Auria Nox
If this is still active, I would love to hear a bit of feedback for this little story idea I had last night:
The story opens with a letter from the Author to the Reader in a prologue. The letter tells the Reader about a certain narrator who has a serious late habit, and explains that the following story was made to confuse them as punishment.
Chapter 1 then begins with some kind of heated argument between the two main characters (let's say a blonde and a burnette, for simplicity). The narrator begins to speak, but is clearly at a loss of what's going on. He/She has no idea which character is the hero or villain, nor the genre of story they are supposed to be telling. The Narrator must use context clues to figure out what is going on to do their job properly. However, just when they have a hold of the situation, some new details pops up out of the blue, forcing the Narrator to change their approach.
(For instance, not knowing which character is good or evil, the Narrator is forced to describe them and their actions equally and without bias for the most part. Or if the story opened in a suburban park and the argument was between two females talking about a boy, the narrator would start describing it in a sort of romantic/drama voice. But at the end of the scene, some cliche definitely not found in the genre [creepy phone call, giant robot, magic wizard, etc..] pops up and the Narrator has to just roll with it.)
The whole thing would be riddled with crazy cliche's and increasingly frustrated inner monologue from the Narrator, including, but not limited to a fourth-wall break asking the reader what the heck is going on, only to realize it was a book and the reader would not even see this question until it was printed.
Then, the sequel could be something along the lines of the narrator finding out about the "punishment," and the reader's being in on it, and creating a whole new story just to mess with the reader and/or author figure. As in, saying things to go directly against the intentions of the author at random. A.K.A.: "The knight had finally reached the top of the mountain to rescue the princess-" {Narrator begins smiling in vengeful glee} "-AND TRIPS AND FALLS BACK DOWN THE RIDGE FROM WHENCE HE CAME...... TWICE!"
I just came up with this idea, so it is very nebulous at the moment, but any ideas as to various, fun plot points, or devices which can be used to keep the Readers themselves from becoming COMPLETELY lost, would be greatly appreciated!
