Setting the Stage

Article 05 - April 22, 2016

This article will conclude what had left off in the first article.

The plot. It’s very linear, and infinitely simple. I don’t believe that a complex story that doesn’t deliver any meaning to it will do good to the story at all in my opinion. 

So it’s important to have the story easy to pick up on, both the plot line and its catch points.

Without spoiling the story altogether, the story from Fool Me Twice is put bluntly as “Girl gets lied to by guy, girl finds someone else to help get over it.”

That’s it, really. In fact this line only covers so far as to the initial half. The title, I tipped you off about the second half.

Heh heh. I know. This isn’t supposed to be a twist if I put it in the title. Still, I will remain numb about the aforementioned second half to not screw up my book too much. 

The “Me” part of the title is to convey that the story has a personal meaning to the story. And of course, this title is taken from a proverb: “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” When you take a read, you will understand how I fused the theme of this little line within the book.

So the plot and title is key, but what else is? Second billing!

The first thing that leapt out of my mind when I’m coming up with second-billing is this butler character named Luna. Running with the “rich girl” theme, I want someone that is relatable and actually worthy of trust, and so the butler character plays perfectly. She stays out of the way, can take care of herself way better than most other characters in the novel, and is the main character’s only escape from other people.

This character is frankly the easiest to write of them all. She’s almost always happy and energetic, and few things do faze her. Having her complement the main would be an incredibly easy pick. Still, there’s also the dynamic where the butler will inevitably have to satchel on herself a lot of responsibility for the events in the storyline. All in all, she’s a simple character with lots of tones to her, reflecting the book in some level.

One that would love to drop off his responsibility is Lance. Perhaps the lit fuse that started the explosion, he inevitably swallows his pride and adopted seclusion himself. 

I write things that resemble life that I have experienced, and I have been secluded for much of that time. Lance is a reminder that I can make mistakes, that I have to own up to said mistakes, and how to push myself through bad times. 
Truth be told, something else hit me in life, but I can keep my head up through writing. Yet I can go on and on, since I know nothing gets me down anyway.

Always the air of superiority.

So here you go. A simple storyline. Four characters that are simple enough to be relatable, yet each carries a sense of weight with them. Then entwine them with some meaning, and you’ve got yourself a novel.

Now I’ll go gnaw on a taco or something.