Marriage, Babies, _______

[soleft]

What comes next? I'm having musings about writing a trilogy. One deals with a marriage. One deals with child birth. What should the third one deal with? I'm thinking death. How do you fill in the blank?

[Gormy Cuss]

1. Fledging the children.

Everybody does death. I think it would be far more interesting to take the characters through the period of raising children to the point of the offspring's own marriageable state.

[soleft]

2. Kind of like Father of the Bride?

The Spencer Tracy one, not Steve Martin. Tho I like Steve Martin.

[Gormy Cuss]

5. Yes.

But that wasn't from a trilogy was it? I think it would an interesting and less typical circle from marriage to marriage rather than marriage to death.

[soleft]

8. Cool. Thanks.

[Fire Walk With Me]

3. Definitely death. Logical progression.

Metro, boulot, dodo. Birth, school, work, death.

[soleft]

4. you made me google

[Fire Walk With Me]

6. Sorry. I'm an 80's child, and still love the Taxxi song "Metro Boulot Dodo".

Not on youtube :(

The Godfathers did "birth school work death".

[soleft]

7. aren't taxes supposed to be in there somewhere?

[Fire Walk With Me]

23. Nah, too depressing.

;)

[BarenakedLady]

9. Divorce?

Empty nest?

Twilight years?

[soleft]

15. Kind of like a gay On Golden Pond

Has there been a gay On Golden Pond?

[BarenakedLady]

17. I'm thinking not.

But it's about damn time! Heh.

"You are my knight in shining armor. And don't you ever forget it!"









I'm a bit of a Katharine Hepburn fan.

[soleft]

20. Did you like Cate Blanchett's performance in Aviator?

I thought it was brilliant.

[BarenakedLady]

22. I only so a bit of it.

She nailed it pretty good though.

[supernova]

10. Grandparenthood

should probably come before death. If you are talking about lifecycles.

People live much longer now and don't just work and then die. They have whole other "Second Acts" to their lives.

[soleft]

11. could be dramatic for someone not ready for it

I know I would freak out if I'm a grandmother before 50

[zingaro]

12. drooling twitching insanity? nt

[soleft]

16. That might lend itself well more to film I think

[China_cat]

13. Marriage, babies, insanity

then death.

Remember? Insanity is inherited. You get it from your kids.

[soleft]

18. I think insansity probably exists at all stages

to varying degrees.

[China_cat]

38. but never so much as when kids occupy your space.

[Burma Jones]

14. More Fucking Babies.....RIGHT FUCKING NOW

Or perhaps: Marriage, Babies, Affair

[soleft]

19. The affair is going to be in the part with the babies

[Burma Jones]

21. So Sad.........

If I had wandered while the kids were in diapers, I would have been shot, stabbed and then smothered with a pillow......

[soleft]

25. Before diapers - in utero.

But there's a twist.

[LibertyLover]

24. I may be a pessimist

but my first thought was the ending of marriage. Depending on the number of characters you are thinking of including, that ending could be handled in a number of ways - divorce and then possibly re-marriage (out of endings come new beginnings) or death and how that is handled.

[soleft]

26. I don't think that makes you a pessimist

Want to know something sad though.

When I used to think of people losing their spouses and partners, the thing that used to cheer me was thinking that it didn't mean never loving again. That people could meet new partners after losing the love of their life and find happiness again.

And the example I always looked to - Paul McCartney.

;(

[Ellen Forradalom]

27. Bills.

[soleft]

33. They don't just come at the end tho

Wish they did. WOuldn't that be great? Put it on a credit card, leave a nice tip...

[qb]

28. Gay Sex

Just my experience... probably not a lot of universal appeal, however.

[soleft]

29. That happens at the wedding actually

[qb]

31. Well...

if it had happened at mine things would likely have turned out a lot differently
:rofl:

[soleft]

34. Me too!

[Jimbo S]

30. Suicide.

[soleft]

35. Um...I forgot to mention

Probably going to be comedies.

[Iris]

32. Letting go of the babies?

[soleft]

36. Definitely would be something I could relate to

Seeing as I have an 18 year old and all.

[Iris]

37. yep

there's still a lot more life before death after babies.

[ScreamingMeemie]

39. Death definitely...

but then, I'm in a bleak mood.

I guess you could do Aging...Widowhood...Empty Nest...Retirement... but, for me, it's death.

[Oeditpus Rex]

40. Marriage, babies, marriage, babies

Go together like a dog and rabies...

[BlueIris]

41. Self-discovery.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

42. Life after children

[Tektonik]

43. Divorce then marry someone else with kids

[Book Lover]

44. May I give you unasked-for editorial advice?

Marriage = many decades; childbirth = 9 months. I wouldn't call these parallel in terms of content for a novel, unless you are writing about a 9-month-old marriage. I'd address equalizing the themes first, then come up with your third one.

[flvegan]

45. If it's a trilogy, then death should close it out.

[texas1928]

46. Mid-life crisis... and empty nest ing it.

[Taverner]

47. Death of ones parents

Not that well publicized, but it is the final nail that tells you "you're on your own, bud"