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Slash Fiction Question ? Please Help!!!?
I am writing a slash fiction. You know, guy ON guy action. The main characters are 5. It all happens in high school. A is the main character, who is an ordinary guy with an ordinary circles of friends and rivals. He is smart and cute. T is his best friend, who is a cinema geek, really intelligent and sarcastic funny. G is T's brother, who is the opposite of his sibling - he's more serious, popular, he's in the school football team and loves sports. The brothers often argue but they truly love and care for each other. C is the high-school bully, also a jock and a bad-boy. And B is the phlegmatic nerd, who almost everybody ignores and he is bullied by C .
So I don't know how to ship them. Who with who ??? Please, help me!
P.S. I didn't write the characters' names because I'm going to publish the story soon and it won't be interesting...
1 Answer
- mikah_smilesLv 77 years ago
When you're trying to pair up people (slash or het), you need to figure out why those two people would potentially get together. What do they have in common? What do each of them want? You can believe that the rich, popular prep and the poor, shy nerd will get together if you emphasize how lonely they both are. Alex might choose to be with Chris if Chris gives him the self-confidence to deal with his homophobic parents. James might stick with Mark because even though they fight constantly, James is never bored when they are together. Sarah is a dreamer, and Josie helps find practical solutions for all her dreams.
Try and figure out what these people might have in common. What would draw them together. What does each character want or need in their lives. If you need inspiration, look at the couples (gay or straight) in your life and try and figure out why they work. Or look at fictional characters and do the same.
Sometimes people get together for obvious reasons and sometimes the reasons are subtle. As a writer, you need to suss out those reasons, so the pairing is believable.
Good luck!
