I'm betting most people don't remember, or even know, about the story idea I came up with in August of last year (2004). Well this NoNoWriMo thing has got me thinking on the concepts I might want to use for the novel I'm goin to write, and in doing so I've thought of another scene type thing for BBB (that's "Beauty, Brawn, and Brains").
This is the original idea I had.
The new scene is for Brawn, report card day. His parents review Brains' report card to be sure it's all straight A's as expected. They review beauty's report card to make sure she's passing her classes. But they don't ask for Brawn's. When he asks them "don't you want to see mine?" one parent replies with a smile "no need, we know you did just fine in everything." At first this seems like a good thing, confidence in his academic talent. Then a parent adds "your teachers wouldn't risk the season!"
Follow up is Brawn decides to test that statement. And does discover no matter how completely unprepared he his, he gets C's.
Labels: BBB, NaNoWriMo 2005, Story Idea
I'm so excited! I had a story idea come to me today while I was driving. I'm excited over it because, other than figuring out histories for characters I play in roleplaying games, I haven't had a real story idea in a LONG time.
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"How many children do you have?" asked curiously.
"Oh I have one of each," beaming with pride. "Children! Come here!"
Gives the mother a 'either you're crazy or there's something wrong here' look as three children enter the room.
"This is my beautiful one. This is my strong athletic one. And this is my smart one," the mother explains.
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Current title idea is "Beauty, Brawn, and Brains". It'd be about three siblings (right now I think two girls and a boy) and them having to work together to... do something, I haven't quite figured that out yet. Perhaps they run a company together. I figure the athletic one has street smarts also, and the pretty one knows how to work High Society and such, and the smart one just has no common sense. I want each of the three to need each of the others to cover for something they themselves can't do. The point is to have at least one character that anyone today can identify with.
Whatcha think? It's a brand new concept in my head, so any help would be appreciated. :)
Labels: BBB, Story Idea
