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I need ideas for a plot. The story can only be 3-5 pages (typed). This is what i have so far. The character is a girl named Erin Marie Smith. She is 15 years old, and lives in Beverly Hills, California. Her house burned down when she was 13, killing her mother. Her and her father moved to Beverly Hills to "start over." That's all i have so far. I need help on a plot and an ending. Any ideas? Please be serious about this. No dumb answers.
Thank you very much!
I really appreciate it!

2007-03-05 12:02:03 · 5 answers · asked by colour_my_world<3 2 in Arts & Humanities Other - Arts & Humanities

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She finds out that she is adopted and moves to Wyoming to find her real parents. Get out of Beverly Hills, it's been done.

Anyway, the plot is. She moves to Wyoming and discovers a part of herself that she didn't know existed and makes it her home. Her real mother died also, but her father is a taxidermist who is Harvard educated but had a "meltdown" and chose the simple life instead.

The story ends with him dying but she stays in Wyoming because of a love interest.

2007-03-05 12:14:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

You could go many ways, including:
*She doesn't fit in, and how she and another misfit, who becomes her friend, develop a friendship, and together they achieve something like writing a winning song for their school's version of Idol, or winning an art or science competition
*She compromises herself in someway (skanky closes, starts smoking, shoplifts, or something) to fit in with the popular girls, until it goes too far or she gets caught, and her previously too busy father reconnects with her and together they work it out.
*She used to be a star basketball player (or baseball, soccer, etc) and she sheepishly goes out for the team at the urging of her teacher, and she slowly proves herself, thus gaining acceptance
*She is still grieving for her mother but held it all in, and through her new friends, and maybe faced with a new love in dad's life, she confronts her grief, lets it out, and then is able to go on more happily

mostly, write from what you know, from yourself. Blurt it all out non stop on paper and only then go back to revise...just go with something and see where it takes you...best wishes and good luck

2007-03-05 20:17:19 · answer #2 · answered by Iamstitch2U 6 · 0 0

In the end of your story the girl can find out that she was addopted. Her real perents were in america at the time when she found out.

2007-03-06 04:26:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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2007-03-06 21:17:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Why Beverly HIlls? that was the easy part, thought Erin, of course "HE" would want to be in a place where the people outnumber grass blades, so he would not have to think about "her" anymore.....as for Erin though, it meant leaving the only world she had ever known, suddenly, finding herself smack dab in the middle of Snotsville, USA. 90210.........then, just when she was at her lowest of lows, there was Jake, not the Quarterback jock, or nerdy Geek Patrol type, but just a "normal" looking average person like herself, she found herself drawn to his sullen glances, and wondered what her mother would have said about the feelings she was having, (what were these feelings????!!!!!).....Time had gone by so fast, Erin had no idea it was wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy past time for her to be home, "Jake!, oMg, why didn't you wake me up???", I am so going to be grounded, she was shaking, because her father or daddy, as he liked to be called, would be waiting by the door for her....and she knew the price she would have to pay for her disobedience.......... <<<>>>.....or COMEDY....Erin, crestfallen with her mothers death, and no time to grieve, and very angry with her father for forcing her to leave her house, their house....WOW, THATS WHERE WE ARE GOING TO LIVE???? Erin felt this huge weight lifted off of her shoulders, who would have ever known, that her mom would have been so smart as to have put that life insurance policy into effect all those years ago.........Getting into the circles of Hollyweird, and Beverly Hiltons, was easy for Erin, she could melt the heart of Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, and for those who didnt know her sense of humor, or sharp tongue wit, they best be careful not to tread near her space, Erin was in her element, she caught site of Eddie Murphy out of the corner of her eye, Erin tried not to be awestruck by his sheer Karmatic Presence, then she felt a light touch on her shoulder, Shaken from her thoughts, turning to find Robin Williams, I am very sorry about your mother Erin, Robin said with that sad hapless smile of his, Erin nodded in recognition of his charm and attempt to break into her thoughts to get to know her better, things had not been right at the Williams house for years, everyone knew that!! Erin, hoisted up her Red Bull Vodka, with a Vitamin B12 enhancement, and said sharply, "ALL WHO CARE TO JOIN ME, I AM HAVING 10 OF THESE, AND FINDING THE CLOSEST POOL!!" ......where it went from there, imagination only knows..... just a few. :), or one other one, that always makes sense, when the foundation of Erins life was rocked, they move to Beverly Hills, and 1 week to the day of moving there, a 9.9 scale earthquake, brings her father and her closer together than she ever thought they would be since her mother had been gone, shattering a silence between the two of them, that Erin thought would never heal....... :-/ ****Horror ending: Erin wakes in the hospital, to find that she was dreaming all along, and is mortified to find that instead of all three of them, Her mother, her father and herself dead, she has survived, this is, of course through her eyes, looking out, horribly burned, as she strains to move, and finally wrenches herself across the hospital floor, dragging IV's with her, she sees the Scars and can barely recognize herself, her punishment for killing her parents, which pales in comparison to what she must endure the rest of her "Hell on Earth".....this time she will not fail.....they can't keep me from it, if I want to leave............ ******* had to add that. :)~

2007-03-06 00:15:56 · answer #5 · answered by Jumpin Jack Flash 2 · 0 0

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