To start with a completely fresh novel this year, I turned to Seventh Sanctum and used their Quick Story Idea Generator and received this interesting idea:
The theme of this story: metaphorical thriller.
The main characters: pucky musician and focused cyborg.
The start of the story: premonition.
The end of the story: critical injury.
I loved it and my imagination hungerly grabbed a hold of it.
With my obsession with male/female parings (romantic or not), the cyborg was going to be the male and the musician would be the female. As I worked this scenario in my mind, it was slowly becoming a paranormal romance (nothing wrong with that but...) Not the direction I wanted to take on this novel. When I decided to twist it around to a female cyborg and a male street musician, the story took off into all kinds of interesting directions. After a two weeks of thinking and two weeks of real planning (playing with index cards, notes etc), the idea grew into a very intriguing novel (I think) and I can’t wait to get it down on paper. So, I’m definitely more prepared for the challenge this year than last but tried not over plan it and leave it open to possible surprises along the way.
Genre: Science Fiction - cyberpunk or postcyberpunk
Setting: a grim post-apocalyptic metropolis called the Citadel (for the moment) governed by the Triad which are three major rival technological corporations: Corus Corax, TauroTek, and Lupis Canis Corp. The Triad rule the city and this society with no central government interference. So, its a combination of Snow Crash and Blade Runner along with other sources.
Working title: Psychedelic Soul
Why Psychedelic Soul?
One of my influences for the novel is Ghost in the Shell and I bought both Stand Alone Complex albums specifically for this challenge (and I love the music of course). Psychedelic Soulis the title of a track from the Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG and for the moment the title fits the novel.
Main Influences:
Ghost in the Shell
Snow Crash
Blade Runner
Neuromancer
Silver Metal Lover
The Matrix (must wear tight leather and cool sunglasses)
Aeon Flux (the original not the movie)
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