Wearedoomed
06-21-2009, 04:29 PM
Hey, everyone. I've been brainstorming for what I'd like to write as a novel someday, and seeing as A.) Don Bluth's work was a huge influence for this idea and B.) This is a Bluth fansite, I'd like to share it to you all and see what you'd think:
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The story revolves around a character named Macy, a small and very eccentric Siberian Husky pup, who is inspired by her heroes out of comic books and movies and makes it her goal to become a super-hero. Her best (and in a sense, only) friend is a fox kit by the name of Ryan, whose actually quite shy and timid. After one particular day when she sees Ryan being bullied by stray cats (I‘ll explain why later), she fights them off and determines to protect those in need from the stray cats, and befriends Ryan and unknowingly incurring the wrath of the entire populace of the stray cats. After talking and sharing similar interests, Macy and Ryan become fast friends and Macy trusts him enough to take him along as her sidekick, although Ryan is a bit reluctant at first and explains the implications of being an enemy to the cats: Although the stray cats themselves are moronic (to put it lightly), their so-called and even more-so stupid “President” has an unknown connection (who is later revealed to be his sister, a domesticated cat who belongs to the town’s Mayor and will be the main antagonist) who gives him advice on how to take over the city via real estate by forcing a plethora of phony taxes onto the rest of the animal populace; The strays bullied Ryan earlier because Ryan refused to pay a recently made-up tax. So, Macy decides to seek out the “President”, his “adviser”, and bring the both of them to justice.
Sounds pretty simple, right? Well, while that’s the plot in a nutshell, the story will be mostly story/character-driven with some action here and there. And there will be strong social themes in it as well; primarily prejudice and bigotry. Ryan is constantly picked on by many of the animals due to being a fox, which are a huge minority in the city, and thus is socially ranked even lower then the stray cats. Macy is the first (and only) one to see past that and, at times, even comes under fire herself a couple times for it. At one point, she furiously confronts another dog when she sees him picking on Ryan for no reason other then because of principle. So, as you can tell, I’m trying to keep the story (despite being a super-hero story) as straightforward, simple, and realistic as possible.
I’m trying to keep it “PG” for the most part and it’ll be a good combination of action, adventure, and drama. And, also, while it’s kid-friendly, the children aren’t exactly the target demographic, if that makes any sense.
For the last few weeks, I’ve been trying to write it down on paper, but Writer’s Block usually gets the better of me lol.
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So, what do you think? Any and all (constructive) advice will be greatly appreciated! If you want, you can even ask me questions (as long as they relate to this) and I'll try to answer them as best as I can. :)
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The story revolves around a character named Macy, a small and very eccentric Siberian Husky pup, who is inspired by her heroes out of comic books and movies and makes it her goal to become a super-hero. Her best (and in a sense, only) friend is a fox kit by the name of Ryan, whose actually quite shy and timid. After one particular day when she sees Ryan being bullied by stray cats (I‘ll explain why later), she fights them off and determines to protect those in need from the stray cats, and befriends Ryan and unknowingly incurring the wrath of the entire populace of the stray cats. After talking and sharing similar interests, Macy and Ryan become fast friends and Macy trusts him enough to take him along as her sidekick, although Ryan is a bit reluctant at first and explains the implications of being an enemy to the cats: Although the stray cats themselves are moronic (to put it lightly), their so-called and even more-so stupid “President” has an unknown connection (who is later revealed to be his sister, a domesticated cat who belongs to the town’s Mayor and will be the main antagonist) who gives him advice on how to take over the city via real estate by forcing a plethora of phony taxes onto the rest of the animal populace; The strays bullied Ryan earlier because Ryan refused to pay a recently made-up tax. So, Macy decides to seek out the “President”, his “adviser”, and bring the both of them to justice.
Sounds pretty simple, right? Well, while that’s the plot in a nutshell, the story will be mostly story/character-driven with some action here and there. And there will be strong social themes in it as well; primarily prejudice and bigotry. Ryan is constantly picked on by many of the animals due to being a fox, which are a huge minority in the city, and thus is socially ranked even lower then the stray cats. Macy is the first (and only) one to see past that and, at times, even comes under fire herself a couple times for it. At one point, she furiously confronts another dog when she sees him picking on Ryan for no reason other then because of principle. So, as you can tell, I’m trying to keep the story (despite being a super-hero story) as straightforward, simple, and realistic as possible.
I’m trying to keep it “PG” for the most part and it’ll be a good combination of action, adventure, and drama. And, also, while it’s kid-friendly, the children aren’t exactly the target demographic, if that makes any sense.
For the last few weeks, I’ve been trying to write it down on paper, but Writer’s Block usually gets the better of me lol.
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So, what do you think? Any and all (constructive) advice will be greatly appreciated! If you want, you can even ask me questions (as long as they relate to this) and I'll try to answer them as best as I can. :)