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Organizing ideas for a story. Help me brainstorm?
I'm going a little outside my area of expertise and want to experiment with crime with a supernatural element.
I'm starting a story about a guy who helps a female cop solve murders, but he's also possessed by a demon. I'm still setting the story up, so my ideas are a little chaotic and I need help organizing what is good and what is too much. I just don't want so much "magic" that it becomes an Urban Fantasy.
I don't know if the word "demon" will ever be used, but it's a supernatural spirit that takes possession of him between midnight and 3am. This spirit heals him if he's injured. This part I want to keep.
Other ideas include:
The demon being a spirit of lust and anger, and gives him visions or dreams of when a nearby murder occurs.
Also, I don't know if the main character should remember the what happens when the spirit takes over.
Any other ideas are greatly appreciated.
4 Answers
- ?Lv 74 years ago
So you should name the guy Harry Dresden. and the female cop's name is Murphy. And a cat named Mister. And a dog named Mouse.
- Anonymous4 years ago
I'm gonna steal your idea and write that story hahahaha!
- 4 years ago
I work on character first, not plot. When I know who the main character is and what his life is like, I can figure out what happens to bring the plot to him. This is how I write. If you don't understand what I'm saying, read Plot vs Character and it describes two different writing processes. Writers who start with plot, and writers who start with character. I'm the latter.
- Elaine MLv 74 years ago
First, work on your PLOT, what you posted are details, and you're not at the detail stage yet.
Figure out your basic plot. Is it a murder mystery, a kidnapping, or what? Do a flow chart of the main plot points from start to end, then once you have that done you start on the side points which go in to help move the story along. What you listed in your post are all side points.
