Cliche or overdone, or does it really depend on the rest of the story ?

If you think this idea is cliche or overused, please try to list other stories that have used it.

Thanks.

"Bourne Supremacy" is a movie that makes use of this memory loss feature, and the story line remained interesting throughout as his story unfolded.

Writing style is going to have a whole lot to do with whether the plot is seen to be trite or intriguing. You might consider a slight twist somewhere within the plot that keeps a bit of mystery in place as the story unfolds. Define your character in your own mind, complete with quirks, foibles, and inner conflicts or turmoil as well as any rough humor or sardonic wit. As you clarify your characters full personality, the plot should, as they say, thicken.

OPTION A~
• Daydream. Its as simple as that. Let your mind wander, it’s how I get many of my story ideas. (:

OPTION B~
• Use the ‘what if?’ system. What if _____? What if ______ happened to _____? What would happen if ________?

OPTION C~
• Read quotes or song lyrics, maybe you can find some inspiration!
• You can even think of random words and they may inspire you… How about ‘survive’? ‘Love’? ‘Betrayal’? ‘Harsh’?

An easy way to create new novel characters- just fill in this bio:

Name:
Age:
Date of Birth:
Appearance:
Personality:
Background:

Good luck! =]

What’s yours?

When I was little, my dad and I would go back and forth making up our own stories. I really loved doing it, though, we made quite a few so I don’t remember them all. I do remember there being an odd one about a wizard and him having foot fungus. I thought that was hilarious for some reason. xD

You, as narrator, are saying, "Something awesome (scary, horrible) happened to me and I’ve got to tell you about it." Or "I did something great or stupid or awful, and I want to boast or confess or laugh about it."

Usually, the best opening is to plunge right in. "I swallowed when I saw Principal Mulligan sitting flagpole straight in his office chair. He didn’t see me, but the snakes coming out of his eye sockets did."

Or you can use Doctor Watson’s methods. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote "A Study in Scarlet" and "A Scandal in Bohemia" 130 years ago. Perhaps they open a bit too slow for a modern story, but some stories work better from a slow start.

A Study in Scarlet : IN the year 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London, and proceeded to Netley to go through the course prescribed for surgeons in the army. Having completed my studies there, I was duly attached to the Fifth Northumberland Fusiliers as Assistant Surgeon. The regiment was stationed in India at the time, and before I could join it, the second Afghan war had broken out. …

Here you find out a bit about the narrator. The hook is in "the second Afghan war broke out". We haven’t yet met Sherlock Holmes or the reason for "A Study in Scarlet", but what a war veteran says is usually exciting.

"A Scandal in Bohemia" : To Sherlock Holmes she is always THE woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex. It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler. …

Here is a mystery. Holmes has no love for Irene Adler, yet "THE Woman" is quite an accolade. Does he admire her or despise her? Watson will soongive his own view on her, but he’s present here in his remark on Holmes "I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name."

I think you are referring to the pioneering work done by Hungarian composers Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály, who toured around central and eastern Europe collecting and transcribing the folk music of their native Hungary (and other countries as well). Folk music is not written down; it is ‘handed-down’ orally from generation to generation. Bartók and Kodály’s aim was to preserve the folk music they loved (and which permeated their compositions) so it would be preserved for posterity as the modern 20th-century world forced more former peasants into work in the cities and thus diluted the folk traditions of the people.

Release date: 4/22/08

lyrics –
OH!

They locked the door
Give me the strength to break it down
Yeah we’ve always faced this world as one
And I know there’s nothing different now
Because this heart is true
It’s true, it’s true!

So tell me
Tell me that I’m not all alone
And everything’s alright
So tell me
Tell me that I’m not all alone
And everything’s alright now

Tonight we’ll tear this city down
Yeah we’re gonna drive all night
Reach the sun (I’ll pray that time won’t end)
I’ll pray that time will never end
Race the clock again with you
With you!

So tell me
Tell me that I’m not all alone
And everything’s alright
So tell me
Tell me that I’m not all alone
And everything’s all right
Everything’s alright now!

Yeah!

We are the fallen
We are the light inside of the fire below
We are the broken
We are the rising tide and the undertow
Yeah!
One love

So tell me
Tell me that I’m not all alone
And everything’s alright!
So tell me
Tell me that I’m not all alone
And everything’s alright
So tell me
Tell me that I’m not all alone
And everything’s alright
So tell me
Tell me that I’m not all alone
And everything’s alright
Everything’s alright now!

Hoowuh, GO!

IT’S ALRIGHT NOW!

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