if i were to write a novel, itd probably end up being called slaughterhouse six
or slaughterhouse kevin
not sure
now before you think im just ripping vonnegut off, hear me out
actually, i think vonnegut ripped me off
his book is about dresden and aliens
they spend a single night in a slaughterhouse and oooooh slaughterhouse five, schlachthof-fünf, yeah yeah whatever
my novel would be much more fitting for the title as itd be about animals and killing them
you see, im not a peta nut, but i dont approve of the way most people get their meat
even if some things are exaggerated in videos, there is more than enough truth in them
i dont think the public knows exactly what their food goes through before they consume it
most people need to learn about what happen, and thats why i feel writing about it would be a good way to teach them

so lets discuss some of the details
for starters, i would pick a realistic genre
im sure thats not the name for it but what i mean by that is no aliens
no time travel
no mating in a zoo (human mating i should say)
i dont think there is room in my novel for that sort of thing
id prefer to keep readers interested by having a genuine concern for the characters
the message of the book shouldnt be buried under the plot of the novel
for that reason id keep it simple and real

for a main character, id probably do something like 1984
i liked how strong winston was even though he was eventually crushed
i think i could go down two routes with this book
on the one hand it might star a human working in a slaughterhouse
i think that itd really relate to readers and they could, along with the character, slowly care for the animals and all that
however, theres still the possibility of telling the story from an animals point of view
if i didnt get to pick between them, id probably do both
tolkeins classic the lord of the rings followed something like 534853 characters, so i think mine can flip flop between a couple
i dont think id have an antagonist
slaughterhouse five didnt really have one and i enjoyed it very much
other than weary and paul, it was hard to have negative feelings for any of the characters
my novel should make people feel bad about the message just as slaughterhouse five did
characters should not be the object of the readers negative emotions

lastly, theres plot
now this is going to sound pretty bad but i have no idea
there are so many avenues for which a plot could take
i dont think i could make my mind up unless i was seriously going to write the book
each time that i thought of a different idea for this post, i could think of a better one
was there a limit? i wondered
i suppose actually sitting down to write the novel would mean eventually id pick a plot
for this post though, i couldnt pick a plot and then post it
id feel like i was cheating the idea of a better plot
perhaps that makes sense
i think it does

so yeah




ps slaughterhouse kevin has a badass ring to it, i might use that as my alias when i take up wrestling or something

- jakevin