Now is to think of an idea. If you mention but this person already did it. Yes, they did, but how many times has Dracula been told?? The vampire tale?? How many times has it been told?? Yet the latest psycho crazy is Twilight. I seriously believe the idea was wonderful, but the following is just psycho. I tried to read the books and yet the girls who wrap their mind around this need serious therapy. That is my opinion.
My vampires don't sparkle, my vampires aren't romantics, my vampires are killers and yes you will have the vampire that is remorseful. It's human nature. It doesn't matter if you are a vampire, werewolf, demon or whatever....you will always have remorse. Animals have it.
So you have an idea and yes, it may have been done. But the thing is...what hasn't been done...is you. There are stories around about cannibals, but if it was told via you...then it's different. I have been working on a killer elf story and yet...I learned the other day that they are filming a killer elf story. Okay, am I going to scrap that entire project???
HELL NO!! I had this idea since 2008 and notes and never talked to this person who created their idea. The thing is, the way I will tell my story will be different than the way they tell their story. Big difference. So here we are...we are laying in our bed....lounging in our chair....hanging upside down or what ever makes you comfortable. Yes...comfortable.
You need to think of what your idea will be...some scary monster ripping some people apart. The scary monster has already been done, but are you going to stop?? NO!! The answer is hell no!! You will write your scary monster...you will tell your tell.
How many times has the story been told about the prank caller/hidden caller/restricted caller.....how many times....via Scream and other stories that have told this story. Doesn't mean that it hasn't been tried. It all has been tried. There is nothing original anymore...it's just the way you tell your story....you need to know your voice...and not a copy cat of Stephen King or who ever is your idol. You need to figure out who you want to be........don't copy anyone and I will say that over and over again.
Be yourself....even as a writer. If you are demented in the mind and tell people your thoughts and they look at you funny...call you crazy...and what not....it's best to write it out, because if you can speak, you can write. If you can write...you can convey your idea for the world to read.
What you need to think about is the idea....what you are passionate about....and from their convey it...write it down in a short but brief description. Nothing major...no character names...we will go into that in my next blog.
Is your idea about goblins, or trolls or vampires....what ever it is...write it down...either it be a one sentence to a paragraph about what your idea is about.....and leave it alone. It doesn't matter if every day you write an idea down....just get it out of your head
Irenia Guajardo
~Hellz Writer~
