« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2015, 08:07:03 am »
Freeform and Original Ideas
CyberpunkDystopian Future
 | Cyberpunk is a cynical take on speculative science fiction imagining that as science progresses people aren't going to get much better than they are now. It focuses on the downsides of technology as much as its good sides and thinks about how things might go wrong. I may not be quite that cynical myself, but it's a great genre for telling interesting stories about our lives being changed by technology. This is a genre I always love writing in. There are so many different possibilities and every story offers its own predictions for what the future might hold.
Potential Inspirations: Bladerunner, Cyberpunk 2020, Shadowrun, Robocop, Deus Ex, Johnny Mnemonic, Fifth Element For a cyberpunk writing example from me, have a look at Urban Exploration which I write with Kaila (contains NC content). |  |
Heavy Metal ApocalypseUrban Fantasy
 | Taking a break from too much realism and leaning a bit more towards the rule of cool, I'd like to do something along the lines of the war between angels and demons as shown on the cover of heavy metal albums. This would be all about theme and mood. A modern urban fantasy story painted in shades of leather, chrome, tatoo ink, cheap whiskey and neon.
For this idea, I'm happy to go all out for the sake of cool. Angels and demons drag racing at night through the city streets in muscle cars for the soul of an honest man? Go for it. Junkie demons smoking pipes of burning angel feathers in mystic crack dens covered in Enochian graffiti? Hell yeah. The four bikers of the apocalypse, original hells angels cruising down the highway spreading misery in their wake? I'm ready to roll.
Potential Inspirations: Constantine, Dusk to Dawn, Supernatural, Buffy/Angel, Fallen. |  |
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