How to write an OC Story
Disclaimer: I could probably copy an unfunny disclaimer from one of many other stories. But I won't, as I want to make myself different from... just about everyone who writes an OC story.
The story begins with us learning about the character Amelia, who is doing something apparently normal. A few hundred paragraphs in, we find out that Amelia, who has been the subject of the first three thousand words in a story submitted in the X-Men: The Movie subcategory, is actually a mutant! (In theory, the readers aren't supposed to see this coming.) Amelia has known this for a while (anything from 1 second to 1 millenium), and is skilled at hiding her mutant powers. But, unfortunately, she is not skilled enough to avoid being caught out as a mutant by an innocent bystander about two blocks away who happens to glance at Amelia for half a second. So Amelia is suddenly on the run, and it seems as if nobody can help her now.
Except, possibly, the same group of individuals who always end up taking in muntants who are in trouble. But you aren't supposed to realise that, so forget I mentioned it.
Meanwhile, in New York, in a secret facility for mutants which a great deal of OC's seem to know about, despite the whole super powerful security thing, some people are talking. These people happen to include Charles Xavier, and a few other adults. Professor Xavier has discovered a mutant in trouble! Coincidentally, it happens to be Amelia. Remember her? We were just getting bored to death with information about her life. Yes, that Amelia.
Anyway, Professor Xavier decides that the X-Men ought to cross the world to pick up a single mutant, when they could be helping the dying kid in the next room. So he sends out a team, and they get into the jet. In the jet, the X-Men talk about things completely unrelated to the story. This goes on for a while, until I, the author, decide that I can't think of any more jokes I can make about Kurt's tail. The jet lands.
Next to the jet, Amelia, despite her amazing powers which are really very awesome, is being beaten up by a couple of kids five years her junior. On the verge of death, she is suddenly (and surprisingly) rescued by the X-Men!
It only takes two sentences to describe how Amelia suddenly finds out about the existence of the X-Men. When this happens, the rest of the paragraph is dedicated to pointless rubbish which would improve the story a lot if the author thought of cutting it out. Unfortunately, the author doesn't, so now I will entertain you with a description of Amelia's amazing powers. Amelia has mutant powers, meaning that she is a mutant, which we already know, but will enforce so that stupid people (for example, the author) don't forget. Her mutant powers involve being able to do amazing things that a person who wasn't a mutant would not have been able to do. These mutant powers greatly impress the rest of the X-Men, who decide that Amelia should be taken seriously. By everyone. Including story writers.
Meanwhile, an evil villain formulates a plan for world domination involving kidnapping Amelia and getting badly beaten by the X-Men.
Amelia goes on a personal journey discovering the truths about life. Annoyingly, she has to take breaks to start a social life. But all in all, she is happy. Which means that something needs to happen to her to prevent the story from becoming boring. So Amelia is suddenly kidnapped by the evil villain!
The X-Men decide that they care about the new kid enough to mount a rescue mission involving vivid fight scenes and a dramatic downfall for the evil villain. Although slightly shaken, Amelia is fine. The villian is not actually killed, despite what the X-Men may think.
Amelia continues on her personal journey. On the way, she discovers the secret of eternal life, the fire spirit, the meaning of life, Nirvana, and the path to world peace. Even more importantly, she discovers that her father is actually the evil villain! Horrified, she explains to the X-Men that they have killed her father. The X-Men ignore her, as they are busy discussing far more important matters (for example, why every student who comes through the school ends up happy and satisfied). So now Amelia must avenge the death of her father. To do this, she plots to kill Charles Xavier. Just as she is about to kill him, she suddenly realises (due to some sort of super-sentimental father-daughter bond) that her father, the evil villain, is still alive. She realises that while she was thinking this, she has accidentally killed herself. Her last thoughts are sentimental, something along the lines of "This is all my fault", or "Now why didn't I use that immortality thing when I found out about it?".
