Good Idea for a Novel?

yeah its definitely something I wanted to write, and sort of something I had to write in order to remember someone that I thought I would never see again, but he came back...

Than write it and have fun with it. Get down and dirty and evil. Have no qualms! take no prisoners!

Thank you so much for thinking so...when I tell people there just like..."Well that's different."

I rather write a novel than a short story. Though, if I have no idea what is going on, I do short scenes to figure it all out.

And then they immediately ask if he kills people with a baseball bat:(

*lol*
Just because the dude plays base ball doesn't mean he kills people that way. He could do it with a number of things.

Oooo...have you considered him taking a trophy from his murders? he could take the eyes or something.

He takes their faces

that would be cool,,,unfortunately i already have it in the novel that he's had them put in paintings. Like a portrait of the person was painted in, I'm not sure what exactly he would use to keep the skin from rotting...what's that stuff they have in funeral parlor's and they also say is in McDonald's french fries, to keep them preserved?

Taking their faces is even better! there is absolutly no way the police can identify the victims unless they have their IDs on them. Brilliant idea. Very weird and dark.

I really like the idea that he painted his victims! That is really cool and unusual. Also it's a little erie!!!=P lol. That's a great idea.

Wait wait wait. Taking the faces has been done in fiction, a bit often from my recollection. Of course it is your story Callie. You are the author, so you are the boss. So choose whatever you wish on this.

I've seen several fictions work from the "end" and then explain chapter by chapter how we got there. Of course it has to be done quite flawlessly to work that way. If I know the villain dies in the beginning and I'm shown say a poorly defined or boring path to that end... the story won't be great. Typically there are hidden messages and morals applicable to life, ethics, reason, knowledge or current events... some sort of lesson or message. Or it could be something dramatic, maybe even surprising to show the reader what caused the dysfunction in the villain.

The only person who NEEDS to be convinced is the writer themselves. Stories don't work if it is written for an audience. Usually I can tell right off the bat what's going to happen.

Now, what Callie can do is keep her villian base ball player from making his identity known. She could use words like "He" or tell the first part, when he dies, from first person. That way, since the readers don't know what/who this dude is, then they will read the rest of the book and at the second end of the book, Callie can then reveal the base ball player for who he is.

And, plots can be re-worked. Just because she is using something that is seen a lot in fiction, doesn't mean that she can't use it in a whole new way.

"And, plots can be re-worked. Just because she is using something that is seen a lot in fiction, doesn't mean that she can't use it in a whole new way."

I didn't say either couldn't be done... at all. I simply wanted to post some different thoughts on the matter. And yes there is predictability if you take the audience into consideration, I've seen that, but I've also seen predictability when the writer writes solely for the self. In the end, writers can do whatever they want, but suggestions were asked for. Simply wanted to voice some thoughts I had.

I think she can rework it. I think Callie has the guts do to something different.

The baseball thing didn't surprise me, really. My best friend is doing something like this. I won't give details, but she did something different there as well. Once again, I won't say what she did, however, the profession of her SK is the normal sort, Doctor/psychologist.

Actually, if anyone watches those cop shows on A&E and TruTV (Court TV) -- you'll see that serial killers can come in any shape or size. The usual are the people you would never suspect as the killer.