Hey people's. Today I have a real interesting topic. Here it goes.
Recently I have gotten into writing and drawing horror. While drawing some of it I started thinking about a possible story line. Through many horror books I have seen many short lines or people mentioning Limbo; a grey place; a place not earth, heaven, nor hell. This became my inspiration for a book. I'm pretty sure it starts out with someone dying but on their ethereal way to the pearl gates of heaven something happens. A crack in the system of dying and finding your rightful place and the soul of the protagonist is violently thrown out of place into Limbo. A place where all of my fears and horrors are in a single place with chaotic cities, limitless forests and a sky with no sun forever grey and black. Created by a mutation of reality as God created everything as we know it. Fight your way out or die in limbo meaning your own special place in hell.
So what do you think? I myself am intrigued with the story but is has been hard working out the details. Should the protagonist be my age so I could better relate to he/she, or older so it would be more realistic for he/she to fight through the dangers of Limbo and have an easier love interest to wright about then one of a thirteen-year old. Will their be other souls inhabiting Limbo or maybe possibly other souls but more far gone then the hero such as just simple apparitions doomed to Limbo forever? Is the hero on a mission of God being sent from the gates of Heaven down to Limbo to defeat the vile place and to find himself. Should there be a main antagonist such as a ruler of Limbo? Separate characters with separate story lines? Should the world of limbo be inhabited all at once by the horrors or separated in different rings of a tree such as this:
1st ring: horrors of man. Twisted cities, possibly from the hero's past, scattered around a war destroyed landscape populated by insane killers, satanic cults and a twisted warmonger government.
2nd ring: horrors of science. A land populated by scientific horrors like in Alien and a bizarre landscape like that of H. R. Gigers paintings.
3rd ring: horrors of supernatural. Where all the unreal ghosts and ghouls sprung from the very nightmares of children quivering in their beds stalk hunt the protagonist in a dark barren land of night.
So there you have it a true trip into Limbo. Suggestions are welcomed. By.
By Ashton
oh my goodness. I LOVE this idea Ashton! I think this is AMAZING.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you have your setting pretty much established. And the basic plot seems well formed too.
I'm not sure that someone your age *wouldn't* be able to fight the necessary fight to get out of limbo. Or…there would be a nice tension there…the reader would be wondering that, perhaps.
I like the idea of other souls inhabiting limbo. It would be interesting to see how the main characters interacts with them…I think it would give both the plot and the main character more dimension to have to work out what to do with the other beings it encounters. Do they help him get out? are they part of what he needs to overcome?
And I like the idea of "is there a ruler of limbo"? like…maybe that's a question that the main character needs to figure out on his quest.
I can't wait, Ashton! This sounds so exciting!!
I'd say base it around someone your age. Write what you know, but also do research. Young Adult fiction is very popular these days.
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