The premise is this, a girl walks into a diner. Setting: A dark, rainy New York diner. The girl has just received an eviction notice from her apartment. She did not pay rent. The patrons in the diner are the middle aged female waitress, a young couple in love, two elderly men arguing over gas prices and an unidentified male.
I'd like to make it a thriller, but I could also go for a 'these people changed my life' type story as well.
ANY IDEAS???
2007-03-21 09:19:57 · 5 answers · asked by ? 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Go for the "Changed my life" idea. It is so much easier and tends to be more fun to read. Let the waitress be the first to talk to her, opening with a comment about how young couples like the one nearby never last for long (like she assumes boy trouble is the cause of the woman's distress). If you allow another patron (any of them) to oerhear this comment, you can evolve a conversation between all of the atrons in which the protagonist gets to tell her story.
2007-03-21 09:25:27 · answer #1 · answered by darknemesistattoo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure! Lights and power go out, patrons all sit around one table with candles, share life experiences and stories. Girl feels much better about herself, stays at girlfriends apt. that night. Goes back to diner the next day to thank waitress and regulars, finds diner boarded up. Girl wonders..........
2007-03-21 09:45:11 · answer #2 · answered by peachyone 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Come up with some scenarios:
1. The old man has a heart attack
2. The young man pulls a gun and shoots a waitress
3. A waitress drop a ray in you lap with a winning lottery ticket on it.
Come up with some wacky ones and write down how your main character would react. This will help flesh-out you main character and get to know her and possibly give you some plot lines…
2007-03-21 09:27:18 · answer #3 · answered by Ralph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-01 07:12:44 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have the plot, develope it. We can't make a story good, you have to. If you just take suggestions, then the story is not your own.
2007-03-21 09:23:15 · answer #5 · answered by Pat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