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All of them are pretty 1984-esque, so I'll let you guys decide. The story is about a girl who gets sent to an uber-fundie boarding school.

First things first... what would the name of the school be? I've been having a hard time coming up with a name that will sound good.

Should the school be all-girl or co-ed?

And here's some endings:
1) Janie receives advice from the pastor, and goes to chapel on Easter Sunday. She converts back to Christianity for good.
2) Janie goes to chapel Easter Sunday after talking to the pastor. She pretends to convert and later reveals that she is still maltheist.
3) Janie converts for real, then when she comes home dies in a car accident.

Well?

I recommend that the name be "Winniport School for Girls", which obviously means that it would be an all-girls school.

I like the third ending best.

I recommend that the name be "Winniport School for Girls", which obviously means that it would be an all-girls school.

I like the third ending best.

Winniport? Why Winniport?

Winniport? Why Winniport?

1. It's pretentious.
2. It's stereotypically girly.
3. It's amusing to me. ;)

First things first... what would the name of the school be? I've been having a hard time coming up with a name that will sound good.

Should the school be all-girl or co-ed?

Grace Christian Boarding School for Young Women, or something like that. It has to have Christian in the name somewhere.

And here's some endings:
1) Janie receives advice from the pastor, and goes to chapel on Easter Sunday. She converts back to Christianity for good.
2) Janie goes to chapel Easter Sunday after talking to the pastor. She pretends to convert and later reveals that she is still maltheist.
3) Janie converts for real, then when she comes home dies in a car accident.

Well?

Not the best selection, but I'd go with 2.

All of them are pretty 1984-esque, so I'll let you guys decide. The story is about a girl who gets sent to an uber-fundie boarding school.

First things first... what would the name of the school be? I've been having a hard time coming up with a name that will sound good.

Should the school be all-girl or co-ed?

And here's some endings:
1) Janie receives advice from the pastor, and goes to chapel on Easter Sunday. She converts back to Christianity for good.
2) Janie goes to chapel Easter Sunday after talking to the pastor. She pretends to convert and later reveals that she is still maltheist.
3) Janie converts for real, then when she comes home dies in a car accident.

Well?

dont like 1 or 3 or 2 when it came to it
why not make her a Eutheism or dystheism

Sacred Heart School for Young Ladies

And I says option 3.

For chrissakes don't call your heroine Janie.

For chrissakes don't call your heroine Janie.

Why not? I like that name.

Sacred Heart School for Young Ladies

And I says option 3.

I like your school name best.

But option 3 seems kind of... I don't know... blunt. Or, perhaps... *goes into crazy author-thinking mode*

All of them are pretty 1984-esque, so I'll let you guys decide. The story is about a girl who gets sent to an uber-fundie boarding school.

First things first... what would the name of the school be? I've been having a hard time coming up with a name that will sound good.

Should the school be all-girl or co-ed?

It should be an all-girl school, that way you can emphasize the gender stereotypes fundamentalists would like to enforce.

And here's some endings:
1) Janie receives advice from the pastor, and goes to chapel on Easter Sunday. She converts back to Christianity for good.
2) Janie goes to chapel Easter Sunday after talking to the pastor. She pretends to convert and later reveals that she is still maltheist.
3) Janie converts for real, then when she comes home dies in a car accident.

Well?

I like the third ending. Make sure it's sudden and with no commentary added.

dont like 1 or 3 or 2 when it came to it
why not make her a Eutheism or dystheism

I could go with atheism.

Let's see, "maltheist". Does that mean she worships beer?

It should be an all-girl school, that way you can emphasize the gender stereotypes fundamentalists would like to enforce.



I like the third ending. Make sure it's sudden and with no commentary added.

Now that I think about it, the third ending is pretty good.... :)

Let's see, "maltheist". Does that mean she worships beer?

:p

Co-ed.

Dammerville Highschool.

Don't really like any of those endings.

I dunno, I have trouble taking a heroine named Janie seriously. If you're set on something dull, go with Jane. I like the second ending, becuase it says something about her character and the ambiguity of beliefs and such. The third one semms pretty random. If you want to use it make sure you know WHY you're using it - what are you trying to accomplish?

I'm partial to Vilescere as the name of the school.

I dunno, I have trouble taking a heroine named Janie seriously. If you're set on something dull, go with Jane. I like the second ending, becuase it says something about her character and the ambiguity of beliefs and such. The third one semms pretty random. If you want to use it make sure you know WHY you're using it - what are you trying to accomplish?

