Which story would you prefer?

Postby dreadnaught3200 » Sat Mar 10, 2012 2:55 am

Hey Everybody

I figure its about time I write another story for this board. I've written a few things since my last set of stories, but I consider them all too personal to post here. The problem is, I have a couple of ideas for a new story and I really like both of them. So I'd like your opinion!

Option 1: In 1927 New York, a beautiful, vivacious newspaper columnist by the name of Chelsea Martin leaves a speakeasy (Nightclub) just before it is busted by prohibition agents. Somewhat inebriated, she foolishly decides to investigate a quarrel between two gangsters on a side street and is hit over the head. When she comes to, she finds herself bound and gagged in a warehouse full of whiskey. After dealing with her captors and getting tired of waiting for her incompetent male suitors to rescue her, she takes matters into her own hands.

If anybody is familiar with Prohibition history and/or has seen Ken Burn's documentary on the subject, I based this character entirely on Lois Long.

Option 2: Present Day. A popular, talented and highly egotistical guy named Sebastian Baker leaves a bar with his latest romantic conquest and takes her to the park. There, he is attacked by an unknown assailant and knocked out with a stun gun. He awakes handcuffed to a pole in a basement. He quickly realizes that his captor is female but he can't see her face and she doesn't speak a word. As the hours pass the extrovert starts to go stir crazy. After an undetermined amount of time he is blindfolded and when it is removed he is facing a second bound captive. While not inclined to like each other, they are forced to work together to escape.



So, there they are. Which story would you prefer to be told? Or more likely, which story would like to be told first?
Last edited by dreadnaught3200 on Sat Mar 10, 2012 11:25 am, edited 1 time in total.
There's a permanent tension in music isn't there? On one hand you have three chords, you know, four four and three chords. Then there's the people like me, who say "Well, why don't we add a fourth chord and put it in five four?" - Bill Bruford

Re: Which story would you prefer?

Postby drawscore » Sat Mar 10, 2012 3:33 am

Thanks for asking, but I have found that opinions are like armpits. Everybody has a couple, and they generally stink. (even mine) I am fond of repeating a line from Rick Nelson's song "Garden Party," which goes "Ya see, ya can't please every one, so you got to please yourself." The meaning being, that no matter which one you choose, someone is going to be disappointed that you did not choose the other. Therefore, you select what YOU want to do. If your target audience likes it, great! If not, so what?

Drawscore

Re: Which story would you prefer?

Postby SamanthaBoundx » Sat Mar 10, 2012 4:44 am

Whilst I agree with drawscore and think you should be free to write whichever one you like the most, on a personal level, the first one would be more appealing to me. It's different from anything else I've read on here before and sounds like it could turn out being really awesome :)

Re: Which story would you prefer?

Postby dreadnaught3200 » Sat Mar 10, 2012 11:30 am

Oh yes, I certainly agree with both of you. If you look up the stories that I've posted thus far... I think they attest to my TUG story self indulgence hehe. But in this case I really like BOTH ideas and would be happy to write either. So I'd just like an idea of what the fine people in this community would prefer.
There's a permanent tension in music isn't there? On one hand you have three chords, you know, four four and three chords. Then there's the people like me, who say "Well, why don't we add a fourth chord and put it in five four?" - Bill Bruford