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[Staffhead]

Rather than clogging up other threads with my ramblings I've decided to put everything about my remake in here.

Notes so far...

* Ace Lightning and the Carnival of Doom is the third and latest game in the Ace Lightning series.

* The final conflict of the series will affect the whole world.

* Not sure if I'll write in script form or just usual creative writing form.

*There will be around 85 to 103 episodes if it will be done in script form. 17 episodes per series with 5 or 6 series in total.


I'm currently about to watch a series which has around 56 episodes yet fits in a deep narrative and strong character developments and backgrounds for ideas and pacing ie.

[Sarah Frost]

Cool! I'll be very interested to see how this develops.

Personally I prefer reading creative writing form to script form in fanfics--creative writing form gives more of a chance to describe things and look at the characters' points of view. I think if the output is going to be a written work, then it may as well be properly-written work; a script is just a step toward an audiovisual output, so without that output it seems incomplete compared to a story.

[Staffhead]

Yeah, I think you are right. Creative Writing will also be easier- with script form I'll have to do all the "INT. MARK'S HOUSE-DAYLIGHT" stuff and write all the camera angles and more. And again like you said it'll be easier to describe things with the characters and such.

It all depends also on my computer which has been stuffing up a lot lately. But I guess I can write on note pads and then type it on the computer as well.

Here is an idea I told Rotgut that I probably won't add

*Fear was once a humanoid being (I guess like a mad scientist) that got turned into his skeleton form.

And another that I also probably won't add in...

*Fear has been to our 'dimension' before and has a personal agenda when he's back that none of the other characters know of.

[Rotgut]

103 episode! You must be mad!

[Scarab Dynasty]

On THIS forum? We're all mad here, as the ceshire cat said

It looks really ambitious and awesome, Staffhead. My advice, however, would be to make each "series" self contained, so that you can stop if you get tuckered out at episode 53

[Rotgut]

I can't escape Alice!

[Scarab Dynasty]

Neither can I (much as I'd like to )

[Staffhead]

I may not be able to work on this now for a while. A HUGE and major personal problem has developed...

[Sarah Frost]

*hugs* All the best, Staff.

[Rotgut]

Oh dear. Is everything alright?

[Rider Jetfire]

All the best Staff. Everything works out in the end.

[Scarab Dynasty]

D: oh noes! Hope perosnal issues are resolved soon, they're sucky

[Staffhead]

Hi guys, I'm not sure I'll be able to come here that often anymore. It's just turned HUGE. It's do with my parents and seperating most probably. My leadership group said I should write some of the Ace story as homework so I guess that'll take my mind off things. They are also cutting of the Internet connection so I'll only be able to chat when I'm at the Library.

Hope to speak soon...

-Staffhead (Mike)

[Sarah Frost]

Yes; writing can often help you when you feel you need to get feelings onto paper, or to distract yourself. I'm sorry to hear about your parents. Separating is often the best thing when they feel they can't agree, but it sucks to be caught in the middle.

Hope you regain an internet connection one of these days, and hope to speak via the library.

[Rider Jetfire]

I know what your going through Staff. And like I said, everything works out in the end.

And I know that working on something you love certainly helps take your mind of things.

[nattherat]

I'm so sorry Staffhead, you sound like you're going through something awful. All the best with it, hope everything works out soon.

[Scarab Dynasty]

Seconded and thirded

We're right here if you wanna talk about it.

[Staffhead]

Thanks, guys. I was a little hesitant at first because I still feel so new here. You've made me eat my words so to say. I really appreciate it. I'll try and get something out by next week. Just in the brainstorming session mainly now.


I may write it in six acts with 4 arcs per act. A lot of work but I feel like writing something 'epic'.

[Staffhead]

Finally started some writing. When doing so I wandered if the Amulet splitting into 7 pieces was a nod to Dragonball.

[Sarah Frost]

I'd call the amulet splitting into seven pieces as just a use of 7 as a magic number: see Wiki on the symbolism of seven. Seventh child of a seventh child is a wizard, that sort of thing; it's a standard number and it's just a coincidence that both fandoms (and many others) chose to use it.

[Scarab Dynasty]

Yeah, certain numbers have conventional associations to them. Seven is the symbol of luck (though that's either in china), three is the symbol of... well just generally things occuring, both good and bad (you;ve heard the saying "these things awlways come in threes"?), 22 is the number of psychic potential, four is... I think four's meant to be back luck, actually. As is 13.

Plus seven is a nice round number. it's not too high (i.e. not double figured) and not too low.

[Rotgut]

GASP! 13!!! Beware! Beware! No, seriously, beware of Number 13!

[Staffhead]

Amazing how much history such things like numbers have.

I've written the scene after the Evils appear in the real world for the first time so far. I've changed a few things. Such as Fear's line "We need those pieces to exit this dimension" to simply "We need those pieces". Because I'd like to develop a history for the Amulet and I don't know what it is yet.

I also try to delve into his mind a bit. It's hard because he's just a computer game character. His development will be based on the other games in the Ace series I'm writing and his interactions in the real world too.
It's proving very addictive too, I've forgotten how much fun writing can be.

I may also change some of his abuse that he gave to Duff in the series to Illusion in the book more specifically the line "You come when I say and you go where I say".

[Sarah Frost]

Oooh, that all sounds good. A developing history of the amulet sounds great, as does Fearintrospection.

[Staffhead]

Haven't done much writing lately. A lot going on again.


I did manage to get my Ace DVD from Dad's though.