Short Story Help

02-28-2005, 03:47 PM

Short Story Help

Hey all, yeah i'm screwed.

I have to write a short story for my english class, and its due in 8 days. Currently i have some shitty drafts and its due next tuesday (8th).

Anyway, i was hoping some of you could help me think of an idea. It has to have a conflict, with some sort of authors message. And, its a short story, so only like 2-3 scenes.

Our teacher told us to think of a conflict, or an authors statement, and to picture the outrageous yet best way to describe this conflict.

So, what i ask of you is to help me write this story. Or, at least, help me get an idea!!

I have been thinking about principals, like Action:Reaction or something like this, but i have yet to think of a way to convey it. I kinda want this kid to live in a world where his actions have no reaction, but i dont know how i can convey this in 2 scenes. If anyone can help i would love it!!

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02-28-2005, 04:56 PM

one name: shakespeare.
what about it? completely forget about him and his sorry ass.
put this kid in a city. ohohoh, like base it in the 1920's where seemingly everything was going well but the economy was gettin fucked by "failing industries, unequal distribution of wealth, stock market speculation, failing farms, and easy credit (put a down payment and pay off very, very gradually)" to quote u.s. history class. so this kid of yours could live in a city and be like all happy go lucky and then just have everything come crashin down... make it end super painfully tragic and sad.
just an idea...

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02-28-2005, 07:04 PM

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u think to much -.-

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02-28-2005, 07:14 PM

i dont think enough...

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02-28-2005, 09:39 PM

kno i really like that idea, and take it into consitteration. The only thing is, i have a huge time constraint so the time it would take to research this sort of thing is not good!

But if i didnt wnat to research this sort of thing, i could base the kid in the future, like 30 years from now or something. Us economy goes to hell.. hmm i like it!

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03-04-2005, 02:18 PM

Ahh man i still need help.

Any thoughts as to how the enconomy will go to hell in like 50 years?

One thought of mine is that all the energy sources will rely on either nuclear power or hydrolic power. And there is a huge accident that causes the whole west coast of the US to go out. This kids family has invested massive amounts of money into this company and then its gone the next day. Which causes him to go from riches to rags. i need more detail though. shitty i'm running out of time. I'm pulling an all nighter tonight.

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03-04-2005, 05:00 PM

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Heres an idea

This kid in a world, 50 years later of course as you said, living in a world of despair, after the World War III that went on for 2014~2049. Hes in 2055... and well, hes all alone, 17 years old, blah blah... Well hes very antisocial, you get the idea, and as he lives on by himself on the street, he realizes being alone, isnt a good idea/solution to w/e the problem he has.. prboly food, love.. etc... and so on. Arthur's message to the readers could be something like "Being with someone is always better than being alone."

Just an idea, its what I would do if I were you =/

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03-06-2005, 12:56 PM

make it a porno spin-off of the matrix that goes on between 17 year old hobos

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03-07-2005, 03:37 PM

Well. I'm pulling an all nighter. I got so caught up in the tutorial script on friday / saturday i did not work on my story 1 bit.

And i'm going to teach you guys a lesson, if you have the class time to work on stuff. Use it wisely. I procrastinated so bad, my grade is now on the line. If i dont spit out a decent store with good grammer and punctuation and a good authors statement by 8:30 AM tomorrow, i'm screwed. Although luckily i'm a fast typer and can type well over 100 wpm

I'm going to write about the kid who has the best life ever, based 50 years from now, and then the world economy fails (or at least the US), and he looses everything.

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03-07-2005, 06:26 PM

grammar is spelled "g-r-a-m-m-a-r"
know this
yeah procrastination...
its a bitch
i saw something somewhere that said "procrastination is a lot like masturbation, its great until you realize you're just fucking yourself"
as for your story... how did it come out? in english class now i have to write mostly papers and things, for instance, i just wrote a literary analysis of some isaac asimov books. that sucked. mostly because i procrastinated. but we just havent done much "creative writing" type stuff.

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03-07-2005, 07:11 PM

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I'll post it when i finish

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03-07-2005, 07:15 PM

ok good.

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