That Being Said

Yesterday I wrote about inspiration for interesting novels, in that case I thought of a creating a thriller or mystery set in a dirigible. There really are so many much closer to home.

I was speaking to a co-worker today and he thought a novel that explores or re-imagines the Trayvon Martin tragedy would be worthwhile. We began to brainstorm some ideas.

Trayvon was actually casing a house on the way to his step-mother's and when confronted by Zimmerman, not wanting to go to jail with pot in his system, he starts fighting him and the gun shot occurs. 

Not too much there if you ask me. It's a bit less than fanciful. Could have actually happened that way if you ask many.

Zimmerman stages his own wounds after having murdered Trayvon Martin because he was bilking Trayvon's step-mother out of her social security checks and Trayvon was on the cusp of figuring him out. 

That's a tad better if you ask me. I've actually heard several callers to the local radio call in shows bring up the possibility of the staging of the wounds already, so again, not too mind expanding.

Zimmerman was sleeping with Trayvon's step-mother and Trayvon ran into them in flagrante dilicto as he came to the house. Zimmerman and the step-mother decide to keep it all quiet after the media fire-storm in unleashed. 

I like this a bit more. It's becoming more believably absurd and funky. But personally I like the one that includes the media.

The step-mother pays Zimmerman to kill Trayvon telling him that they will split the life insurance money, but in the media frenzy that builds up the racial differences, the mother must take a side against Zimmerman. During the court battle there is a second battle under the surface between Zimmerman still trying to get his half of the money without letting it out that they were in cahoots. 

In every case there would have to be a protagonist who is slowly uncovering the truth behind the murder and then trying to convince the others, those involved in the avalanche that the story produced, that what he has found out is true.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that so many stories are so many places, that just a bit of thought reveals dozens. Either that or I need to have more lunches with that co-worker.