I am writing a novel about a guy who accidentaly steals a ring (he found it on the ground and didn't think it belonged to anyone) and gives it to his girlfriend as an engagement ring. She soons starts to experience weird dreams in which the original owner of the ring appears and demands the ring back. She later finds out that the owner of the ring died and thinks the guy killed her for the ring so she dumps him. The guy soon falls into depression because he knew he didn't kill anyone and decides that the only way to get rid of the ring is to throw it away in a river. The story later ends with the guy and the girl realizing how stupid they were about letting a piece of jewlery ruin their relationship and they get back together again.
Does this type of story sound cliche? Would you read a book like this? This is merely an outline.
2007-03-03 11:54:07 · 7 answers · asked by Erica L 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
The beginning is quite good, but later not really. I think it'll be more exciting if the girl got into a state of PURE horror and unconsciously tried to kill the guy instead of dumping him. If they both died in the end, or at least one of them, it would be VERY interesting.
Great beginning. It'd be cheesy if it ended with happily ever after....
Not to sound, glim, though. Hehe.
2007-03-03 13:08:33 · answer #1 · answered by meh 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Interesting concept but it needs work. You have this cursed ring and the curse is broken at least gotten ride of simply by tossing it in the river. I think that's a bit anti climactic. You have this story where the guy and the girl have a disagreement, break up, resolve the disagreement and then get back together. What perpose does the ring serve? If you're going to have the ring be a part of the story it needs to be more then just backround.
2007-03-03 20:46:49 · answer #2 · answered by Coyote81 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's one of those stories that anyone can write. It doesn't ring true because no one has ever had those experiences before. It sounds like the plot to a 19th century Gothic Romance. Granted, that kind of writing is still very popular today. But popularity is generally the seat of cliche.
2007-03-03 20:02:25 · answer #3 · answered by God_Lives_Underwater 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's not cliche at all, although, you might want to flesh it out a bit to make it into a novel, such as finding out about the ring's original owner, as, such an issue would likely need closure.
2007-03-04 04:32:21 · answer #4 · answered by Dan A 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I liked it in the beging the but after she broke it off with him it started sounding stupid you sould say that she starts getting distace but doesnt break it off cause she doesnt want him to kill her to and he finds out and the only way to prove to her that he didnt kill it was to find the body or spirt or something of the person who originally owend it and i dont know do somthing then yea i would read it
2007-03-03 19:59:08 · answer #5 · answered by gone 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, I wouldn't be interested in reading this book because the topic has been done too many times already. Try a fresh idea for your story.
2007-03-03 22:58:25 · answer #6 · answered by Bethany 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could make a good short story. Flesh out the characters more.
2007-03-03 19:58:50 · answer #7 · answered by steve_geo1 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