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 Hello everyone! I've hit a bit of a wall...it's actually a big steel iron wall! lol. I started a story a long time ago, and I just edited it last night for the first time in a while. I really enjoyed it so I thought I would continue with it...but I need a little help before I can. I need some ideas/suggestions...
My question is...WHY would people want a guy (he's about 20) dead? They kidnapped him, they're holding him, and they want him dead. But I don't have a reason for it. This guy is a good guy, so he didn't steal drugs from them or anything like that, he's good. A friend suggested maybe he knows something...but I don't know what he could know. I thought maybe he witnessed something, but I'm still drawing a bit of a blank.
So ANY ideas you can give me, I'm listening!!! Anything that pops into your head, please share!=) Thank you very much!
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 LilyoftheThorns (3280) | 6 months ago | wow that drug king thing is defeniatly intersting! Having two sets of people after him. But there's only one group that wants him, and he probably would have tried to save her=P hehe. But I defeniatly liked that idea!! Thank you for replying=) | |
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| 2. jhl930 (2647) | 6 months ago |  that sounds like a really good story and i think that i have something that might work but its something like what your friends said...maybe he witnessed a murder and someone else was with him whenever he did and they saw it too or the killers thought that he saw it and they are trying to get the other friend to come forward so that they can hae the both of them and they are aying that he won't live unless the friend comes to get him...so that they can capture them both...
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| LilyoftheThorns (3280) | 6 months ago | Even though that's a good idea, I'm not sure it would work with my story now. When the brother didn't come home, his siter went looking for him...and because of it got picked up by the same people who have her brother. She has nothing to do with whyever they took her brother, but got took because she kept asking questions and trying to find him. | |
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3.  WhatsHerName (1740) | 6 months ago |  He's dating the drug kings daughter, wants to marry her and is trying to get her away from those evil drug pushing people.
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| 4. Soccermom22 (11) | 6 months ago |  It could be that they think he witnessed a murder, but they really have the wrong guy. Or maybe something happened a couple years ago that he knew about and then he was in an accident and a brief coma. When he woke up, he had lost his memory and had to start his life over.
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5.  inked4life (3296) | 6 months ago |  Okay, how about something like this...I like the idea of the drug kingpins daughter someone mentioned earlier. Now, what if she drugged him and force fed baggies of stolen drugs into him and now they have to cut him open to get to the goods? I wite horror fiction, so tend to think on the darker side
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| LilyoftheThorns (3280) | 6 months ago | Wow @_@ That is dark! lol. But since I've already started writing it, and have the story pretty far along, it might be difficult. They've been holding him for hours, keeping him alive-and I'm not sure if they wanted to get drugs out of him they would wait that long. | |
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| 6. Irishfrndly65 (2798) | 6 months ago |  Are you looking for a certain angle? Something you will really have to research, or something that you can mostly make up with very little research to back up your story? Weigh those things and then you might get some more ideas, you know? For example if you follow the drug lord angle that might take quite a bit of research, ie: talking to a police officer that has dealt with such situations etc. Do you have the time to do that kind of research or would it be easier, on you, to come up with something that you could back up by your own imagination. Also why are they waiting to kill him, if that is the intent then usually they just kill the person. Unless there is a ransom, then they often kill them even after getting the ransom. So what is the reason they are KEEPING him alive so far? Not trying to get you to tell us the whole story, just trying to get you to think on your angles so the story flows well. Hope that helps some. I write too.;)
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| LilyoftheThorns (3280) | 6 months ago | I defeniatly want something I can just make right with my imagination, I'm not really good at researching=P
You bring up a point I agree with...why keep him alive. So I'm thinking it has to go along with him having some kind of information these people want...but I don't know what it could be!=P hehe | |
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7.  theprogamer (7373) | 6 months ago |  Could always assign it to random violence. That fits the current world, sad but true. -_-
In terms of fiction though, if he didn't "do" anything wrong... maybe make it something seemingly innocent. A classic is that he saw too much but I know of many fictions that have a young male doing this.
Other ideas
- Could be an heir or family member of an influential person (seen/read that)
- Could have a destiny ahead of him (seen/read it, more fantasy though...)
- Mistaken identity
- Revenge between the guy's father and the kidnapper (seen/read it)
- Punishment for betraying a family or honoured code (read this more so...)
- Genetic or family abnormality, hence termination
- Political or other family reason, "nuisance", scapegoat
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| theprogamer (7373) | 6 months ago | - Insult against another family
- Perhaps doing nothing wrong is a crime in the society the story takes place.
- He's being (or been) copied and the dirty side of "replacement" is going on
- Survival of the family line... the strongest/best child can only live | |
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| LilyoftheThorns (3280) | 6 months ago | Well it's not going to be anything fantasy like or supernatural. The story has already been started and is pretty far along. Can't all of a sudden make it something like that!=P hehe.
And I have considered the father/son thing. But again, I'm having the same problem as if the boy had info. What did the dad do, why is he the enemy of this person? | |
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| 8. ozzeth (507) | 6 months ago |  1- he is a witness or he is a secret agent!
2- Just for a trip. Looking for someone to play with and they found that 20 years old guy.
3- Someone jealous to him or he offended one of the guys who took him. OR one guy that he offended related to the guys who took him.
4- His father is in trouble and killing him is a part of revenge.
5- He is a son of the richest citizen and took him for a ransom and after will kill him.
6- OR the people took him is misidentified him. Wrong identification..
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| LilyoftheThorns (3280) | 6 months ago | Well they live in a small town, and even though you don't know a ton about them, they are a humble family. They aren't really rich or anything like that. The boy works in a store in the town. And I don't think this would just be a random thing for "fun." I've written it so the bad guys are really smart and organized. They know what they're doing, and they have a reason for it...they have a reason...I don't! lol | |
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| ozzeth (507) | 6 months ago | This post contains content of a mature nature. You must be Signed in or Registered to have the option to view this content. | |
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| ozzeth (507) | 6 months ago | he is a police or NBI OR CI ASSET. Secret agent... | |
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| 9. TriciaW (1839) | 6 months ago |  Wow so many ideas here makes me want to read it!! I like the drug king daughter aspect. It could also be that a family member was an undercover agent that put away the head of the mob. He didn't know anything about it but they want revenge and the person that did it to pay by losing someone they love. Good luck and let us know when you are done with the book. It sounds interesting already!!
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10.  SassyKittyKat (755) | 6 months ago |  Maybe it could be something like before his father/grandfather died they told him something about these men that could send them away for the rest of their lives. Perhaps they murdered someone or went against the goverment, trued to kill the president or something like that. His father/grandfather gave him the proof on his death bed and told him that he needs to expose these men or else they will come for him and his mother and younger sibling and they will never stop until they get what they want.
So, before he is able to do anything with what he was given, they kidnap him and now they want him to destroy all the evidence and they want him dead because he knows too much....
Just an idea that you can change and work with. I hope this helped somewhat...
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