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    A teaser problem

    Hey, Guys! I’m working on a story. In this one, the police officer is hired by a woman. Later, this woman tells him (in his office) that she died a year ago. The problem is that the script is for a TV show idea, which I’m planning to write. Now the big trouble is the teaser. I need a good hook...
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    story A memorable story - what is needed?

    Because I have a writer’s block by the horror film idea, I reactive an old project. You know! The X-files-like series idea. I have some ideas for it. And the main story is character driven. So, now my problem is I have no awesome idea for a first episode. (No pilot episode!) I don’t wanna steal...
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    Keeping viewer curious - any tip?

    Game of Thrones is one of the best TV shows ever; if you’re looking for good storytelling. There is no clear story structure. There is always surprise! I mean, for example, in Scooby Doo, you know what happens next. But that ain’t good for a successful idea. The viewer has to being kept curious...
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    How can I write horror without disgust

    So, I finished my characters and their obstacles (character arc). Now my question is: How do I write horror with less blood and disgust. I mean, I wanna watch a horror movie. I don’t wanna stay barfing in the corner. That’s very seldom in the horror genre. How do I do that?
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    character My (male) character’s background

    Hey, guys! Since I told you about my idea, I changed a lot. For example, my female protagonist’s name isn’t Luna anymore. Now I decide its Mara. – But that’s not important for this thread yet. I also created a background story for the character Raymond. I want to know if it’s cheesy now. (Yah...
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    critique My horror movie idea (Yah! I know I have to write but I need critique first.)

    @indietalk I find the critique of ideas important. Because there are so many movies, which are written, where the author didn’t it with love. Or he copied it because of money, success and the stupidity of other people.
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    critique My horror movie idea (Yah! I know I have to write but I need critique first.)

    @micster If this would be so easy ... I don’t wanna be a copycat. I think this feeling blocks my writing.
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    critique My horror movie idea (Yah! I know I have to write but I need critique first.)

    Yah! Write, write and write! But how can I write if the story already exists or is just dumb? So, I wanna tell you the rough story of my horror film idea: Luna, a vampire, and her best friend (the Warlock is her best friend) and Warlock Raymond are asked by Remus, a werewolf, a rebel and...
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    story Story's basic

    Please, never write so ugly again. ;-)
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    story Story's basic

    Hi gals and guys (!), Yah! I know. The most of you’ll say, “First write a script, then post!”. But this time I don’t want to ask about any tips. Today, I wanna share a little recipe – more or less –, which helped me to get some ideas down: Goal + motivation + conflict + lie + need = Awesome...
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    Is this idea good enough for science fiction?

    @sfoster Because it’s not the premise...it’s an important detail.
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    Is this idea good enough for science fiction?

    @sfoster It’s not the premise. It’s the story itself, which brings success. I mean, how many authors copied famous books like The Hunger Games, Percy Jackson, or even The Selection by Kiera Cass. Or did you know that Disney’s Kiss the frog based on a children book?
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    Is this idea good enough for science fiction?

    @sfoster Yah! I know. But it’s with humans as source...
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    Is this idea good enough for science fiction?

    @Alcove Audio I didn’t know this trilogy. So... But thanks for the tip! (However, my story will be á la Stargate.)
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    Is this idea good enough for science fiction?

    @Sweetie I wanna plan a story á la Stargate.–Just in better!
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    Is this idea good enough for science fiction?

    At the moment, I got so many projects that I couldn’t count them. One of them belongs to the science fiction genre. (Because of spaceships, aliens and that other stuff.) Now in this universe the spaceships are boosted by crystals. My idea is that they’re more than just gas. I thought about that...
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    dig up an old project

    This weekend I had my creative flow on superheroes. So, I decided to dig up an old project. The superhero web series. But I haven’t any idea what could happen. I have my series’ world, but not what could happen each episode. In VGHS (what’s one of my inspiration sources) they are trained to...
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