does this seem like a good novel idea?

Question

i'm writing a novel & i was curious wat the general publis thought of the idea 4 the book. CRITISMS ENCOURAGED!

the main characters r: Princess Carla & Counselor Yazmin
Carla is 13 & she has 2 marry & b queen by her 15th b-day, her parents r dead & Yazmin is in charge of the country. the country is at war & has been since Carla's g-pa was on the throne. Yazmin is a sorceress & so is her ex-husband Daldrin who is ruling the country that they r war w/.
Lord Frederick (Yazmin doesn't like him) is courting Carla & he is next in line 4 the throne. after he gains her trust, he betrays her & murders her in the middle of the woods somewhere.

In the second book Sandrielene ( a healer) has a son, Zach, who saves Carla & his mom heals her. She ends up fallin 4 him & marrying him.
Frederick kills Daldrin in a final showdown & Yazmin banishes him 4 murder & every1 lives happily ever after.

PS. I'm also lookin 4 a title name 4 the book, suggetions?

Answer 1

My dear ... this is absolutely terrible. Until you can actually learn to spell words and communicate properly with people, you cannot even hope to ever publish a book. Yes, writing here is communicating. You came here essentially doing what authors refer to as "pitching" a book. It is an example of YOU as a writer. If this is an example of YOU as a writer, I don't think I will ever have the opportunity to read the book even if I wanted to because I doubt anyone would ever get past your the first sentence of your Meg Cabot knock off and read it. And quite honestly, I don't want to hear that you are 13 and people should go easy on you. 1) You should be able to spell and 2) You should understand the concept of plagiarism. And you plan on TWO of these books? Give me a break. Not gonna happen. Sorry. I believe in being honest when asked for a critique.

I am glad to see your fellow novices are encouraging you, however you can choose to take their word or that of someone who knows the publishing world. This has been done. Your books will not fly. Pax- C

Answer 2

Sounds VERY much like a mis-mash of Tamora Pierce plots.

Her 'Circle of Magic' series has a character called Sandrielene ~ it is a name very identifiable to those books, so I would not recomend using it.


I agree with Persiphone_Hellecat.

If you submited a draft with that spelling, it would go straight in the bin!

If you want to get anywhere regarding publishing a book, you MUST try to be original.



I myself am working on a novel.

I do read a few books in the various genres my story uses {it features elements of several}, and sometimes I'll get an idea from them, but I make sure it is clearly MY OWN idea.

Having spent several years honing the plot in my imagination, I dispare every time a book or TV programme comes along with something 'out of my plot'.

Hopefully, because it features so many varied elements, no one will be able to say "Oh, that's just like...."

Answer 3

Sounds like a rough idea and it sounds really familiar to me for some reason so maybe you'd better check to see if there's not another book with the same basic plot out there.
Also, this is just a word to the wise, use the actual word, not just 2, 4 and r. Remember to use proper grammar and spelling otherwise, even if it's just the question, people won't take you seriously as a writer. And with an idea you think is good, you really want to be taken seriously.
Hope this helps.

Answer 4

i like the idea & i can't think of where i've heard of the idea before except maybe with the princess diares how the dude is next in line for the throne. i'd like to know how this turns out for you. like the 1 person said, Sandrilene might be the one person's character's name, so you may have to change that. When you say that Frederick killed Carla, did she die & come back to life or did Zach save her before she died, because that's how it sounded to me. i like to write to so i give you the best of luck.
PS. i counted the characters in her question & had she written in full hand, then she never would have fit it all in the box. just cuz some1 goes im 4 this don't mean they go im 4 everythin. i highly doubt that the book is in im.

Answer 5

Why would a family in that time have kept the girl? A boy would be more able to work and contribute. How did the babies survive? Triplets are always born very early. In a poor family they'd be most unlikely to all survive without modern medicine. I think you need to put a bit more thought into the likelihood of any of this happening, even given the existence of vampires and werewolves.

Answer 6

The first book sounds okay, but I'm not in love with the bringing people back from the dead idea. If your characters could bring people back from the dead, why is Carla an orphan? I'm sure people would read it since those Harry Potter suckers need something to do with their meaningless lives.

Answer 7

This seems like it's a good idea, but some people seem to be talking about possible plaigarism. Does anyone happen to have an idea about which specific book these people might be talking about? Please, because the author seems to be a varied and interesting writer, from what I gather, and maybe if we give her some constructive as well as instructive commentary, she can fix whatever problems she may have.

Answer 8

hummm.....interesting. it isn't the genera that I normally read. It seems a bit complicated. why does this girl have to get married by age 15? What time period is this? Is it in a different world? You will have to specify all of these things. If it is in our world you will need to do a whole lot of research on the country and time period. If this is a made up world and time then you need to think through the history of the world, customs, etc.
God Bless!!

Answer 9

It sounds like it could be a great book! Just a tip, you might want to get into the habit of writing with correct grammar and spelling all the time, just so you won't forget to do so while actually working on your book/story. The plot itself sounds great!

Answer 10

the only way you'll know is by doing it. try it. Finish a book.