Okay well I have this awesome story line planned out. I want it to seem realistic-like what happens in my story can actually happen in real life. But it's sorta Teen Titans thing where the kid-Ages 15-16-live alone... But how can I make that realistic seeing as most kids that age still life at home...
P.S. The people in my story DO NOT have super powers. I was only referring to the Titans because they live alone.
2007-02-05 08:09:40 · 8 answers · asked by elie101_forever 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
They could be homeless children, if it fits into your story. Or, they could live in a poorly supervised orphanage, where they have the run of the place at times. The head nun at the orphanage could always be playing her x-box and ignoring the children. Both of these situation create additional "problems" for the characters that can be used for additional plot.
2007-02-05 08:39:05 · answer #1 · answered by will.hunter 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe they're just house sitting for a travelling aunt/uncle and mom and dad are just around the corner.
However, I would think you have to have a clear identity of who your characters are. If they are middle class teens, and the event which is your story line is something that happens to middle class teens, then you can situate them in an appropriate setting. Perhaps mom and dad are travelling for work or business, or perhaps it's the house-sitting idea.
However, if the crisis is something else, perhaps it an emancipated youth, or perhaps they have only one parent who works 2 jobs.
2007-02-05 16:43:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could just make their parent's indifferent about their whereabouts. One of the kids could have a mom who's sick so she never leaves the bedroom, and the other one could just hang out over there so much that he/she basically lives there. I grew up in a family with 6 other kids and basically lived at one of my buddy's house. I don't think my parents knew when I was coming or going.
2007-02-05 16:23:50 · answer #3 · answered by radziwma 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be an emotionally serious rich teen with parents dead and he runs the house with one servant; then he meets these kids who start making changes to his life.
Or it could be siblings with parents overseas and they're running the house by themselves and the eldest child could be like 19 so that there's someone who's responsible.
It could also be a group of runaway orphans or kids who live in an abandoned building. :)
2007-02-05 21:17:23 · answer #4 · answered by Moe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have a slightly older kid be an orphan. His parents left them money when they died and he's alone in the world. So he's rented out this house and they all live there.
2007-02-05 16:36:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every year each summer, my grandma went to culinary training (she worked in a school cafeteria). My sisters and I would often go with her. While she was in her classes, we'd be at the motel left to our own devices and we made lots of friends.
Maybe these kids' parents have to go to some sort of training and this is where they meet.
2007-02-05 16:58:45 · answer #6 · answered by germaine_87313 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do they live together? If so, it could be some kind of shelter for emancipated minors, or an apartment building that's become the 'in' place for emancipated minors.
2007-02-05 16:13:51 · answer #7 · answered by Rose D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you can't figure it out, you had best switch to actually DOING something constructive and quit "playing" around with writing.
2007-02-05 16:12:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 7⤋