Does this story idea have the potential to be a great story, or is it just blah-ick and unoriginal?

While thinking of an idea for a story, I remembered a idea I created about one or two years ago. I'd taken my dreams and written them down in a notebook, which then I'd try to develop them into sort-of-plots. Most of my dreams were just blah and were'nt very original, or I had forgotten most of them and only knew vague parts. The ones I did remember - well, most of them - were total duds. However, there was this one idea, that had stemmed from a dream, that I've sort of tinkered with and decided I might as well consider writing it out.

So, the man character will be a girl - thirteen - who develops the ability to Phase. This starts on the night of her thirteenth birthday, and it gets stronger as time goes on. She tries to keep this a secret, being as that she thinks she's going crazy, has doubts, and so on, but eventually she fades in front of her father/mother (not sure yet). She's thinking that she's having another 'episode', but then her father/mother reveals that well, he saw it too, and that she's not crazy, just developing special abilities.

Anyway, these people with 'special abilities' are what the people think are 'superheros' - superman, batman, the green lantern, those sort of heros. The inherited gene - or some genetical misshap or mutation - will cause these 'special abilities' to occur. I'm not sure what would originally cause this. Radiation, a expiremintal drug, maybe some science expirement gone wrong, I'll figure it out later.

Anyways, I do know this parent will have been some minor 'superhero'. Not Superman (Which was my first idea) or someone very well known. One with small powers.

I'm thinking there will be a special school for 'gifted' children. One that would be every day after school and train their 'powers' and such. You know, prepare them for a normal life and keeping their powers controled, while 'fighting crime' or helping the world in their own way sort of as a part-time job.

I do know that she'll go to the school, and that she'll either face a new enemy, some other enemy of her father's or such, or something else, such as an orginization, some world disaster, or maybe some other threat to the people or whatever.



1. Does it seem over-used, or sort of cliche? If so, what did?

2. What do you like or not like about it?

3. Any other suggestions to improve/ continue it?

4. Do you think I should change it to being a school/boarding school (maybe) that ends later then normal, and supplies them with normal studies as well as the abnormal?





Also, I had an idea of change while writing the plot/idea. How about that the 'school' sends out the older, more trained students sort of as spies? Like, to bring stuff, get information, or do something that the perosn's special abilities help them perform the task much more easily or that only they can do it? And they could be in legue with the CIA. Heck, then I would have to cross-out that whole 'offspring of superheros' thing. It would just have to be a genetic mutation.. or, I have another few ideas... Anyways, do you like it, or what?

Thanks in advance for answering my questions!~*Does this story idea have the potential to be a great story, or is it just blah-ick and unoriginal?
This idea seems interesting, but it has been done before. Who cares.

The number one thing you have to remember and accept if you want to be a writer is that there is nothing new under the sun. there is no such thing as an original idea.

the phase thing sounds pretty cool. :) the school you mentioned with these gifted children reminded me of X-men, or Harry Potter, or Push.....but like I said, there is nothing original, so, why not try it?

It's been done before, but it still is a good read. :)



good luck with your novel! :)Does this story idea have the potential to be a great story, or is it just blah-ick and unoriginal?
I think it is a very cliched idea, but if you write well and use original names and details, it should be okay.

But don't use the boarding school idea! That screams X-Men!!!

I like that it's the superhero/mutant/thing....?? idea.

That's very appealing X)
Ehhh good idea, But make it all your own. Try not to get any ideas from other books!



answer mine! thaanks



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