So many possibilities are running through my head, but I want something really creative, something that's out of the ordinary. I was thinking of writing about a middle aged guy who is a police officer in San Francisco. The one thing that differentiates him between any other cop in San Fran is that for transportation he uses a longboard to catch crime on the streets. This police officer is a character that the reader probably wont like, but will find very funny, because of the ways he goes about catching crime. He will be one of those ass hole cops, that the reader, which will be you guys, can relate to because we all know that the UNH and Durham police are a bunch of douches. This police officer while be so gnarley at longboarding. I'm talking he knows all the tricks in the book, and yes he has a large fine mustache that when bombing down a hill, its golden wings will flop back into a hellish dance. All the cops of San Fran hate him because of his recent front cover stories in the San Fran Times of him busting college students and regulars off the street.
i think this is good! It sounds funny and interesting to read. I love characters who you hate/love like michael scott in the office sometimes he drives me insane but i still love him and laugh at him all the time.
ReplyDeleteSounds good. Just don't make it too "Paul Blart: Mall Cop," if ya know what I mean.
ReplyDeleteHA! Do it!!! Citizens hate him, fellow cops hate him...and he does it all on a longboard. Definitely unique, to say the least. I hate those cliche Cop stories...with the rigid jaw line, cleft-chin, always-doing-the-right-thing, etc etc.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Aidan, there's something here, but your challenge will be to condense it to an actual story, inciting incident, arc, climax, etc. I recommend a specific crime he's trying to figure out, a specific day/night.
ReplyDeleteAlso, what's the aim of this piece? Is he going to figure something out about this? The other challenge is to combine the entertainment with meaning. We're having a guest speaker on Thursday do a lesson on comedic writing, which I think will be beneficial to this idea!