is now dead.). Book two will follow Project Foxtrot, who I have yet to decide if he passes or fails the Russian's plans for him. If he fails, there may be a book 3 and so forth. What are the Russian trying to do. They hope to alter a child's life just enough that they develop a will to fight against the Armies enough to rally the stranded US civilians into an all out rebellion against all fighting Armies. The Russians are already somewhat liked by the civilians because they provide house and food for them if they agree to fight in the Russian's Civilian Volunteer Army. Sam joins this army to find Marc and kill him, but she fails her objective and dies in the process. The Russian's plan to arm the rallied rebels once they are banded together. This will ultimately turn the war in favor of the Russians, hopefully resulting in a victory to this more than 100 year war.
As you can see I am very excited about this one and I will write it regardless as it pertains to the novel I am currently writing. I just post to share that idea really, because i am so excited about it and it fits here so why make a whole new thread just to comment on that.
So these are my story idea so far. At least the main ones that can even be a novel. feel free to vote so I know which are liked best, and post some comments with your thoughts on which are better and which you would actually enjoy reading about. I am a little scared to start a few, such as the one about the split personality, because I feel I am not at that level of writing to accurately tell the story. I am just interested in what all of you think of these ideas and what ones are best as far as a novel goes. Thanks for reading and please post!
Also, any questions, just ask and I will try my best to answer any and all questions or anything you are unsure or confused about.
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