In need of some YA romance plot suggestions.?

Question

I am currently writing a novel for teens but can't think of where I should take the book. I would like it to be sad at the end and the two main characters are madly in love. Characters are very well developed. Please help. I prefer no drugs, alcohol, suicide, etc. The setting is near San Diego, present time. The girl just moved there and now school is starting. She is a sophmore. Troy, the other protaganist, is a junior and star of the football team. Thank you! Everything helps.

Answer 1

they have gotten closer as the year progressed and she has gotten farther away from her studies he is bright so has no trouble with grades as he IS in sports after all and the teachers all make exceptions her grades are so poor that her parents decide that she needs to be sent off to a private school and there is nothing she can do to stop it. They think about eloping but then he knows the coach will really be pissed about that as the school has a policy for jocks about marriage and the insurance liability in high school. they end up having to say good by as he gets a scholarship to college within the next year and she is shipped off to Europe to study. they try to keep in touch but eventually drift off and the end is where she is reading about him in collage as an all star surrounded by other women and she stares out of the window of her flat in Paris wondering if she will ever see him again or if that is really the end. She wads the paper up and watches it as it flutters down in the wind from the balcony and realizes that her life is fluttering just like that paper, taken by the wind with no knowledge of where it will land or how soon. then her tears blur her vision and the story ends.

Answer 2

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker

Take you main charecters and imagine then in some odd places or scenarios – anything goes! Write down ideas on what would have to happen to your character or how they would react to the scenario you placed them in.

This may seem futile, but it will help you flesh out your characters furthur and give you insight into what you may want to happen to this type of character in a potential story. You may even come up with multiple story lines!

Strong well crafted main characters can inspire readers to love your story as well as drive you to write a great story for these imagined beings to be in! :-)