Series ideas - by Legion on 19:39 21 Mar 2004
I've got alotta ideas for science fiction series but my most recent one revolves around a concept from the series Farscape. It spawned from the idea of the "peacekeepers". My idea revolves around the adventures of four renegade officers hunted by a powerful galactic established miltary known as the "Great Legion". the similarity to the Farscape series would pretty much end there. I've come up with with my own rank structure and ideas for their adventures.
I've got alotta ideas for science fiction series but my most recent one revolves around a concept from the series Farscape. It spawned from the idea of the "peacekeepers". My idea revolves around the adventures of four renegade officers hunted by a powerful galactic established miltary known as the "Great Legion". the similarity to the Farscape series would pretty much end there. I've come up with with my own rank structure and ideas for their adventures.
Series ideas - by Arislyn on 13:42 01 Apr 2004
Cool! If you are interested, you can always post a serialized account of their adventures here at the boards.
New writers are always welcome.
So, what is the purpose of the Great Legion? Why are your characters hunted?
Cool! If you are interested, you can always post a serialized account of their adventures here at the boards.
New writers are always welcome.So, what is the purpose of the Great Legion? Why are your characters hunted?
Series ideas - by Legion on 19:53 03 Apr 2004
Well they are hunted because of of the destruction of one of the military outpost stations. A group of prisoners sabotages the base and it leads to its destruction. The four officers(who dont know each other prior to this) are the only ones to survive and barely escape themselves. They pilot escape pods and flee into deep space. The prisoners, who escape this before hand, see this as an oppurtunity to getaway with murder. They send the Legion image discs of the four escaping the doomed base making it look as if they were the ones who commited the crime.
Well they are hunted because of of the destruction of one of the military outpost stations. A group of prisoners sabotages the base and it leads to its destruction. The four officers(who dont know each other prior to this) are the only ones to survive and barely escape themselves. They pilot escape pods and flee into deep space. The prisoners, who escape this before hand, see this as an oppurtunity to getaway with murder. They send the Legion image discs of the four escaping the doomed base making it look as if they were the ones who commited the crime.
Series ideas - by Arislyn on 21:53 04 Apr 2004
Are you actively working on forming episodes and such to pitch to producers? (If that is how it works. I have no idea how one would go about getting a series idea developed into an actual show.)
Are you actively working on forming episodes and such to pitch to producers? (If that is how it works. I have no idea how one would go about getting a series idea developed into an actual show.)
Series ideas - by Legion on 08:08 05 Apr 2004
Yes I am forming episodes at the moment.
Yes I am forming episodes at the moment.
Series ideas - by Legion on 20:37 31 May 2004
You mean no body is interested in this topic?
You mean no body is interested in this topic?
Series ideas - by NoonChild on 11:34 01 Jun 2004
I have all little ideas about how my teleporters will work, what alien intelligence there will be (no bipedal ones) etc, but cant get a story going anywhere.
I have all little ideas about how my teleporters will work, what alien intelligence there will be (no bipedal ones) etc, but cant get a story going anywhere.
Series ideas - by Legion on 17:19 01 Jun 2004
Who is teleporting?
Who is teleporting?
Series ideas - by maitaman on 18:37 04 Jun 2004
I've written 44 books in the Flight of the Maita series. About book four, I realized the single concept had to be broadened. The basis of the series shifted in focus, allowing stories from a lot of angles. Star Wars gets very old and tired very quickly.
The series became written from the perspectives of individual members of Maita's "crew" - and a couple from the perspective of non-members.
All reviews so far have been positive, and most point out that they can't expect anything.
The failing of most series is that it is far too easy to become stale. If your characters are too predictable, there is no tension. If there is no tension (not on the plot level, on the inter-reaction of characters) there has to be humor.
I was surprised to find that humor was more important than tension.
I've written 44 books in the Flight of the Maita series. About book four, I realized the single concept had to be broadened. The basis of the series shifted in focus, allowing stories from a lot of angles. Star Wars gets very old and tired very quickly.
The series became written from the perspectives of individual members of Maita's "crew" - and a couple from the perspective of non-members.
All reviews so far have been positive, and most point out that they can't expect anything.
The failing of most series is that it is far too easy to become stale. If your characters are too predictable, there is no tension. If there is no tension (not on the plot level, on the inter-reaction of characters) there has to be humor.
I was surprised to find that humor was more important than tension.
Series ideas - by Legion on 15:21 05 Jun 2004
what is your Flight of Miata about?
what is your Flight of Miata about?
Series ideas - by maitaman on 17:47 05 Jun 2004
I believe that would be very hard to answer, because it's about a lot of different things.
Basically, an Earthman is abducted, leads a rag-tag group of various beings in a revolt against the abductors, and joins a partnership with Maita, a sentient spaceship. It goes from there to space pirates and galactic empires.
The easiest way to see would be to go to Launching the Maita
and clicking on the preview. A lot of the stories' bases are described there.
