That would be an interesting story. I can't get the LOTR elf guy out of my mind though so that's who Eliot/Del is looking like. And oddly what you wrote sounds a bit like my engilsh class minus the technology aspect. I'd read this.

 

But I guess what I really came to ask was, was that the end of Yankee? I really hope not. If so, I'm feeling rather depressed. I thought it would have a happy ending. Are you going to write another story after this? Or is it just going to be pieces of stories?

 

//shadows

You should keep all of these. Especially characters. True, it

That would be an interesting story. I can't get the LOTR elf guy out of my mind though so that's who Eliot/Del is looking like. And oddly what you wrote sounds a bit like my engilsh class minus the technology aspect. I'd read this.

If I could figure out where it should go, I'd write it too. It could be an awful lot of fun, no doubt, if I just knew what was going on...

But I guess what I really came to ask was, was that the end of Yankee? I really hope not. If so, I'm feeling rather depressed. I thought it would have a happy ending. Are you going to write another story after this? Or is it just going to be pieces of stories?

That last chapter wasn't the end of Yankee -- there's one more to go, then it's on to the next thing or two. (Or three, or four...)

 

I do actually have some stories with plots to work from. These are just some of the bits of debris rattling around in my drafts folder and my head. Dumping them out here lets me let go of the things, which is helpful -- clears the way for other stuff.

 

Once the last chapter of Yankee's done, I expect to have the first chapter of something out within a week or two of that, though I'm not sure what. (Well, OK, that'd be Dan Weeks, which may or may not have any correspondence with Real World weeks...)

 

-Dan

You should keep all of these. Especially characters. True, it's easier to do something with your characters when you have a plot in mind, but you'll probably be happy that you have them once inspiration strikes.

Oh, I'm not throwing this stuff out, and I have no doubt at least some of the characters will show up later in different stories. This is kind of a mental housecleaning, where I'm tidying up some of the things that've been kicking around in my brain. Bizzare though it may sound, firing this stuff off onto the shub-internet makes it easier to ignore it.

 

It'd be kind of interesting to see what happens, if at some point someone does take one of these things and runs with it, if I do too. See where we all end up, and how different (or similar) the stories are.

I think you've got the start of a character-driven short story here. The plot can be a simple one--the protagonist has to learn that Mr. Lawton is not identical to his imaginary friend, and that projecting qualities of his imaginary friend onto Mr. Lawton leads to an embarrassing discongruous situation.

 

--Rigel

I think you've got the start of a character-driven short story here. The plot can be a simple one--the protagonist has to learn that Mr. Lawton is not identical to his imaginary friend, and that projecting qualities of his imaginary friend onto Mr. Lawton leads to an embarrassing discongruous situation.

That would be fun, though Mr. Lawton is his imaginary friend, which I suppose could lead to its own set of Zany Hijinx. Or something like that. The ears are a dead giveaway, unless we want to postulate some sort of horrible mechanical rice picker accident.

 

If I do figure out something to have the lead character do, or something important for him to learn, I expect this one could be fun -- there are more than enough possibilities to mix the real world with magic for this one to get interesting. I just have no clue what that might be. (And since I've got at least three stories fighting for my attention now, that's probably for the best...)

 

-Dan

I think you've got the start of a character-driven short story here. The plot can be a simple one--the protagonist has to learn that Mr. Lawton is not identical to his imaginary friend, and that projecting qualities of his imaginary friend onto Mr. Lawton leads to an embarrassing discongruous situation.

That would be fun, though Mr. Lawton is his imaginary friend, which I suppose could lead to its own set of Zany Hijinx. Or something like that. The ears are a dead giveaway, unless we want to postulate some sort of horrible mechanical rice picker accident.

-Dan

 

I imaginged Mr. Lawton to be REAL, and the confusion with the imaginary friend is all in the protagonist's brain, which sets up the dramatic tension which can drive the story.

 

--Rigel

I imaginged Mr. Lawton to be REAL, and the confusion with the imaginary friend is all in the protagonist's brain, which sets up the dramatic tension which can drive the story.

Ah, I'd not considered that angle. Our protagonist here doesn't have to be entirely sane, since we've already established that he's potentially hallucinating.

 

It wouldn't help that his friend, if he weren't imaginary, is the sort of person who may well be ambiguous about it for a while because he thought it was funny...

This beginning could make for a great story.

This beginning could make for a great story.

Oh, absolutely. The problem is I have no idea what happens, and that's pretty much required for a story. That's why it's in the category it's in -- I need to know what happens to write a story. Horribly pedestrian, but there you go, so am I.

 

It's here because I'd be thrilled if someone took this and ran with it. It wants to be written, so maybe someone will.