THE UNUSUALLY BUT STILL RATHER LAME SAD END
Disclaimer: I could probably copy an unfunny disclaimer from one of many other stories. But I won't, as I want to make myself different from... just about everyone who writes an OC story.
The story begins with us learning about the character Amelia, who is doing something apparently normal. A few hundred paragraphs in, we find out that Amelia, who has been the subject of the first three thousand words in a story submitted in the X-Men: The Movie subcategory, is actually a mutant! (In theory, the readers aren't supposed to see this coming.) Amelia has known this for a while (anything from 1 second to 1 millenium), and is skilled at hiding her mutant powers. But, unfortunately, she is not skilled enough to avoid being caught out as a mutant by an innocent bystander about two blocks away who happens to glance at Amelia for half a second. So Amelia is suddenly on the run, and it seems as if nobody can help her now.
Except, possibly, the same group of individuals who always end up taking in muntants who are in trouble. But you aren't supposed to realise that, so forget I mentioned it.
Meanwhile, in New York, in a secret facility for mutants which a great deal of OC's seem to know about, despite the whole super powerful security thing, some people are talking. These people happen to include Charles Xavier, and a few other adults. Professor Xavier has discovered a mutant in trouble! Coincidentally, it happens to be Amelia. Remember her? We were just getting bored to death with information about her life. Yes, that Amelia.
Anyway, Professor Xavier decides that the X-Men ought to cross the world to pick up a single mutant, when they could be helping the dying kid in the next room. So he sends out a team, and they get into the jet. In the jet, the X-Men talk about things completely unrelated to the story. This goes on for a while, until I, the author, decide that I can't think of any more jokes I can make about Kurt's tail. The jet lands.
Next to the jet, Amelia, despite her amazing powers which are really very awesome, is being beaten up by a couple of kids five years her junior. On the verge of death, she is suddenly (and surprisingly) rescued by the X-Men!
It only takes two sentences to describe how Amelia suddenly finds out about the existence of the X-Men. When this happens, the rest of the paragraph is dedicated to pointless rubbish which would improve the story a lot if the author thought of cutting it out. Unfortunately, the author doesn't, so now I will entertain you with a description of Amelia's amazing powers. Amelia has mutant powers, meaning that she is a mutant, which we already know, but will enforce so that stupid people (for example, the author) don't forget. Her mutant powers involve being able to do amazing things that a person who wasn't a mutant would not have been able to do. These mutant powers greatly impress the rest of the X-Men, who decide that Amelia should be taken seriously. By everyone. Including story writers.
Meanwhile, an evil villain formulates a plan for world domination involving kidnapping Amelia and getting badly beaten by the X-Men.
Amelia goes on a personal journey discovering the truths about life. Annoyingly, she has to take breaks to start a social life. But all in all, she is happy. Which means that something needs to happen to her to prevent the story from becoming boring. So Amelia is suddenly kidnapped by the evil villain!
The X-Men decide that they care about the new kid enough to mount a rescue mission involving vivid fight scenes and a dramatic downfall for the evil villain. Although slightly shaken, Amelia is fine. The villian is not actually killed, despite what the X-Men may think.
Amelia continues on her personal journey. On the way, she discovers the secret of eternal life, the fire spirit, the meaning of life, Nirvana, and the path to world peace. Even more importantly, she discovers that her father is actually the evil villain! Horrified, she explains to the X-Men that they have killed her father. The X-Men ignore her, as they are busy discussing far more important matters (for example, why every student who comes through the school ends up happy and satisfied). So now Amelia must avenge the death of her father. To do this, she plots to kill Charles Xavier. Just as she is about to kill him, she suddenly realises (due to some sort of super-sentimental father-daughter bond) that her father, the evil villain, is still alive. She realises that while she was thinking this, she has accidentally killed herself. Her last thoughts are sentimental, something along the lines of "This is all my fault", or "Now why didn't I use that immortality thing when I found out about it?".
THE UNUSUALLY BUT STILL RATHER LAME SAD END