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Question: Is this a good idea for a story I'm thinking of writing!?
Okay it's about a girl, she's seventeen and she lives in this mansion!.
One day she comes home from school, after winning an award at school (dunno what award yet) and her mum is crying in the living room!. She learns that her dad has died and then her mum spills that her dad had a heart condition for ages and she should've told her but she didn't want to make her depressed and all that!.
So this girls life is completely and utterly ruined!.
They can't pay for the mansion, and they have to go live in this tiny flat!.
She used to have a boyfriend but he flipped out on her and now she's this wreck!.
I want to make the story more interesting!.
Is it good!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
Hmmm!. What you have here is the condition and opening of your story!. I can't quite tell or judge anything else about it - I don't know what sort of hardships you're going to focus on, or what sort of reaction she gives towards the world she is entering, and what sort of conclusion she gets towards the end of the story!.
Judging as an opening, yes, it's all right!. But the mystery of the father's condition that you wrote is making me distracted!. Did you mean to put it in there simply to account for the suddenness of the change!? Or did you intend for her to be more curious about the things that have been hidden from her, so that in her story there is also parts where she searches for truth!?
Is the award winning any significant, either!? Or was it also to emphasize the suddenness of the turn of events!? Is it an award that will help her overcome her obstacle,s or at least provide her comfort within the havoc!? For example, maybe it's a violin solo award, and her lessons etc are difficult to maintain and have to be given up due to their situation, but she finds comfort in the occassional tune she is able to play between the sudden burdens of schooling and earning money!. - maybe she even is relieved part of her tuition burden in the end when she gets a scholarship!?
There must be some significance to your naming things when you present an idea - especially one that is so short, and so specifically a part (ie here you have the beginning) of your story!. Try to expand on them, and expand on your synopsis in general!.
Overall, you will find that this storyline/condition has been used before, though not the most popular/common!. So, think about what YOUR story will bring to a reader who likes this genre - is the reader going to read half of it, and think "I've seen these before" or is the reader going to come away having seen something new!?
Don't take what I just said as a "you're idea isn't good" - I'm merely pointing out that you run the risk of matching other people, and pointing out that with the summary you gave me, I can't decide if your story idea is good - I can only say you've got a good condition for your story!. ^_^Www@QuestionHome@Com
Oh, yes, :)
Make it scandalous :)
Like, if she lives in this shack, her mom finds a nasty boyfriend who is abusive to the family and all that!.
Or, she does!?
Hah, thats just me!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
It's pretty good!.!.!.maybe make it to where they don't know why her dad died and she has to find out even though she's got practically no one but her mom!.Www@QuestionHome@Com