Comments on: A Terrible Idea I Need Talking Out Of

By: When Worlds Collide 1: Introduction « Sci-Ence! Justice Leak!

When Worlds Collide 1: Introduction « Sci-Ence! Justice Leak! — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 23:18:47 +0000

[...] series. This is going to be called When Worlds Collide, and will cover the influences behind the gigantic novel I’m plotting out in my head. Over a series of a dozen or so posts, I want to talk about (amongst [...]

By: Kieran

Kieran — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:47:54 +0000

I wouldn’t worry about it seeming like fanfic. That’s probably how a lot of sci-fi books start, since plenty of first time novels and comedy shows are unabashedly based on real life experiences. In both cases the whole “no plan survives contact with the page” effect means the original seed is buried by the changes required by the plot.

By: Duncan

Duncan — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:31:47 +0000

YES, I’m afraid you have to write that now.

By: Zom

Zom — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:07:06 +0000

You have to write it because

a) I want to read it
b) If you do yours I’ll do mine
c) Amy is busily writing stuff at the moment so part of the pact that wasn’t actually agreed is sort of kinda in effect already

I want to write something that builds on my Cloak and Dagger heroic hype from waaaaaay back when. My jumping off points are Dario Argento, Cabaret and Vurt… it ain’t your dad’s Tandy and Tyrone.

By: FredH

FredH — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:47:06 +0000

If it won’t leave you alone, then you should probably write it in some form, tweaked for originality or not. Otherwise, it could keep bothering at you forever.