Okay, so... I think I need a little help with this Daredevil story that I’ve been trying to finish for the better part of a month (not actually written for a prompt, so I hope that’s okay—and btw, it’s gen). I’m just not getting anywhere with it. Would be great if I could just throw ideas back and forth with you guys. I’m currently at around 13,000 words, so it’s already pretty long and involved, but I just can’t figure out how to make the plot fall into place. Let me try to summarize what I’ve done so far.
It starts off right in the middle of a fight where Daredevil is being attacked. Matt isn’t sure by whom, but it doesn’t seem like Fisk or any organized or professional crime gang. He comes out of it with a sprained ankle (cue some Foggy-related h/c, cause, yeah, that’s just my thing).
From something that one of the attackers said to Matt during the fight, Matt suspects it might have been some kind of anti-Daredevil attack. You know, people who don’t like what he’s doing and are trying to get him.
Foggy starts investigating, and actually finds something online. There’s a Daredevil haters group that is getting organized (I ended up calling them “Retributionists”). To find out what they’re trying to do, Foggy goes to one of their meetings and Matt listens in from a rooftop nearby.
There’s a guy called Zack rallying people to stop Daredevil and his self-justice machinations. They have kind of a strike team, and now ask people to build a type of neighborhood watch system in Hell’s Kitchen so that people can alert the strike team to corner Matt when he’s out for his next prowl. (Homeless Network, anyone?)
Foggy and Matt are appalled, and try to think of ways how to stop it. They get Karen involved as well, but obviously don’t tell her that Matt is Daredevil.
Of course Matt just wants to butt in head-first and take these guys on. (You know, like you do when you’re frickin’ Daredevil.) Foggy thinks that’s a terrible idea. They fight. They make up. They still don’t really know how to go about it.
A few days later, Matt is out and about again as Daredevil, and listens in to a crime. A young woman is being assaulted, and he rescues her from the throes of three thugs. They flee before he can do serious damage, and he may just have saved the girl (about 20-ish) from impending sexual assault with a twist, because it turns out she’s also blind.
Matt gets her to safety (her father comes pick her up) without exposing himself. The girl doesn’t realize that he’s blind, and he doesn’t tell her. She does realize he’s Daredevil, though, and her reaction when she finds out is reluctant, because she’s heard stories that he’s not a good guy. Matt eventually wins her over, but there isn’t that much interaction.
The next day, Matt tells Foggy about what happened the previous night, and that he wants to ask Brett to let them know if the girl presses charges, because he wants Nelson & Murdock to represent her. She does, and the girl (Kiera) ends up in the N&M offices with her father. Who turns out to be Zack, the Retributionists guy. Thankfully, neither Kiera nor her father recognize Foggy from the meeting or Matt as Daredevil.
They have a first, initial meeting, and they think that this can work in their favor, because maybe the attack makes Zack realize that Daredevil isn’t the kind of guy who needs to be punished and exposed.
And that’s kinda where I’m stuck now, because suddenly it all feels a little predictable and trite, and I’m not all that sure what to write next and how to wrap it up. I’m also happy to share what I’ve written so far if anyone would like to read it in more detail.
So..... any thoughts? Ideas? Or is this a terrible storyline and I should just trash the whole thing and move on to something different?
Would love some advice on a gen story I'm writing
It starts off right in the middle of a fight where Daredevil is being attacked. Matt isn’t sure by whom, but it doesn’t seem like Fisk or any organized or professional crime gang. He comes out of it with a sprained ankle (cue some Foggy-related h/c, cause, yeah, that’s just my thing).
From something that one of the attackers said to Matt during the fight, Matt suspects it might have been some kind of anti-Daredevil attack. You know, people who don’t like what he’s doing and are trying to get him.
Foggy starts investigating, and actually finds something online. There’s a Daredevil haters group that is getting organized (I ended up calling them “Retributionists”). To find out what they’re trying to do, Foggy goes to one of their meetings and Matt listens in from a rooftop nearby.
There’s a guy called Zack rallying people to stop Daredevil and his self-justice machinations. They have kind of a strike team, and now ask people to build a type of neighborhood watch system in Hell’s Kitchen so that people can alert the strike team to corner Matt when he’s out for his next prowl. (Homeless Network, anyone?)
Foggy and Matt are appalled, and try to think of ways how to stop it. They get Karen involved as well, but obviously don’t tell her that Matt is Daredevil.
Of course Matt just wants to butt in head-first and take these guys on. (You know, like you do when you’re frickin’ Daredevil.) Foggy thinks that’s a terrible idea. They fight. They make up. They still don’t really know how to go about it.
A few days later, Matt is out and about again as Daredevil, and listens in to a crime. A young woman is being assaulted, and he rescues her from the throes of three thugs. They flee before he can do serious damage, and he may just have saved the girl (about 20-ish) from impending sexual assault with a twist, because it turns out she’s also blind.
Matt gets her to safety (her father comes pick her up) without exposing himself. The girl doesn’t realize that he’s blind, and he doesn’t tell her. She does realize he’s Daredevil, though, and her reaction when she finds out is reluctant, because she’s heard stories that he’s not a good guy. Matt eventually wins her over, but there isn’t that much interaction.
The next day, Matt tells Foggy about what happened the previous night, and that he wants to ask Brett to let them know if the girl presses charges, because he wants Nelson & Murdock to represent her. She does, and the girl (Kiera) ends up in the N&M offices with her father. Who turns out to be Zack, the Retributionists guy. Thankfully, neither Kiera nor her father recognize Foggy from the meeting or Matt as Daredevil.
They have a first, initial meeting, and they think that this can work in their favor, because maybe the attack makes Zack realize that Daredevil isn’t the kind of guy who needs to be punished and exposed.
And that’s kinda where I’m stuck now, because suddenly it all feels a little predictable and trite, and I’m not all that sure what to write next and how to wrap it up. I’m also happy to share what I’ve written so far if anyone would like to read it in more detail.
So..... any thoughts? Ideas? Or is this a terrible storyline and I should just trash the whole thing and move on to something different?