To that, I laugh like a loon. Different? Different? The only thing that's different is that I'm writing it. I have so many cliches and well worn tropes that it's probably not funny any more. And the other stuff that might be original is questionable. Here's a list of stuff I am seriously considering putting into this year's Nano novel. Some of them might not make it into the draft. But then again, they might, too.
-Gothic castle, partially in ruins -Mysterious characters -Zombies -Ghosts -Vampires -Large stones dropping on characters' heads -Magically induced winters -Beethoven and his ear horn -A butler -Nuts -Insanity -Belly dancing -Necromancy -Lovecraftian beasties -People being locked up -Garden mazes -Greenhouses -Carnivorous plants -Banquet halls -Lavish costumes -Poisons -Curfews -Mistresses -Backstabbing relatives -Sword fights -Duels with pistols -Smackdowns with kitchen crockery -Somebody being fired out of a cannon -Lots of snow -Church crypts -Blood pacts -Beer, pretzels, and bratwurst -Arugula
Anyone else have any ideas I might put in a gothic fiction novel of questionable taste?
