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As God is my witness, I will write again!

Poll #1423788 Tell Me What To Write!
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I'm going to focus myself in the immediate present with a short story. Which concept appeals to you the most?

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Sci Fi about a young human who becomes a bio-interface for a military ship
2 (20.0%)

(also sci fi) a psychological murder mystery on a deep space mission
3 (30.0%)

gothic horror - an examination of the undead and what bonds them to life
1 (10.0%)

a Rosencrantz and Gildenstern duo in a steampunk setting
1 (10.0%)

not-so-super superheroes
2 (20.0%)

Doctor Who fan fiction
0 (0.0%)

a forgotten god/goddess
0 (0.0%)

a children's book about dreams or faith
0 (0.0%)

erotic fiction (which I will promptly ignore if it wins, but I had to put this up there anyway for all you sick monkeys)
0 (0.0%)

other (make your own suggestion)
1 (10.0%)

Overwhelmingly, I am reminded that I need to write. More. Again. Whatever. so help kick this lame-ass writer wannabe back into motion. Where should I start? The above are a list of short story/novella/novel ideas that I've had on the burner for a bit, and I'm trying to consider what I should focus on. Don't worry, one day I'm sure I'll be all rich and successful and won't give a sodding farthing what you think, but for now, I'm lame and worthless, so get your punches in now!

Yes. I joke.

Seriously, though, do any of you have any pressing desires to read one of those ideas? Let me know. Please.

Comments

One and two sound really neat (and are not mutually exclusive come to think of it).

I like the potential for the psychological aspect of both.
Huh. You know, I'd never considered the possibility of that. Wild. Okay, you've officially made me revisit those two concepts.
I want to say all the above. But I think (unrelated) you and bean should sit down again for a day this summer and write and draw a book.
Well, she and I started working on "Batty and Bear", we still need to go back and finish that. It wouldn't be too hard, in fact, to finish the story and have her draw some pictures to tell along; then incorporate her drawings into the printed pages and print them into a paperback.

I think she'd enjoy being able to go back to school with that little achievement.
All the above except the fan fic. Fan Fic is wrong and horrible.
okay, for what it's worth, by "fan fiction" I did mean to write my own Doctor Who story. I wouldn't be in it.

The challenge for me would be to write an original story which could easily fit into the Doctor Who universe. I think, honestly, it's in so many ways an untapped fountain of science fiction, and... well, it'd be fun. My purpose of doing an original story/screenplay of an existing character or set of characters actually plays more into my aspirations of one day actually getting paid for this nonsense, so it's not inconceivable that I might one day have to do something like that for actual money.

Just thinking out loud.

And by the way, the problem here is that I've got actual story ideas I've been thinking about. I just want to write ONE of them NOW. Eventually I plan on developing all of them. Just wanting to see the most popular one, that's all.

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