Thread: Trying to write a book!! (ideas)

I agree that the whole idea of vampires in novels has kinda become cliche, and you really want to avoid the obvious themes that have been around since the original Dracula, like a vampire falling in love with a normal human and not wanting to hurt them, so on. I think it's important to find a reason to have vampires in your story, and make them unique enough that their roles aren't easily interchangable with a werewolf or any other type of race of that genre. Make the idea of a vampire believable, and definitely do some research on the vampire bat (the only mammal that feeds on blood, to the best of my knowledge) and avoid making it too predictable. I wish I knew more about vampire stories.. I'd help more ;P

How about a person who doesn't know that they are a vampire and have blue-collar working job. Doctors have been trying to figure out his condition for years because he's nocturnal. So he is a waiter at a diner during the night and sleeps all day. He's been to jail because he can't remember that he's killed someone due to his blackouts during the night due to his bloodcravings. He says in that he was innocent and framed, but it didn't work.

If you are going to do a vampire novel then you really need to come up with a new spin on it. None of the classic cliche things are going to work. You have to dream up a whole new dynamic for the vampire life. None of this sleeping in coffins and only coming out at night stuff. IF you can come up with something fresh and new to say about the subject you can go far. If you can't then by all means do not be discouraged from writing your book. Your characters and ideas want to come out and you should let them but do not be surprised if you have a hard time getting published. I am a big fan of sci-fi of all types and would love to see you get published but I just wanted to caution you about the glut in the market on vampire books. Have fun and good luck though!

on the history channel there wasa big scoop about dracula and how he was actually real. how his village was high in the mountains and he actually put people on high stakes through thier rectum on poles. he was loved and hated by so many. he did live in transellvania too. go to the site and get info on it. i am sure its their somewhere on the site. it was very interesting to know that it was all based on truth and facts but then hollywood made it the way it is today. i seen this around halloween. it was a good show. hope that helps and gives you ideas you are looking for.