Writing Excuses - 3

 Homework: Using the five story ideas from last episode:

*Take two of them and combine them into one story.

*Take one and change the genre underneath it.

*Take one and change the ages and genders of everybody you had in mind for it.

*Take the last one and have a character make the opposite choice.

*My Trump character is now a young girl who remains in a true neutral position. Self-interested, but not selfish. A seeker of balance between good and evil, chaos and order. Because of this, those around her either worship her or loathe her. There is no in-between.

*I would label the original idea as a psychological fantasy dealing with the protagonist's inner world and how she perceives the world around her. Instead, the protagonist is no longer a reliable narrator, and we shift into more of a psychological thriller/mystery. 

*Our sentient snow entity (not a snowman) makes a different choice. Growing bored and annoyed with humanity, It will strive, every winter, to completely smother the entire world. All It wants is peace and quiet. 

*The rebirth the old man experiences is now bringing him back into the town where his soul can't ever leave. Thanks to the entity's mark of solace, he begins to remember his previous iterations, and will offer much needed help to the mysteries enveloping the town.