Story Help

Creatures · Post by **cusith** » April 9th, 2014, 11:34:13 pm

So had an idea for a story I wanted to write, I have it mostly worked out in my head how I want things to go. The only prolem I have is who the antagonist is going to be.

Here's the basis of the world behind the plot:

In a world where gods walk amongst men it is never a good idea to bring attention to yourself. Of course there are always those few individuals who will try and gain a gods, or a goddesses, favour, for money, fame, love or what ever their shallow little hearts desire. There are also those who come to the gods attention anyway, through deeds they have done, not for themselves, but because it was right. These people are few and far between and never get the recognition they so rightly deserve. Then there are those people who no matter what they do to stay under the radar, the gods still manage to drop in on them and make their life much more difficult than it needs to be. These select individuals are known as Beacons.

Now for some people I’m sure this isn’t so bad, unless of course you’re me, and the god who has fixated on you happens to be of the Trickster variety; who took up the challenge of making my life as exciting as he could manage.

There's theirs that.

So basically what happens in this scenario is, my FMC best friend/worst enemy, happens to be a Trickster god. He's an outrageous womanizer and gigantic flirt...think Jack Harkness, will flirt with anything with a heartbeat kind of guy. He doesn't usually care what happens to his Beacons beyond the usual, but before now they've always been douchebags, had a good sense of humour sure, but still douchebags. Then his new Beacon turns out to be this spit-fire of a girl, who doesn't take any of his crap, can give as good as she gets, and has a sense of humour to boot. He doesn't want this Beacon to die.

So he plans on stealing a substance known as the Elixir of Immortality and offering to make her immortal. Before he can steal the elixir/make the offer he goes missing. At first FMC is glad for the piece and quiet, but she quickly begins to worry when two weeks go by and she hasn't heard a word from him, not even an annoyingly inappropriate text message. So she goes on the hunt for her best-friend trying to find out why he's gone missing, who has him, and how she can get him back.

Like I said I have most of it worked out I just have NO IDEA who I want my bad guy to be. Who kidnapped my Beacon's god and why?

Any thoughts?

Creatures · Post by **Psixi** » April 13th, 2014, 2:58:53 am

First off, the story idea is amazing. Maybe I'm saying that because I have writer's block right now, but maybe not.
Second, about the bad guy;
Hmm, that could be interesting. I suggest either a 'if you don't know what it's about, then it's about money' motive, or perhaps a human/god that prides themselves on being mischievous and wants to bottle up the competition by removing the trickster. I don't know much about the world where this taking place, so I can't offer much. Sometimes the way the world works is enough to create a villian; for example, in one of my stories, much of the power in the universe is locked away in the souls of certain individuals called 'kupuas'.
Basically, when the world was created, there was a ton of magical energy left over that had to be put somewhere, or it'd rip apart the just created land. So the gods created 25 kupua powers, and would lock away the power in them to keep it under control. The more kupuas there are, the less magic fills the atmosphere. So the villian is a mage that is out to eliminate the kupuas so that he has more magic to tap into, nevermind that that'll endanger the world.

Creatures · April 14th, 2014, 3:02:27 pm

For your villain, you can choose a human that was jealous of the Trickster God's favoritism, a human that was completely ignored even though he/she has been attempting to gain favor with a (the) god(s), or you can pick another god that wanted the human (or the god's attention) - Or maybe it's a god and a human working together to split the two apart for their own reasons-The whole "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" thing-- Just try writing the story and the villain(s) may develop as you write.

That's kinda how I work with my stories, whatever comes and feels right/comfortable to you.

Creatures · Post by **Comicallaughter** » April 16th, 2014, 3:59:12 am

I think part of the trouble you're having might be because you haven't introduced anymore characters.. Try building out on her search.. who does our hero meet? What are their flaws/weaknesses? And can we twist those flaws to make the story interesting? The best mysteries are the ones where you don't see it coming, so grab on to that element of surprise and try building from there.

Creatures · Post by **cusith** » April 18th, 2014, 5:51:47 pm

Thanks for the help guys, you've given me a lot to think about! Hopefully these'll help spark something.

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