Going High Concept

I have had a revelation. No more of this proper writing stuff. You know the thing. You work and work and work at being completely original, with great plots, fantastic ideas, fascinating, surprising characters, and writing that would make poets eat their own quills with jealousy.

Well, no more! Next time around, I am going high-concept. You know the kind of thing: “It’s J.K. Rowling meets James Joyce!” or “It’s Philip Roth meets Enid Blyton”. That kind of thing. No more having to come up with my own ideas. Just take two random ideas and stick ’em together.

Here are my high-concept ideas:

Adam Blade (Beast Quest) meets Daisy Meadows (Rainbow Magic) – Rainbow Beasts

A twelve year old farm boy is chosen to go on a quest to slay (or possibly collect) terrible beasts in all colours of the rainbow, in order to save The Land from a terrible but unspecified doom.

Rick Riordan (The Lightning Thief) meets Meg Cabot (The Princess Diaries) – The Princess Thief

A twelve year old boy (there’s a theme here) discovers he is a princess when one of his teachers suddenly turns into a monster and attacks him with a magical tiara. He is forced to flee to princess school. Or whatever. Losing the will to live…

A. A. Milne (Winnie the Pooh) meets Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games) – Poo(h) Games

Okay. I’m stopping now.

So. Which would you read, and what’s your high-concept idea?