Forum: Story Ideas

Hi there. I have a page full of story concept ideas, and I am building out one idea to something in the 3 dozen chapter size. It's basically the bachelor meets seeking sister wife. A poly-style narrative.

I have 1- to 2-line descriptions of most of the chapters and have developed longer summaries of the first half of the story.

2 questions.

With the nature of the show, adding intimate relations can't happen until later in the plot, so a slow burn, which I am ok with.

Question 1. Is a slow burn a barricade to readership?

I'm crafting the central characters and building the plot, and I like how the story is developing. However, I've posted the summary and several early chapter descriptions into Copilot (yes, I know) for suggestions based on the TV series. Now, I have suggested production notes, camera angles, confessional dialogue, and Host narration.

Question 2 - Should I write this as straight narration, a screen play-ish, or something of a hybrid(which I have to decide how much of either shows up)

I should should probably cros post this in th author forum

A 'slow burn' is not a barricade to a relationship, it's simply a story type or theme. A good example is the 'unlikely relationship', where two opposites bicker and fight before eventually realizing they deeply care for each other.

Thus a story burn is simply another way of telling a story, where an author typically defines what the protagonist's normal life is, before the stories initial 'instigating event' upends their life, creating the central story conflict, which drives the story. Thus, once the central conflict is resolved, they can again resume their regular lives.

Some stories, like action adventures, start fast and progress rapidly, creating a 'page-turner', while a slow-burn starts slow, first establishing itself, before the preliminary instigating event.