Apollymi

This isn't a story. This is something I joked about with my beta-reader, katsuko_chan, but felt just had to be passed on to other people... Such that other people read here...

There are four levels of story ideas. They are based on the levels to which they get in an author's head and demand to be written. From least to greatest, they are:

1. Plot bunnies
2. Plot kitties
3. Plot zombies
4. Plot zombie kitties

Yes, fear the Plot Zombie Kitties.

For example, A New Age Dawns was a plot kitty because it viciously inspired me to write a 50,000 word story in 31 days. Its sequel, What Rough Beast is still just a plot bunny; I don't have a lot of energy for it yet. The "Fred fic", discussed only between Katsuko and myself reading a strange dream I had on holiday that can become a fic, is somewhere between a plot kitty and a plot zombie; it demands to be written.

I've only had one story become a Plot Zombie Kitty, and that was Gods and Other Creatures, though Endless Loop has come close a few times.

Xposted to apollymi