How to write an OC Story
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Disclaimer: I do not own the X-Men. The rights to the X-Men are owned by Marvel and Fox. I do, however, own a very cute goldfish. Unfortunately, she died. WHY ME? I do not own these characters. These characters are the result of a imaginationless generation of writers. I do own the name Justin®, though. If you want to use that name in a story, or if it is your name, just ask me for permission. Actually, I don't, but I wanted to use the ® symbol in this story to - er... make it look cool®.
One fine day...
Justin®, MH & ML were sitting together, looking at the latest news on the 'mutant problem' or the 'mutant generation' or 'mutancy®' (which isn't a word, but everyone seems to use it). They had a big discussion on the subject of mutants. MH said: "I think that mutants are evil and should be eradicated from the face of the earth!" ML said: "I think that mutants are sad, unhappy and mistreated people who ought to be comforted and celebrated!"
Justin® said that he didn't really have an opinion on the subject. More dialogue about something else, like football or the movies, and there ends the paragraph/introduction/prologue/story.
A few years/seasons/months/days/hours/minutes/seconds later...
"OH MY GOSH!" said Justin®! He had just discovered that he was a mutant with the ability to (insert cool power or lame power here). His friend, MH, said: "YOU EVIL *****! I CAN'T BELIEVE I TRUSTED YOU!" and either ran away or violently tried to kill Justin®. Now somewhere here, he finds out about a school in New York where mutants can live in peace. Perhaps he found that out from ML, who did lots of research on mutants, and might confess that he/she was also a mutant. Maybe, like most OC's of this type, he found it in the phone book, where he suddenly thought - "A school for the GIFTED! Even though there are thousands of schools like that, this must be the one I'm looking for!"
Either way, he made an impossible trek to - well, you should know, unless this is the first OC story you've read. The point being, he reached Xavier's School for the Gifted®, where he was accepted instantly.
So begins an over-happy story. Maybe a few chapters to him falling in love with someone (probably an OC, Kurt, or Kitty) and finding out that this person was already in love with someone else (or something else). The point being, he wasted about a chapter on tales of heartbreak, and another on healing his 'wounds'.
Um... insert a surprise appearence by Magneto, Stryker, or an obscure cult. Justin, naturally, makes an amazing fight sequence. Someone gets kidnapped. The others go off to save that person, and suceed, or fail horribly.
Back at Xavier's®, there was a lot of socialising and over-use of powers. School stuff, love stuff, friend stuff. Insert a few chapters on this here.
Um... insert a surprise appearence by Magneto, Stryker, or an obscure cult. Justin, naturally, makes an amazing fight sequence. Someone gets kidnapped. The others go off to save that person, and suceed, or fail horribly.
Back at Xavier's®, there was a lot of socialising and over-use of powers. School stuff, love stuff, friend stuff. Insert a few chapters on this here.
Um... insert a surprise appearence by Magneto, Stryker, or an obscure cult. Justin, naturally, makes an amazing fight sequence. Someone gets kidnapped. The others go off to save that person, and suceed, or fail horribly.
If you've worked out the pattern to this by now, you can continue to follow a standard story format. If your time has been wasted with this OC fic, go on from here, where Justin meets up with the main bad guy, and is threatened.
Maybe someone gets kidnapped again. Anyway, the X-Men®, including Justin, end up somewhere very cool to battle the bad guys for the FINAL TIME! Somewhere like:
a) Stryker's old military base
b) Xavier's school, very war-torn
c) A mountain peak
d) The Danger Room
e) The top of a very high building
f) Car/plane/boat/bike/ski/hang-glider chase?
g) The White House
h) A very remote place
Or... if you feel VERY creative...
i) An ORIGINAL® place
Evil villain gets killed, naturally. "Good on you, Justin!" Lots of celebration, and the story ends happily - unless someone died. In which case it ends with the main characters in mourning.
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Disclaimer: I do not own the X-Men. The rights to the X-Men are owned by Marvel and Fox. I do, however, own a very cute goldfish. Unfortunately, she died. WHY ME? I do not own these characters. These characters are the result of a imaginationless generation of writers. I do own the name Justin®, though. If you want to use that name in a story, or if it is your name, just ask me for permission. Actually, I don't, but I wanted to use the ® symbol in this story to - er... make it look cool®.
One fine day...
Justin®, MH & ML were sitting together, looking at the latest news on the 'mutant problem' or the 'mutant generation' or 'mutancy®' (which isn't a word, but everyone seems to use it). They had a big discussion on the subject of mutants. MH said: "I think that mutants are evil and should be eradicated from the face of the earth!" ML said: "I think that mutants are sad, unhappy and mistreated people who ought to be comforted and celebrated!"
Justin® said that he didn't really have an opinion on the subject. More dialogue about something else, like football or the movies, and there ends the paragraph/introduction/prologue/story.
A few years/seasons/months/days/hours/minutes/seconds later...
"OH MY GOSH!" said Justin®! He had just discovered that he was a mutant with the ability to (insert cool power or lame power here). His friend, MH, said: "YOU EVIL *****! I CAN'T BELIEVE I TRUSTED YOU!" and either ran away or violently tried to kill Justin®. Now somewhere here, he finds out about a school in New York where mutants can live in peace. Perhaps he found that out from ML, who did lots of research on mutants, and might confess that he/she was also a mutant. Maybe, like most OC's of this type, he found it in the phone book, where he suddenly thought - "A school for the GIFTED! Even though there are thousands of schools like that, this must be the one I'm looking for!"
Either way, he made an impossible trek to - well, you should know, unless this is the first OC story you've read. The point being, he reached Xavier's School for the Gifted®, where he was accepted instantly.
So begins an over-happy story. Maybe a few chapters to him falling in love with someone (probably an OC, Kurt, or Kitty) and finding out that this person was already in love with someone else (or something else). The point being, he wasted about a chapter on tales of heartbreak, and another on healing his 'wounds'.
Um... insert a surprise appearence by Magneto, Stryker, or an obscure cult. Justin, naturally, makes an amazing fight sequence. Someone gets kidnapped. The others go off to save that person, and suceed, or fail horribly.
Back at Xavier's®, there was a lot of socialising and over-use of powers. School stuff, love stuff, friend stuff. Insert a few chapters on this here.
Um... insert a surprise appearence by Magneto, Stryker, or an obscure cult. Justin, naturally, makes an amazing fight sequence. Someone gets kidnapped. The others go off to save that person, and suceed, or fail horribly.
Back at Xavier's®, there was a lot of socialising and over-use of powers. School stuff, love stuff, friend stuff. Insert a few chapters on this here.
Um... insert a surprise appearence by Magneto, Stryker, or an obscure cult. Justin, naturally, makes an amazing fight sequence. Someone gets kidnapped. The others go off to save that person, and suceed, or fail horribly.
If you've worked out the pattern to this by now, you can continue to follow a standard story format. If your time has been wasted with this OC fic, go on from here, where Justin meets up with the main bad guy, and is threatened.
Maybe someone gets kidnapped again. Anyway, the X-Men®, including Justin, end up somewhere very cool to battle the bad guys for the FINAL TIME! Somewhere like:
a) Stryker's old military base
b) Xavier's school, very war-torn
c) A mountain peak
d) The Danger Room
e) The top of a very high building
f) Car/plane/boat/bike/ski/hang-glider chase?
g) The White House
h) A very remote place
Or... if you feel VERY creative...
i) An ORIGINAL® place
Evil villain gets killed, naturally. "Good on you, Justin!" Lots of celebration, and the story ends happily - unless someone died. In which case it ends with the main characters in mourning.