Thread:TheKillerCat/@comment-10950063-20140224195341/@comment-4832646-20140224213659

TheKillerCat wrote: I am not being lazy. Fine, I'll research and write a new story for "Smiling Lou", and then we will see how different it got.

No. Avoid the concept of Smiling Lou, kay? Just drop Smiling Lou. Smiling Lou isn't a good concept. I can't see a story that would be remotely different from the original.

Just come up with an entirely different story. Plotline, and outline it. Write out your concepts, then read them aloud to your self, and say "Does that sound right to me?" Compare it to other stories. Does it have the same concepts, designs, and formulas?

If it does, you need to change it, or possibly scrap the story completely. Smiling Lou would be an example.