need help with an story see details all i have is the characters for my story with some of the plot?

Question

Raven Von Trese
she is 16 years old and weighs 120 pounds.She is very short for her age.She a moon pale skiontone with big brown eyes and dark Black hair with blue streaks.
her family was tron apart by drug addicted hooker for a mother and a father thats never around no one really gets her she only has one firend Benji Lewis who cam from the same background as her he is the only person who dosen't hate her.

Velma Von Trese
Raven's Mom
36 years old
weighs 100 pounds
is about 5'6 tall
She is a very skiny has bleched blonde hair and a fake tan with light green eyes.
She dosen't care at all about her daughter and is normally to wasted to walk so most of the time she passed out on the floor or out on the streets looking for cleints.or she at the local bar getting wasted.and somtimes she hits her daughter just for fun.

heres the other two main people

Benji Lewis
he is 15 years old
weighs 130
around 6'11 tall.
He has dark black hair with beautiful blue eyes
he has snow white skin.
Benji has know Raven all of his life.His mom left him and his dad on his 13th brithday for a billanroeHe hasn't been the same ever since.He eats lunch away from the back stabing,curel,evil preps that try to make his and raven's life even worse than it is by tping their small little trailers every Halloween.
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Marcy A.K.A the most popular gril in school
she is 17 she failed two grades
weighs 90 pounds
she was platium blonde hair with baby blue eyes and has tan skintone
she loves two ruin other people's lives like raven and benji because ther emo and she thinks there wired so her and her group chose to make fun of them and sya they have grems and are freaks just becaue.

Answer 1

Hello!

I think it is great that you want to write a story. Sometimes the best way to get started is to work out who your characters are and what makes 'em tick.

Many writers start with research and character notes long before they ever write their first sentence of the story. This is a great habit to get into! Not only does it flesh out the people you are writing about but it also helps you envision all the details and scenes.

Just as there is no one "right" way to write a story, there is no one "right" way to plan it. You can start with characters first and find the story they have to tell (as you are doing now); you can plot out an entire storyline and just fill it with characters as you go; or you can just sit, start typing and hope you end up with something half decent!

Since you've already got a strong idea of who your characters are, I suggest you start looking into their personas and the events that shaped who they are. Also, try to dig a little deeper into their personalities to find the "real" them - not who they want the public to see. Making your character into an ordinary person can be more powerful, more moving than writing them as ultra-cool, hip, gorgeous and tragic. Why? Because at a core level a lot of readers hope to see a character they can relate to in some way. It is easier to connect and become emotionally attached to characters that don't hide their real personality from you.

Don't be afraid to get into the nitty-gritty of ordinary experiences. It is ok for you to write about every day stuff, just as it is ok to pick one or two unpleasant or traumatic experiences and write the story about those.

One planning method for writing a story is to take a character or two, throw a problem at them and then watch them try and solve it. If they look like they are going to overcome their problem too soon, then throw some stumbling blocks in their way.

For example, Say Raven gets a call from Benji to say he's in trouble and he needs her help NOW! Then send her. But throw up things that stop her and watch her work her way under, around and through them. Maybe her mother tries to stop her and she has to sneak out through her window, and then on her way to Benji's the local thugs try and beat her up (maybe they do) and she gets her wallet pinched. So now she has no money for a bus and has to work out how to get to Benji's. Does she walk, steal a bike, hitch a lift? And if she hitches a lift, what if she gets picked up by a seemingly normal looking guy who then decides to drive her into the woods instead of staying on the highway...? How does she deal with that? What does she do to get out of it? Does she? And how does she feel about helping Benji after all that? That's just one example, but see what I mean?

In his book, "On Writing", Stephen King said all his stories were at a core level just a case of people in a setting. Cujo was a woman trapped in a car, The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon was a girl in the woods, Geralds Game was a woman in a house. The thing that made them a story was the problems they faced and what they did to solve that problem.

I can see from your character notes that you have some fantastic bases for storylines. I also get the impression you are tempted to write about Raven and Benji's experiences at school or in their peer-circles. While high school can often be considered the most traumatic part of a person's life, don't discount the awful things both Raven and Benji have already been through. There's a whopping story in there already, just peeking out in your character notes.

If you are still unsure what your story is about, do more research and when you hit something that catches your eye, play the "what if?" game with your imagination. Also, don't dismiss the value and power of research. Research can be a way of browsing for inspiration while learning something. Plus you are less likely sound like an utter goof-off if you write about something you know nothing about!

Try some research into domestic violence, broken homes and what effect these have on children as they grow up. Look into alcoholism and/or drug addiction from a medical aspect and try and include physical and psychological hints in your descriptions of the mother when ever you are writing a scene with her. Why? Because bodylanguage is one of the most powerful ways of showing the truth of a situation and if you've done your research you can make your characters more believable if they behave and have the symptoms of their addictions or neuroses.

Something else few people ever really discuss is the concept of a Mary Sue. Google it if you aren't familiar with the term, but in a nut shell is an offensive term for a character who is too perfect and too angsty.

I wish you luck and I hope at least some of the stuff I talked about helps!

Mara

Answer 2

Don't write a book about young adulthood until you grow out of it. I don't mean that in a rude way, just as real advice. In a few years, if you're still writing, you'll look back on this and say - "What?! God, how horrible!" Give something else a try, refine your craft, and when you've learned and lived a bit longer, you can sit down to try your hand at the modern "Catcher in the Rye". Best of luck.

Answer 3

Good luck with your book.

You might want to take some courses on spelling, syntax and grammar though.

Answer 4

I really like it, it is really good. Hopefully, you may publish it.