Story Ideas

I do not know how many of you have thought about this idea, but how many great stories have never been written because the person who thought them up forgot them? I mean, like somebody's walking down the road, when they see something that sparks an idea for a story. They think that it make for a great story, but their mind is busy on other things. They then forget their beautiful idea, never to write that story.


Now, think about how many people get the idea to write a story from a story? I know I do all the time. I'll read a book, and after I'm done, I want to go and write my own book, because my mind is full of ideas. So, that book that the person (let's call him Mr. Anderson) never wrote, but had an excellent idea sparked from something, will never see the light of day. That means that all of those people who would have read that book would have never thought up their own ideas, and therefore never would have written their own story.

And, now I'm gonna add one more thing in here. How many people have come up with good ideas to write books but never do because they are not good writers, or they don't have the time, or something along those lines? How many good ideas are going to waste because of this? I know I have so many ideas for books. I do want to become a novelist some time in my life, and bring these ideas to life. But, like many people in the world, it's just too hard to start off writing a novel.

So, with the books that we do have, just remember that that's like 1/10 of the great books that could be out there. What if J.K. Rowling never had the idea for Harry Potter? It's one of the greatest-selling series ever. But, if she never started writing, the generations of today would not be full of ideas.

Books are not just for reading and enjoying. They are not to just learn to find all of those literary techniques. There's a deeper meaning for books. They spark some of the greatest ideas. I bet stuff written in novels, things that were never thought to become realisitic, have become realisitic because of that book. Appreciate books. Read books. And maybe someday you will write the next great series. Look at Dan Brown. That guy makes like $150 million dollars. And all he does is write books. Read. Get ideas. Write. If you don't want to write a 500-page book, then just put your ideas down on a piece of paper. Maybe someday, those ideas will come to life and make for a most fantastic book.

Lost Experience Update #1

I got through. The line was not busy. I called a few times. I figured out some pretty valuable information. So, whenever you choose the 1st item, it will go to a recording, and say something like, "you can reach us at 544 [can't understand] 'p' 'k' 1604, Copenhagen 'D'." I tried each of the four executives of the Hanso Foundation, and a brief little recording is given for each. First is Alvar Hanso. Under his, a message cuts in, and says something along the lines of, "what have you done with Alvar Hanso. Second is Thomas Mittelwerk...who was a German accent, and said that he would not be reachable for the next 3 weeks (which is kind of stupid, because in 2 weeks, it will still say 3 weeks). Third is Hugh McIntyre-who will be gone for 2 weeks, and he talks about a Korean Offshore Project. Hmm...offshore...Korean. In the Dharma Initiative video, it's a Korean guy talking, and the Dharma Initiative is a project, and the plane crashed on an island...maybe offshore. So, maybe they're close to Korea.

Well, Fourth is Peter Thomspon, and the recording starts with a woman stating that Peter is gone, and talks about the Korea Offshore Project. Peter then butts in, and warns people to stop making threats to him or others, because it is a criminal act. And, after all four of these, it ends with "Namaste". For each of these options, a guy talks in French, or what sounds like French. Then some music plays. "Namaste" is from Hindi, and is a South Asian greeting, meaning hello or goodbye.

Some of the messages have a little ad for monster.com, where you can land your job. Maybe the Hanso Foundation is looking for some employees.

So, Nothing really stands out. Except when I called again. I picked the first option, which was the general information. The music is different. Then, the normal lady begins to talk, but in the middle of it, she is cut out, and Persephone comes on the line, saying not to believe their lies. She says to go online and use a password. It's really hard to understand her, and I have yet to figure out what the password is. It sounds like "Breaking stone", but I tried it and it didn't work. I also tried "Breakingstone". Nothing. Now, I'm trying to get this message to play back, and it's tough, cause the line is busy a lot, and whenever I do get through, it just plays the normal message. I have only gotten Persephone's message to play twice. So, more updates will come when I figure out more information.

Lost...and The Hanso Foundation

So, I'm really into Lost, and last night, during a commercial, a commercial came on. This commercial gave a phone number, which is 1-877-HANSORG, or 1-877-426-7674. I tried it last night, but nothing worked. So, this morning, real early, I called it, and I got through. It gave options, the first being to learn about the foundation. The other 4 had to deal with people who work for Hanso Foundation.

And, for those of you who do not know, this is something called an ARG, an alternate-reality game. There have been a couple of large ones, the first being "The Beast", for A.I., the movie. The second was "The Haunted Apiary", mostly at the website www.ilovebees.com, for Halo 2. Now, ABC is having their go at an ARG.

So, I listened to the first option, and was given a website, www.thehansofoundation.org. From the looks of it, it seems like a foundation to better humanity, with hospitals, education, medicine, and stuff like that. Well, when surfing through this website, you will notice a few "quirks". Signing up for the newsletter, some crazy music starts playing, and the writing looks like it is being erased. Handwritten words appear on the screen, stating that whoever is writing is somebody named Persephone. This person then tells you for the password. Well, I don't know the password, but she does tell you that it can be found using the phone number given on the commercial advertisement. So, I'm kind of stuck, because I'm trying the phone number now, and it's always busy. So, maybe sometime I'll get through, and find out the password, and see what else happens to pop up.