I have always been in love with the idea of a blood vendetta, so this seems to permeate my writings. My question has this been used too much to be effective. I have put my own spin on it, but we've all seen The Boondock Saints, Dirty Harry, The Unforgiven,etc. I've been writing a Screen Play, based on a Mafioso Vendetta and how far a person will bend under pressure, but will this be too trite, anyone???
Posted by wbriggs (Member # 2267) on :
I suppose you can make anything new, but you'd be going uphill with me, since vendettas are so far from anything I can imagine doing.
However, "how far someone will bend under pressure" is interesting. What if I were torn between loyalty to the Family and a disgust at what they were doing? That might hook me, if I thought the Family deserved loyalty.
Posted by pantros (Member # 3237) on :
A vendetta is a fine setting point.
It's not overdone in the right genre.
Posted by pooka (Member # 1738) on :
To know how far not to go, check out "Next of Kin" (1998) which is Appalachian family feud meets Chicago mob.
Posted by Survivor (Member # 213) on :
I've always felt that the right to pursue Vendetta ought to be in the Constitution.
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
I have grudges against certain people over the years going back to grade school. But I haven't had any opportunity to exercise a vendetta against any of them. And only one involves an entire family, only because more than one of them were involved in the incidents to begin with...
Posted by Ezekiel (Member # 3264) on :
I've been toying with this vendetta in a Sci-fi setting, how does that sound? Posted by pantros (Member # 3237) on :
Sounds to me like you lack self confidence as a writer.
Rely less on what other people think of your ideas and rely more on yourself to make your ideas work.