That's exactly why I liked that ending. The moral ambiguity. It isn't clear what the moral of the story is.

Sacred Heart School for Young Ladies

And I says option 3.

Ooo, good one. I'd change 'School' to 'Academy' though.

That's exactly why I liked that ending. The moral ambiguity. It isn't clear what the moral of the story is.

It's been done a million times - there's not much shock value or originality left. Being a bit more careful and deliberate would get a better end result. If the book contains themes or discourse domains that relate to sudden and meaningless death, you could make meaning out of it. But just killing off the main charachter for no reason, with no relevant prior material and no commentary after seems like a bit of a cop-out.

It's been done a million times - there's not much shock value or originality left. Being a bit more careful and deliberate would get a better end result. If the book contains themes or discourse domains that relate to sudden and meaningless death, you could make meaning out of it. But just killing off the main charachter for no reason, with no relevant prior material and no commentary after seems like a bit of a cop-out.

That it does. Yet another reason I like it. :)

It's been done a million times - there's not much shock value or originality left. Being a bit more careful and deliberate would get a better end result. If the book contains themes or discourse domains that relate to sudden and meaningless death, you could make meaning out of it. But just killing off the main charachter for no reason, with no relevant prior material and no commentary after seems like a bit of a cop-out.

Janie converts, and so gives her sould to JEsus when earlier in the story she didn't believe JEsus was the Son of God and hated God. She didn't really believe in heaven either so killing her off would kind of create a question of where she could go afterward.

That it does. Yet another reason I like it. :)

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That doesn't make any sense.

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That doesn't make any sense.

Hmm, I'm still pretty partial to the first ending though.

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That doesn't make any sense.

Indeed it doesn't. But I've made no claims to being sensible when it comes to literary preferences. ;)

What denomination of uber-fundie are we talking about? AoG? Southern Baptist? Lutheran? It all depends.

Or, if you are being generic, Holy Faith Girl's Academy or something like that.

All of them are pretty 1984-esque, so I'll let you guys decide. The story is about a girl who gets sent to an uber-fundie boarding school.

First things first... what would the name of the school be? I've been having a hard time coming up with a name that will sound good.

Should the school be all-girl or co-ed?

And here's some endings:
1) Janie receives advice from the pastor, and goes to chapel on Easter Sunday. She converts back to Christianity for good.
2) Janie goes to chapel Easter Sunday after talking to the pastor. She pretends to convert and later reveals that she is still maltheist.
3) Janie converts for real, then when she comes home dies in a car accident.

Well?

#2 has possibilities depending on how dystopian your story is.

Grace Christian Boarding School for Young Women, or something like that. It has to have Christian in the name somewhere.



Not the best selection, but I'd go with 2.

Great name.

dont like 1 or 3 or 2 when it came to it
why not make her a Eutheism or dystheism

What do Maltheism, Dystheism, and Eutheism entail, exactly? Which one you choose could be a big factor in determining how your story goes.

Sacred Heart School for Young Ladies

And I says option 3.

No, Sacred Heart sounds too Catholic. This is supposed to be a fundie school, right?

What denomination of uber-fundie are we talking about? AoG? Southern Baptist? Lutheran? It all depends.

Or, if you are being generic, Holy Faith Girl's Academy or something like that.

Baptist/Methodist. I like Sacred Heart better that Holy Faith.

What do Malthism, Dystheism, and Eutheism entail, exactly? Which one you choose could be a big factor in determining how your story goes.

Maltheism and Dystheism both state that God exists and he is evil, Eutheism states that God exists and he is good.

In addition, there are misotheists, who hate God.

Maltheism and Dystheism both state that God exists and he is evil, Eutheism states that God exists and he is good.

In addition, there are misotheists, who hate God.

if you still dont know heres a link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltheism

All girl school and option two

Maltheism and Dystheism both state that God exists and he is evil,

I thought that dystheism was when you though that god made the world and then got bored and fucked off.

All girl school and option two

Hmmm.... okay.

I thought that dystheism was when you though that god made the world and then got bored and fucked off.

Nope. It's dys- as in dystopia.

I think what you're talking about could be called apatheism or something like that...

All girl school and option two

all girl school that get some thinking

option two now sounds good to me

all girl school that get some thinking

option two now sounds good to me

Yeah, same here.