Friday, May 28, 2010

New Story Idea?

I had an idea for a new story, except if I start it, this one, I will have to finish, and sort of want to get some feedback first (Horrible place to ask for it right? Lulzghostsreadingthisareawesome) anyways, here's the info:

Teenage main character, goes by the name of Paul Endri, 18years old, senior in high school but not graduating due to a variety of reasons, not the least of which is an overwhelming amount of absences. His life roughly revolves around his band which was a major catalyst behind his basically dropping out of high school. Only thing is, he's the only one in his band that didn't graduate, and isn't going off to college or the military, so he'll be forced to fend for himself. Curerntly residing in his friend's, Mike, apartment. Mike is part of the band, the bassist, and shipping off to the military in a few month's time, at which point Paul will have to look for a cheaper place that is willing to accept him as a tenant. To add to the downfall of his mental sanity, the chick of his dreams that he'd been trying hard for over a year to impress turned him down rather painfully, and since his only real skill is playing a guitar, he can't get a job.

When he begins to realize exactly how screwed he is, his sanity starts to visually degrade as he pulls Hamlet-esque soul-searching scenes while at the same time growing increasingly aggressive. Part of it culminates in what could be called a massive brawl between him and his bandmates, intiated by him of course, picking a fight with all of them out of his own desperation. A couple hours afters the fact, the four band members (well three, one's completely out of it in a pot-induced coma) are now calming down, when Tom, the pothead drummer of the band says something:

-Tom:"Y'know man, it's like god's a dj you know?"
-Paul(Protagonist, Guitarist):"Shut up Tom, you're high again!"
-Tom:"I'm serious man! Ever been to a gig where all they play is those songs that just drive you insane and screw with your head? Well its sort of like that... Except the playlist being played is really bad luck for you man."
-Paul:"Mike, tell him he's too high to make any fucking sense would ya?"
-Mike(Bassist):"I dunno dude, it sorta makes sense, you're forced to dance to the tunes the dj plays, and if he plays a bunch of shitty ones in a row, then what can you do about it y'know?"
-Paul:"Christ Mike, you too?"
-Tom:"Just think about it man! It's like the shitty hand you were just talking about is god's playlist."
-Mike:"Y'know I hate to agree with Tom on much of anything, especially when he's on a couple dozen pounds of that shit, but I think the 'lil idiot's on to something."
-Paul:"Even if he is right with that stupid little bit of info? What the hell am I supposed to do with it Mike? Dress it up and call it my barbie and play with it? Jesus christ Mike, we're not kids anymore - It's not like I can just storm the stage and play my own damn songs..."

And from there it just sort of.. grows. The scene outlined stands out strongly in my head and I can actually visualize that one scene, and various others throughout the plot, but meh.

Questions, ideas, suggestions, comments, anything?
 

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