It's PDF, so takes a while to load on dial-up.
I believe that would be very hard to answer, because it's about a lot of different things.
Basically, an Earthman is abducted, leads a rag-tag group of various beings in a revolt against the abductors, and joins a partnership with Maita, a sentient spaceship. It goes from there to space pirates and galactic empires.
The easiest way to see would be to go to Launching the Maita
and clicking on the preview. A lot of the stories' bases are described there.
It's PDF, so takes a while to load on dial-up.
Series ideas - by NoonChild on 06:56 09 Jun 2004
Reminds me of Farscape - living ships and rag-tag bunch of aliens - are you a fan of Farscape?
Reminds me of Farscape - living ships and rag-tag bunch of aliens - are you a fan of Farscape?
Series ideas - by maitaman on 08:41 09 Jun 2004
Flight of the Maita started out as a mindless entertainment series. With me, that lasted through the foreword and about two paragraphs into the first book.
It's stories of as varied bases as I could come up with. A lot is about social dynamics (interior thread to all of it) and the building of a galactic empire. I saw from before it started that one person couldn't possibly control a single world, much less an empire of very diffenent worlds.
What would work? Even a very large council or whatever couldn't handle more than a few worlds. What kinds of laws must be universal, and which ones would fit a given society? (The old, "The least law is the best law" saw came through loud and clear).
The stories are, naturally, not concentrated on that. It is the underlying theme. The stories are everything from fantasy (though based solidly on science) to hard SF. A couple are space wars and such, but not many. There are the "bad guys" (Immins) and "Good guys" (Zulians) and everything in between.
You can get a small idea by going to the book at the end of this and clicking on the preview. It lists a lot of the ideas behind individual books. It's a pdf file, so will take a minute to load on dial-up. Launching the Maita
Flight of the Maita started out as a mindless entertainment series. With me, that lasted through the foreword and about two paragraphs into the first book.
It's stories of as varied bases as I could come up with. A lot is about social dynamics (interior thread to all of it) and the building of a galactic empire. I saw from before it started that one person couldn't possibly control a single world, much less an empire of very diffenent worlds.
What would work? Even a very large council or whatever couldn't handle more than a few worlds. What kinds of laws must be universal, and which ones would fit a given society? (The old, "The least law is the best law" saw came through loud and clear).
The stories are, naturally, not concentrated on that. It is the underlying theme. The stories are everything from fantasy (though based solidly on science) to hard SF. A couple are space wars and such, but not many. There are the "bad guys" (Immins) and "Good guys" (Zulians) and everything in between.
You can get a small idea by going to the book at the end of this and clicking on the preview. It lists a lot of the ideas behind individual books. It's a pdf file, so will take a minute to load on dial-up. Launching the Maita
Series ideas - by Legion on 16:41 28 Jun 2004
Wow sounds complicated. My series deals with renegade officers off a galactic established army. I re-named them the "Reapers". My inspiration came from Farscape. Four characters just thrown into the mix, who are framed by criminals for the destruction of an entire planet. They are forced to become fugitives from their own military and are relentlessly hunted. A big thing that I have tried thus far to do is keeping it from bieng a cliche' type show. There are not 20 billion types of alien species roaming around. In fact there are no aliens at all in my series. I mainly want to be about the human experience in a futuristic deep space setting. In this series the main characters wander in deep space as fugitives and encounter several different cultures where human biengs spread their civilization and also varied ways on how to screw it up.
Wow sounds complicated. My series deals with renegade officers off a galactic established army. I re-named them the "Reapers". My inspiration came from Farscape. Four characters just thrown into the mix, who are framed by criminals for the destruction of an entire planet. They are forced to become fugitives from their own military and are relentlessly hunted. A big thing that I have tried thus far to do is keeping it from bieng a cliche' type show. There are not 20 billion types of alien species roaming around. In fact there are no aliens at all in my series. I mainly want to be about the human experience in a futuristic deep space setting. In this series the main characters wander in deep space as fugitives and encounter several different cultures where human biengs spread their civilization and also varied ways on how to screw it up.
Series ideas - by maitaman on 00:18 02 Jul 2004
I find making a series much longer than a trilogy with only the human race runs you out of bases. There are presently 44 books in the Maita series, several of them mostly connected shorts. With too limited a base, you soon have nowhere new to go. Star Wars with different props and special effects gets old very quickly, as did 2001, War of the Worlds, Alice in Wonderland, etc.
I find humor to be the saving feature, in many cases. My favorite characters, according to readers, are the golems. They were used in book five for comic relief, and have been in a number of books since by request.
You never know! I write all that genius deep meaningful stuff, and people like the obnoxious golems! Go figure!
I find making a series much longer than a trilogy with only the human race runs you out of bases. There are presently 44 books in the Maita series, several of them mostly connected shorts. With too limited a base, you soon have nowhere new to go. Star Wars with different props and special effects gets old very quickly, as did 2001, War of the Worlds, Alice in Wonderland, etc.
