Which one...?

Question

I am writing a story...and I need your help. Which idea would you be more interested in?

1: A girl is in the holocaust and she is hiding with her sister and her friends. It is just the kids, and they can't get caught by the Germans. They are living in the Krakow ghetto, and they all are trying to hide from the Nazi since their parents were taken.

2: A girl who is 13 is on a trip to Oregon and she falls in love with this guy. She is trying to win him over while facing the hardships of the long journey to Oregon.

3: It is the time of colonial America and this young teenage girl runs away from home because she was being physically abused. She meets a boy on the way and they begin their own life hiding in the unknown western United States.

4: A girl on a ship heading toward the New World meets new friends and a beau while on her journey. She gets married and her and her husband face the new hardships.

5: A girl in Medieval times is supposed to get married to a man she doen't

want to marry, and she has to find out how to get her father to let her not marry him.

I know they 5 one is WAY overused. But I'm not sure about the others. Just pick one and if you can, could you please give me an idea of your own?

Answer 1

I like #2, but I'd make her a little older than 13. If you want a good story to expand upon (a real one) take a look at the book "Chloe dusts her mantle", which describes one such journey a little earlier than most Oregon Trail stories. It was written by her daughter, Frances Gill.

Another is the story of Marilla Huntley. She was born in 1842, came across on the Oregon trail in 1847 (before Oregon was a state and in the very early days of the immigration). Although only 5, she had already lost her mother and had a new step mother. Unfortunately, the new mother died just as they reached Oregon near Willow Springs. This left Marilla to raise her infant baby brother, William. Marilla was fostered off to another family in 1850, but by 1856 she was living with her father, uncles and brother near Roseburg in the Lookingglass community. She married Joseph Dunn Bradford Lee when she was only 14. He had been a soldier in the Rogue Indian war of 1855-1856. He arrived in Oregon in 1851 and had been living with his brother's family near modern Salem. His brother's farm was burned by the Indians and John enlisted to fight them.

I'm providing these details so that you have some period names and places to work with. I would make her older for today's readers and probably move the timeline up to make a more condensed story timeline. I would use the Oregon Trail as their meeting place, but make the story more of the happenings inside Oregon, rather than on the trail. Trail life tended to be very plain and it's been used for stories a lot already. Stories of early Oregon haven't to my knowledge.

(Oh - #1 sounds too much like the book 'Escape from Warsaw' - I also like the idea in #3 - haven't heard that one done yet either. But if she went west, if it's colonial she would have gone only as far as Ohio)

Answer 2

Liars. At least you know where you stand with selfish people and as for those who are secretive, you have every right to be secretive just not lie. Do what I do, if you don't want to answer something someone asks, don't. Liars are miles ahead of the other two with me. I hate having to try to decide what is true and what isn't. I give people around 2 seconds of doing that then I stop listening.

Answer 3

number 3!

Answer 4

i like number 2

Answer 5

People who meet on myspace

Answer 6

# 1 sounds too much like it could have already been done. Not sure, but sound like it.

Answer 7

i'm sorry, but i'm into fantasy fiction, so i don't like any. but if i had to pick one i'd say 2