November 17th, 2007, 11:40 AM
I am about to begin writing a book. The main character is a guy named Scamp McKuskin. Please remember that name because it will be as big or bigger than the likes of Forrest Gump. The name will be household top ten material within a couple of years.
Here's my problem. I have developed a severe case of writers cramp. I don't have a plot and I have yet to determine who Scamp is. There are no characters. The work of fiction might be a Western or sci-fi, if in fact it doesn't become a comedy or modern day drama or a musical (although a musical might be hard to pull off without sound). I have some work to do. This where you can help me.
Who is Scamp McKuskin? What does he do, where does he live? What is the plot of this story? Who are the other characters? What is he famous for? And please, tell everyone about Scamp so he can become world famous.
I am about to begin writing a book. The main character is a guy named Scamp McKuskin. Please remember that name because it will be as big or bigger than the likes of Forrest Gump. The name will be household top ten material within a couple of years.
Here's my problem. I have developed a severe case of writers cramp. I don't have a plot and I have yet to determine who Scamp is. There are no characters. The work of fiction might be a Western or sci-fi, if in fact it doesn't become a comedy or modern day drama or a musical (although a musical might be hard to pull off without sound). I have some work to do. This where you can help me.
Who is Scamp McKuskin? What does he do, where does he live? What is the plot of this story? Who are the other characters? What is he famous for? And please, tell everyone about Scamp so he can become world famous.
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November 17th, 2007, 03:36 PM
lol - yes I think a twist is in order, if you want there to be a chapter 2!
Perhaps Scamp and his co-horts have been genetically altered to be self-reproducing...
I think though that a few of the crew members were mistaken for gay - they're just metro-sexual - and they are NOT happy to be stuck on a mission with no women.
lol - yes I think a twist is in order, if you want there to be a chapter 2!
Perhaps Scamp and his co-horts have been genetically altered to be self-reproducing...
I think though that a few of the crew members were mistaken for gay - they're just metro-sexual - and they are NOT happy to be stuck on a mission with no women.
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November 17th, 2007, 03:43 PM
Those metro sexuals are sneaky! I suppose they are the ones the brought the girly magazines! The gay crew thought it was a joke from flight control! Can't blame the poor straight guys for being angry...
Perhaps there will be a mutiny on the mission...
Those metro sexuals are sneaky! I suppose they are the ones the brought the girly magazines! The gay crew thought it was a joke from flight control! Can't blame the poor straight guys for being angry...
Perhaps there will be a mutiny on the mission...
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November 17th, 2007, 05:12 PM
Just have one thing to say here baby, I ****ing hated Forrest Gump. I wanted to bitch slap him. I know, I know, everyone else in the world looooooooved Forrest Gump...
I just wanted to shove that box of chocolates right up his... well, ya know.
So could you please write something more akin to RainMan. Now THAT was a movie worth sitting through.
Just have one thing to say here baby, I ****ing hated Forrest Gump. I wanted to bitch slap him. I know, I know, everyone else in the world looooooooved Forrest Gump...
I just wanted to shove that box of chocolates right up his... well, ya know.
So could you please write something more akin to RainMan. Now THAT was a movie worth sitting through.
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November 17th, 2007, 06:41 PM
Quoting Sal
You wanted to bitch slap him. I was prepared to buy a sniper rifle to pick off Tom Hanks to ensure there was and never will be a Forrest Gump sequel.
Just have one thing to say here baby, I ****ing hated Forrest Gump. I wanted to bitch slap him. I know, I know, everyone else in the world looooooooved Forrest Gump...
I just wanted to shove that box of chocolates right up his... well, ya know.
So could you please write something more akin to RainMan. Now THAT was a movie worth sitting through.
I just wanted to shove that box of chocolates right up his... well, ya know.
So could you please write something more akin to RainMan. Now THAT was a movie worth sitting through.
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November 17th, 2007, 10:42 PM
noun
1.an unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.
2.a playful, mischievous, or naughty young person; upstart.
3.a grouper, Mycteroperca phenax, of Florida: so called from its habit of stealing bait.
verb (used with object)
4.to do or perform in a hasty or careless manner: to scamp work.
As a nickname it's genderless too, your character could be female, or transgendered, anything you like. So, what's this person's real first name and how did that nickname get hung on him/her/it/whatever? Or maybe the parents *were* wacko and really did put that name on the birth certificate, so what effect did that have on the kid growing up?. From that kind of thing you can generate the basic description of the character's personality. With a surname like McKuskin there's obviously some connection with Scotland in the male line in this character's family tree, maybe that's worth working up a little. Once you've got the character's personality sketched, that might suggest something about the kinds of employment likely to attract him/her/etc., and you're off and running.
Quoting Kreskin
You sure do. No plot, no characters, no setting, all you've got so far is a name you like. I think the starting point is this: why that name? No sane parent would name a kid Scamp, that's obviously a nickname, and I get this at dictionary.com for it:
I am about to begin writing a book.... I have some work to do.
noun
1.an unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.
2.a playful, mischievous, or naughty young person; upstart.
3.a grouper, Mycteroperca phenax, of Florida: so called from its habit of stealing bait.
verb (used with object)
4.to do or perform in a hasty or careless manner: to scamp work.
As a nickname it's genderless too, your character could be female, or transgendered, anything you like. So, what's this person's real first name and how did that nickname get hung on him/her/it/whatever? Or maybe the parents *were* wacko and really did put that name on the birth certificate, so what effect did that have on the kid growing up?. From that kind of thing you can generate the basic description of the character's personality. With a surname like McKuskin there's obviously some connection with Scotland in the male line in this character's family tree, maybe that's worth working up a little. Once you've got the character's personality sketched, that might suggest something about the kinds of employment likely to attract him/her/etc., and you're off and running.
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November 18th, 2007, 09:28 AM
And thanks for the warning Hazmart. Judge Judy on Larry King Live was preferable.
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Ha Jersay, I would have paid for the rifle...
You wanted to bitch slap him. I was prepared to buy a sniper rifle to pick off Tom Hanks to ensure there was and never will be a Forrest Gump sequel.
And thanks for the warning Hazmart. Judge Judy on Larry King Live was preferable.
