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So I've decided to get of my lazy ass and actually write something that's longer than 300 words for once. I've a couple of ideas in my head that I could work with, but I'd like to know what you guys think of it. Feel free to suggest anything else.

1. Vernius: Elteran. Same as my forum game, but as a CYOA. Set in a fantasy world, it's basically about a dude who gets dragged into a conspiracy involving the King of his country and his own mysterious backgrounds. To be honest I'm not very into this idea, and I'd rather use it for a forum game than a story.

2. Mutants as spies in the present world of today. A mysterious but powerful man with the alias 'Death' is trying to overtake the world with an army of mutants that act as normal people in the outside world. A small faction of mutants led by Death's rival 'X' works behind the scenes to foil Death's plans. The story revolves around one of these mutants, a girl by the name of Rickie, and her team.

3. The tragic life story of a young boy in his teenage years. The story contains alot of flashbacks, and will be very linear. Based on true incidents that occurred to someone I know.

3 is ruled out for linearity.

1 is ruled out because you should write using a idea that you're keen about.

So 2 if no one proposes anything else.

Hey nothing wrong with linearity if done well.

2 or 3.
2 Especially, if you decide to write it as a story instead of a CYOA.

I'd say not 1, as you really won't preform well if you don't want to do it

2 is my personal favorite, I like the whole idea of stealthy actions as opposed to invasions (I.E., most sci-fi storygames on the site . . . ). Though the handle 'X' is hardly original =P

3 also sounds good, I personally don't have a problem with linearity as long as it is written well, and real stories often are more interesting than fiction - it is so surprising that reality comes up with more interesting and crazy things than imagination

No to #1 because fantasy is done to death here, no to #3 because the same goes for 'tragic life stories'. It sounds like you've put the most thought into the other, so go ahead, do #2. (only don't call it #2 anymore because that makes it sound like you'll be crapping it out :P)

Thanks for the replies, but since I barely have enough time to write a single paragraph a day I've decided to leave #2 for another time and do #3 instead.