Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Story Bible- Stingray

Let's begin with Interceptor, one of the most ambitious stories I've ever tried to make.

It takes place in a city called New Amsterdam, a spin-off of New York where the Dutch and Irish built their own miniature world in America.

Two sisters, Sara and Katrine-three years apart, reside in the rich parts of society with the grace of bored princesses. To escape from their affluent world, Katrina turns to music while Sara turns to mayhem- using an illegal jetpack to raise hell upon the city. When she's caught, it's up to Katrina, lovingly called Katy by Sara, to clean up the mess she made or let the police handle it. Then again, there wouldn't be a story if she chose the latter.

As she takes the mantle of the Stingray, the suit's alternate name, she brings her own form of justice to New Amsterdam. As she learns what it means to have a purpose, Katrina dives head on into the crime world Sara helped to revive.
The city of New Amsterdam will have its own hero as Katrina becomes someone different than the shadow her sister made her out to be.



Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Staring into the Void- Story/ Poem Idea

This is the most personal story I can write at this point. In the Jewish world, there's an aspect of dating where there's a medium in between called a Shadchan, or matchmaker. You all know about this through songs from A Fiddler on the Roof or other things, but you may not know of headaches, heartbreaks, and frustrations that come from it.
This hopes to not only shed a light on those problems but also the happy ending that usually comes from these matches and dates. This collection of poems will be called "Staring into the Void" and will have a few specific scenarios:
-The pressure when you come of age
-seeing everyone else getting married before you
-signing up to dating websites
-getting matched for the first time, and the massive failures that follow
-meeting someone through a friend, only to realize that your friend doesn't know you at all
-meeting the girl and doubting if she's actually the one you're willing to sink your love into
-the difficult breakup and heartbreak
-the mismatched match and inevitable frustration at the matchmaker
-the matchmaker's dilemma
-asking the same question from before, except from her point of view as well (kind of like the first one as well)
-the milestone dates
-meeting the parents
-the time to ask the big question
-calling the parents
-the veil and the void, as your soul finds its other half

These are some of the ideas as of now, but I'm willing to expand it. I hope to start it soon, maybe on this blog. We'll see.