I find humor to be the saving feature, in many cases. My favorite characters, according to readers, are the golems. They were used in book five for comic relief, and have been in a number of books since by request.
You never know! I write all that genius deep meaningful stuff, and people like the obnoxious golems! Go figure!
Series ideas - by Legion on 16:28 03 Jul 2004
I to was concerned that ideas would run short with no new alien species out there, but so far I have crafted two whole seasons both 22 episodes each and have more ideas for further seasons, you'd be suprised what a creative mind can come up with, even with some what limited resources.
I to was concerned that ideas would run short with no new alien species out there, but so far I have crafted two whole seasons both 22 episodes each and have more ideas for further seasons, you'd be suprised what a creative mind can come up with, even with some what limited resources.
Series ideas - by maitaman on 21:07 05 Jul 2004
I'm never surprised at what the mind can come up with. My great fear a few years ago was that I would run up on writer's block. So far, over 100 books into it, I have lists of ideas for stories. I write murder mystery series as well as SF (2 series = 34 books, so far) and a bunch of non-series things. Writing one book always suggests a couple more. It used to be a matter of the writing taking me away from the music, now it's the other way around.
I'm never surprised at what the mind can come up with. My great fear a few years ago was that I would run up on writer's block. So far, over 100 books into it, I have lists of ideas for stories. I write murder mystery series as well as SF (2 series = 34 books, so far) and a bunch of non-series things. Writing one book always suggests a couple more. It used to be a matter of the writing taking me away from the music, now it's the other way around.
Series ideas - by Legion on 08:09 06 Jul 2004
I tried the novel writing thing for a time but found that writing screenplays is alot easier(for me anyway). The main thing with writing anything is patience and your ability to keep interest in what your doing. That is a big porblem for me seeing as how Im not very patient and I tend to get bored on a single project.
I tried the novel writing thing for a time but found that writing screenplays is alot easier(for me anyway). The main thing with writing anything is patience and your ability to keep interest in what your doing. That is a big porblem for me seeing as how Im not very patient and I tend to get bored on a single project.
Series ideas - by maitaman on 09:48 06 Jul 2004
The original purpose of the Nick Storie mysteries was for a PBS series to be used on Mystery!
The producer who suggested it then went to Hollywood for another project (which flopped) and left me hanging, so I wrote them as novels. Reviewers have noted that the books in that series read like a movie.
I'm lousy at scripting. I tend to put in a lot of things that get the reaction "That's what we pay directors for!" They claim a directorr won't take it on, because they have immense egos, and don't want to take directions themselves - which is just as well.
The original purpose of the Nick Storie mysteries was for a PBS series to be used on Mystery!
The producer who suggested it then went to Hollywood for another project (which flopped) and left me hanging, so I wrote them as novels. Reviewers have noted that the books in that series read like a movie.
I'm lousy at scripting. I tend to put in a lot of things that get the reaction "That's what we pay directors for!" They claim a directorr won't take it on, because they have immense egos, and don't want to take directions themselves - which is just as well.
Series ideas - by Legion on 21:30 08 Jul 2004
So any other projects you are involved in?
So any other projects you are involved in?
Series ideas - by maitaman on 22:44 09 Jul 2004
Well, the orchid breeding research is doing okay, and the energy thing is designed, with the prototype working to predictions. The music bit is slow, but I'm getting too old to be playing heavy metal, though I've done some jams with lighter stuff ( a couple of guys from Molly Hatchet) and even did a country bit, more as a joke than anything, but it seemed to go well. The research into the eco-systems in Estero Bay are proving that the bay will be effectively dead in about 8 years.
Besides that, I'm mostly lazing around. I've got ideas for books, but need days without interruption to write anything coherent, and I don't have that at the moment.
I hear Dr. Who is coming back, that there's a whole production company set up to go with it. I always liked those things. Cheap and stilted, but great fun. If they show them on TV I might actually watch it again.
Well, the orchid breeding research is doing okay, and the energy thing is designed, with the prototype working to predictions. The music bit is slow, but I'm getting too old to be playing heavy metal, though I've done some jams with lighter stuff ( a couple of guys from Molly Hatchet) and even did a country bit, more as a joke than anything, but it seemed to go well. The research into the eco-systems in Estero Bay are proving that the bay will be effectively dead in about 8 years.
Besides that, I'm mostly lazing around. I've got ideas for books, but need days without interruption to write anything coherent, and I don't have that at the moment.
I hear Dr. Who is coming back, that there's a whole production company set up to go with it. I always liked those things. Cheap and stilted, but great fun. If they show them on TV I might actually watch it again.
Series ideas - by Legion on 10:34 13 Jul 2004
I was never really into Dr. Who Im more of a Twilight Zone type dude.
I was never really into Dr. Who Im more of a Twilight Zone type dude.