JEEVES AND WOOSTER: first notes for a story I'll never write.

[living-to-read.livejournal.com]

An idea is taking form in my head. It's not defined yet and it's doomed to remain in my head and never become a written story,since it's about Jeeves and Wooster
and if there's something that scares me more than trying to write in English,it's trying to write in English attempting to capture the style and the Humor of PG Wodehouse.

the story would be called JEEVES AND THE WEDDING BELLS and would be narrated, as usual,by Bertie.
It would start with Bertie in front of the altar, smiling fondly while the wedding march play in the background and the spouse walks toward him.
In the first rows there would be all Bertie's aunts beaming, especially Aunt Agatha, and his cousins and friends betting about whenandhow he's going to escape (and it's Aunt dahlia who keeps the book on it)
Truth be told Bertie feels jittery but while looking at the bride,he exchanges a furtive glance at Jeeves,who nods approvingly and immediately he feels better.
He can't help but notice that his future wife do the same with Mrs Jeeves and after that her smile becomes a bit less formal.
Seeing he's introduced Mrs Jeeves he realizes he started to tell the story from the middle and decides to go back and start from the beginning.
It all started some months ago when, during a cruise in the Mediterranean sea,He and Jeeves met accidentally the future Mrs Wooster and her maid, the future Mrs. Jeeves...

Despite its appearance, this story would be 100% Jeeves/Wooster and turn several times into situations labeled NC17 (or as close to NC17 as writing pretending to be Bertie would allow).

You know,I've seen writers looking for beta readers and editor several times, and i can't help wonder if it may works the other way around ^__^

Comments

[derien.livejournal.com]

I like the idea in some ways. It would have to be carefully written (and therefore probably long), because it would be very easy for it to fall into Mary Sue.

But, Bobby Wickham! She could engage a lady's maid... hm. eor suggested her, and then said, "but she might be loath to give up the ability to extort favors from the members of the other sex." I don't know, she might still be able to do so, even if she were (ostensibly) married.

[living-to-read.livejournal.com]

yeah... there's the risk to fall into Mary Sue, that's why I'mgonna work a lot more on the details, before trying to write it for real.
My Idea is to find a mittle european rich widow who's sharing with her maid the kind of bond Jeeves and Wooster share (with the difference that she's already moved to the next step... ). For some reason she needs to get married again and soon and her maid, who's the brain of duo, spot the right candidate after studying Bertie and Jeeves .
I think it's possible to avoid the Mary Sue keeping the focus always on Bertie and Jeeves...
It'll take a while to define the whole thing, and I wouldn't sayno to help ^__^

[derien.livejournal.com]

"Mittle" - does that mean 'middle' with a Germanic flavor to it? A German, Swiss, Dutch, Belgian or somethingish widow? Because, I was thinking, if you're from Italy you could more comfortably write her as Italian... possibly?

[little-goblin.livejournal.com]

Just yay for Jeeves getting laid!! I think the ladies maid should be a witty Irish girl. (Of course, being dark Irish, I want every female lead to be Irish. Very vain, really.) And if they can't get Helena Bonham Carter to do the accent, I can play her in the BBC movie.

Ah, Stephen! (swoon)

Thanks for the fantasies.

[purple-bat.livejournal.com]

Truth be told Bertie feels jittery but while looking at the bride,he exchanges a furtive glance at Jeeves,who nods approvingly and immediately he feels better.

That is so sweet!