The Delusion Duology: Little Chickadee's Emporium of Wonders and A Surgeon's Lament (working titles)
The deal: I'm doing a collab with Lochie (Night-Mare) and I'm doing a collab with Whirlguy. The fun part is, they don't know they're doing a collab with eachother! Oh, wait... yes they do. I'm writing a wicked horror story for dems then cutting it into 2 "chapters" so that they can each animate their individual chapters and submit two flashes for the halloween competition that work fine on their own, but become completely awesome and makes sense played one after the other.
The plot: Because of the way I write, I won't say a lot, only that part 1 is in an abandoned toy warehouse and part 2 in a hospital. I want plot twist, Plot Twist PLOT TWIST!!! Like putting your head in a vice and tightening it until it won't go any further, and then keep on turning it. Muahaha *lightning/thunder*.
The style: Because of the wishes of the two animators and their styles, I'm factoring that in to their respective parts. Lochie's part has some over the top tension builders, some Lochie style cliche jokes that overall will hopefully work as a good builder of tension, so that you're expectimg more jokes when BAM! Shit your pants. As much as Lochie's part will build tension slowly through horror comedy, Whirlguy's part will be scripted with a more serious approach. Hallucinations, more brutal and shocking, confrontational in a way that humourous horror can't be confrontational. Whirlguy's shown me some psychological horror (or "soft horror" as Lochie calls it) videos that I'm using to inspire me. I'm really looking forward to writing Lochie's part of the story, because it'll be fun, whereas Whirlguy's part will just be like, messing with your heads, in a completely awesome insane way. Needless to say, it'll take more finesse and careful plotting to get WG's part to sit just right, so there's more of an expectation to get that part right.
The writer's block: I feel like writing something like this would really mark a testament to my skills as a writer, but such is the brutally dark nature of the project, I've found myself questioning why I'd attempt to write something so repulsive and angry. At first I thought it would be cool, but then a bit of dread and fear kicked in, and I was really feeling messed up, like I could understand the thoughts of the coldest of killers, but now I think I'm settling down to get to it and have some fun exploring a style that leaves the reader at their most fragile state.
The story: Can you read it? No. Not at first. It'll be for Lochie and WG's eyes only, maybe a few of my RL friends, and even maybe a few NG users that I trust and value their opinions and friendships (you'll know who you are). I'll post the story as soon as both flashes are up, so you can read it then.
Got any ideas? Well I don't want them! Not unless you're Lochie or WG. I've pretty much got the whole thing plotted out now, just needs writing. :)
Whirlguy
That is the perfect mood to get into hahaha. I know exactly what kind of a thing you're going through now. I'm getting very much focused on this myself. Collecting and observing things that will help me along the way.
WritersBlock
Yeah, I'm a little freaked out about it actually. I'm looking forward to going to work, so I can get away from these demented thoughts and make jokes with my colleagues.