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Postby MugwumpHasNoLiver » Fri Sep 03, 2010 11:25 pm

If I wrote a novel based off of EGF, would any of you care?

What I mean is, would any of the beloved regulars here mind if I wrote characters, or caricatures, loosely based off of them, in a book, where they would interact with other characters based off of other forum members? Of course, no names or user names would remain the same, and I would be making every attempt to get the identities of the characters across mostly in dialogue. For the two of you who've read any fiction of mine, you have a vague idea of how this will turn out.

For those of you who don't know, I have aspirations to be a published novelist and I've been compulsively writing and rewriting short stories since I was sixteen. The stuff I wrote in the first few years really sucked, but I remedied that by rewriting them, about ten times each, until most of the suckness has been drained out, like the puss in the cyst beneath my left sideburn. Because my early work was incredibly pretentious, vague and non-linear, I had tons of fun finding connections until the stories all webbed together in previously unforeseen ways. Now the stories form a novel that's roughly 300-400 pages, and is still rapidly expanding, like a malignant cancer. In short, it's much too large and ambitious for a first novel, and I need something shorter and simpler.

I've been kicking around some ideas, and one of the more pregnant ones is the one I'm addressing in this thread. There's an office building housing a local newspaper, a failing film review magazine, a medical clinic and some other shit that will pop up when, and if, I plan this out. Through a series of seemingly disconnected misadventures that paint pictures of the occupant's fractured lives, it becomes apparent that this building and its occupants share a dark secret. The kicker? The occupants are all loosely based on people from this forum.

I could go on, probably for pages and pages, but you're probably bored, so leave me a "Yay" or "Nay" on this one, and if there's any interest, I'll be happy to explain more later.
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Postby Eva Yojimbo » Fri Sep 03, 2010 11:27 pm

A big, fat, steaming pile of YAY! I'll add that I can't imagine anyone having any problem with this.
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Postby child of Lilith » Fri Sep 03, 2010 11:29 pm

I’m probably not one of the regulars you’re referring to but I think you should go for it.
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Postby Merridian » Fri Sep 03, 2010 11:36 pm

Your book needs a magical girl (or boy, or androgynous thingamajig), a rocket car, and a beer guzzling chain smoking Uzi-toting German Shepherd that talks in riddles and rhyme.

if it has all of these elements (as well as that plot you mentioned, obviously), then by all means go right ahead. I'm sure it'll be awesome.

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Postby planet news » Fri Sep 03, 2010 11:37 pm

Are there mods in the book? If so, you've got your drama right there.

A roman à clef of the digital age, eh? Good idea.
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Postby MugwumpHasNoLiver » Fri Sep 03, 2010 11:58 pm

View Original PostMerridian wrote:Your book needs a magical girl (or boy, or androgynous thingamajig), a rocket car, and a beer guzzling chain smoking Uzi-toting German Shepherd that talks in riddles and rhyme.


I'm not joking. The other book, the one that's too long, already has roughly two and a half of these things. There's a talking dog, but he's not a German Shepard and he doesn't drink, smoke or own an Uzi. I don't think it would be ethical to write these things into something else. Then again, it could be. I know nothing of ethics.

Planet wrote:Are there mods in the book? If so, you've got your drama right there.


You can't have a sinister cabal hiding a deadly secret without people in charge. Of course, I never paint any conflict as black and white, there's layers and layers of moral ambiguity. But that speaks for itself, and sounds stupid when read aloud, so I'll stop.
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Postby planet news » Sat Sep 04, 2010 12:14 am

Please make a literary analogy for the ethical concept of STAYING ON TOPIC BITCHES.
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Postby NemZ » Sat Sep 04, 2010 12:20 am

Sounds good to me as long as anyone mentioned gets a free copy if you get it published.
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Postby Eva Yojimbo » Sat Sep 04, 2010 12:21 am

I think it's necessary that a certain, infamous, "dynamic (banned) duo" (delicately phrased so to avoid the wrath of the mods...) needs mentioning somewhere...
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Postby Xeroko » Sat Sep 04, 2010 12:31 am

If I'm in it I will read it and love it, and make sure my boots are in it... ;)

(srsly, go for it)
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Postby Oz » Sat Sep 04, 2010 1:00 am

Do it. DO IT!
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Postby Bomby von Bombsville » Sat Sep 04, 2010 1:11 am

Only if Ekin Cheng plays me in the feature film adaptation.
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Postby Oz » Sat Sep 04, 2010 1:22 am

View Original PostBomby von Bombsville wrote:Only if Ekin Cheng plays me in the feature film adaptation.

I want to have Miyuki Sawashiro voice me in the anime adaptation. Don't ask.
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Postby Ramiel » Sat Sep 04, 2010 1:29 am

I vote yes, even though I'm sure I'm not one of the people to whom you're referring. Go for it!
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Postby Mr. Tines » Sat Sep 04, 2010 2:10 am

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Postby Themaninblack » Sat Sep 04, 2010 2:32 am

Sure! Be sure to mention my 13 inch penis, my brief hook up Angeline Jolie, and my tenure as Prime Minster of Canada. :happypills:
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Postby Sachi » Sat Sep 04, 2010 3:12 am

If by some off-chance I'm cool enough to be included in this, I want my name to be Ricardo.
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Postby Xard » Sat Sep 04, 2010 3:27 am

If I wrote a novel based off EGF, would any of you care?


Only if I'm tsundere love interest or snarky Little Girl

(Whatever happens otherwise is fine with me. Though I think Nana Mizuki should voice my character in possible anime adaption...)
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Postby MugwumpHasNoLiver » Sat Sep 04, 2010 3:51 am

Just so you crazy kids know, I'll be taking all your ridiculous demands as a personal challenge.
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Postby LeoXiao » Sat Sep 04, 2010 4:14 am

If you can make it as hilarious and innovative as possible, then I'd care. Do you have any examples of previous writing you've done?


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