What's your story? http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959 Butterfly What's your chicklit about this year? Share it here but don't use more than 3 lines :) Sat, 15 Oct 2011 10:58:49 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_69270 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_69270 soavezefiretto Heroine lives placid perfect life. Husband leaves, chaos ensues. Lots of flirting and tequilas. Cue Sensitive Librarian Man. Rediscovery of love, candlelit nights blah blah blah. Sensitive Librarian Man disappears OMG! Drama, tears, danger galore. A couple of dramatic revelations, and hopefully, blissful reunion - with SLM or estranged husband? Keep tuned! Sat, 15 Oct 2011 11:54:19 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_69727 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_69727 lindsay allison Girl meets boy at age of 5, they become best friends. Girl and boy go through the awkward phases of growing up together. Girl and boy are torn apart and must fight to find each other again. Those are my three lines. This, of course, may change. Sat, 15 Oct 2011 12:02:30 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_69796 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_69796 FrankieCroooow Ines hates being expected to be what her family wants. It's your typical girl makes comic book, girl loses comic book, boy finds comic book, boy returns comic book, boy and girl meet. Boy helps set Ines free. Sat, 15 Oct 2011 12:41:34 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_70157 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_70157 lapixystix Heroine is a successful baker despite being barely functional in a social setting due to her OCD. Hero is top secret government built cyborg that escapes from the lab with no knowledge that he's not human, but knowledge about pretty much everything else, including how to survive as a human and how to bake. Hijinks ensue. So it's not quite Chick Lit. It will be written in the Chick Lit style, so I feel this would be absolutely the worst SciFi or Thriller ever, so you ladies are stuck with me. :) Sat, 15 Oct 2011 13:22:16 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_70609 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_70609 runner_penguin Not sure. Either the backstory and how she got where she is of a character in another in-progress novel or the novelzation of a play I'm working on. Either way it's intelligent and shopping is NOT involved in the story AT ALL. *barf* Sat, 15 Oct 2011 14:21:45 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_71293 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_71293 WynnDFae Heroine, Elisabeth, is a career-confused late-20-something who's going to have to come to terms with changing her life from practical to impractical. Hero is Vincent van Gogh, albeit very much in the posthumous sense. Elisabeth begins writing letters to Vincent in an effort to find balance in her life between choosing a creative career over something more practical. She chose Vincent as he was her favorite painter growing up; visiting one of his exhibitions rekindles the fascination, leading to the letters as being a form of self-therapy. Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:07:18 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_77816 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_77816 JessClearwater Exotic Dancing is April’s whole world; crazy girlfriends, hard partying, liaisons with dangerous men and shopping with cash are just a part of the job. Inheriting your great uncle’s old sheep-farming estate, however, is not. Sun, 16 Oct 2011 03:06:11 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_79268 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_79268 Bizarre Star Girl is in love with a boy since high school. He promises to keep in touch after he goes to medical and she leaves to another city but he doesn't and over the years, her obsession over him actually increases. One day she discovers a awesome sci-fi show about a time-traveling Doctor. In her mind, she made up a story in her head where he's the Doctor and she's the faithful companion. She then realizes how stupid that is and starts traveling to learn who she is and of course... hijinks ensue. Sun, 16 Oct 2011 13:56:43 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_83283 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_83283 jjsigford Young 20-something gets dumped by "the one". Other women in her family whisk her away for the weekend to teach her that not all love stories are grand, epic novels - some love stories are short stories. Each woman shares her own "short story" - none of them end up with their love in the end, young 20 something learns something but is not magically healed by women weekend. Sun, 16 Oct 2011 16:43:19 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_85203 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_85203 jessicagk 2 20-something friends prefer music/tv/novels that generally have a target audience of tweens and teens. They meet guys who prefer the classics. Everyone must learn to accept who they are and who their loved ones are, regardless of different interests. It's gonna be a bit lighter and fluffier than how I think I made this sound. Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:47:28 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_86090 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_86090 farmerswife Harriet grew up in a broken home with an abusive father and an absent mother. Now that she is in her 30's, her motto is 'If you never try, you won't fail' and she applies that to everything from work to love. Her father's death and a reunion with her mother eventually changes her persepective and causes her to question where her life is headed. Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:56:35 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_86199 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_86199 rileysmomma kate has situation specific amnesia. for the most part, she's able to go about her day to day life without it affecting her too much - except for where men are concerned. all of her relationships - no matter how promising - crash and burn because she can't commit to anyone because she feels like she's cheating on a man she can't remember but knows in her heart was "the one". when they meet again, he is forced either to try to find a way to get her to remember him without remembering the trauma that caused the amnesia or make her love him so much that she can get past the idea that she's cheating on him. Sun, 16 Oct 2011 19:42:45 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_87447 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_87447 lindsay allison I am afraid my story my lean more towards the romance side of things, but I am going to keep it listed for chick lit for awhile. I think I can get away with chick lit for this one. Besides the Romance forums are intimidating...there are so many of them already!! Sun, 16 Oct 2011 23:15:39 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_90256 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_90256 PaigeResig A woman knows that her mother has never understood her. She goes through her life with the pain of not being as close to her mother as she knows she could be. She takes her mother to a cabin for a week of intense bonding to see if they can close that gap together. Painful secrets that have been hidden for years will be told and memories gone over in new light. Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:42:53 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_95575 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_95575 UEHawk Mine is so simple. A pregnant chick dreams about all the things her twins will do when they arrive! I was looking for something very easy this year to get me back to writing and this is it. Plus, with me being pregnant (though not with twins) it is a little bit of a journal type story as well! Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:20:09 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_97267 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_97267 coleyco29 Girl goes on a series of truly awful dates. 5 dates in, her friends realize she is a real-life Snow White making her way through the Seven Dwarfs before she can find her Prince Charming. Throw in an actually wicked stepmother and some princess wannabes, and hilarity ensues. Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:30:12 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_110467 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_110467 helenastone_lol Mine is really simple, and a little too wish fulfilment-y, but here goes. Heroine realises she's really boring, dedicates herself to going to extremes. Action and (carefully managed) adventure follow, but when true love beckons, just how extreme is she prepared to go? Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:02:42 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_113449 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_113449 paperback_writer4 Society writer wants to cover crime stories at the newspaper where she works. She sees her chance when a society dame (I need a better word, sorry) is found dead in a part of town where she clearly doesn't belong. Enter grumpyish crime reporter who doesn't want her near the story. Pushy heroine works on the story. Things heat up, slowly. She's also uncertain if she really wants to marry her fiance investment banker type. (I'm still working on the synopsis). As I said in a different post, I'm not entirely certain which genre I fit into, but the mystery people seem really serious about forensics, methods of killing people, etc. I think that chick lit can also have a mystery to be solved. Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:16:23 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_113641 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_113641 raspberry.sextini -Girl wants to become a journalist but goes broke while in university...deeply in debt actually! -Girl stumbles into an interview at an escort agency thinking she is applying for a secretary position. -Shenanigans, drama and hilarity ensue. Wed, 19 Oct 2011 05:38:41 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_122148 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_122148 Sara Wolfe Girl, a physics grad student has to, once again, bail her irresponsible twin sister out of hot water Girl inadvertently winds up with the acting role sister was supposed to audition for, leading to girl leading two separate lives Lives don't stay so separate... This novel started as the fragments of a crazy dream, and has been growing from there. Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:59:21 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_137122 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_137122 CatherineZ Heroine travels to and from Greece / Australia as she has multiple problems with her mother and the suffocating life she led in Australia. In Greece she ends up with her aunt who has helped her get over losing her virginity, divorce, befriends her with a psychic/medium and stops her drinking habit. The heroinme is placed on a 3 point pact to help her grow as a person and realise that she doesn't need to be married happily ever after to have a life. i am trying to have my heroine start of as being selfish and egocentric but once her beloved aunt dies and when she finds out that her Puritan mother has left her marriage because she is in an affair, the heroines world is turned upside down. A stroy of self growth and trying to get message across that marriage isn't the ultimate goal in a girl's life - i see so many women lonely and sad because they aren't married and it upsets me. There's more to life than having a permanent partner. Is this chick lit - confused lately. Thu, 20 Oct 2011 01:55:52 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_137665 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_137665 LJMaggie Heroine meets a guy at a sports bar. They date for a while until he decides he can find someone better. The cross paths throughout the book. The heroine believes this guy is her soulmate but also questions herself on why it didn't work. She is also dealing with pressure from family about settling down as she is a 30-something. This is what I have worked out so far. Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:28:37 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_160804 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_160804 FairDrea Oh wow, I don't even know if mines Chick Lit but here goes! Two estranged sisters forced into the confinement of their childhood home by the dying grandmother who raised them until their irresponsible mother returned and took over once she'd gotten the "party" out of her system. One is suffering through a marriage that is nothing more than a lie and making up for the farce by being a work-a-holic and the other is following in their mothers footsteps with a life of men, partying and financial ruin. In the process of cleaning out the house they find a box of letters from a family member neither of them knew about and are introduced to a relationship that makes them take a harder look at their own, giving them a better understanding of just what it means to be family. Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:03:21 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_162662 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_162662 emskibeach Guy and girl were in a relationship that ended due to problems in their lives yet have stayed close friends. She is in love with him and has been for years- she can even tell you the moment she fell in love, but he leaves to go find himself working and travelling in New Zealand, she is lost without him friends try to cheer her up with a series of dates believing the best motto to get over a man is to get under another - cue a lot of random dates some good some very very bad! A package arrives for her with what eight months before would have been life changing contents but will this parcel be the thing that drags her back to her old life or what sets her free into a whole new one?! Sat, 22 Oct 2011 07:13:03 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_168152 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_168152 rjstouva Rebecca Sullivan has a problem: men named Jonathan. She has a string of failed relationships with men named Jonathan. Now that she finds herself unemployed, living with her parents while she takes care of her ailing father she wonders what exactly life has in store for her and if she'll ever find her happily ever after. Right now I have three men who might give Rebecca her happily ever after. We'll see if any of them make the grade or if Rebecca learns to be happy by herself. Sat, 22 Oct 2011 12:17:46 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_170387 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_170387 storyaday What if you had it all...but started to worry that you didn't really want it? Sarah always loved to sing, but now she has a great 'real' job, a successful boyfriend wants to settle down, and parents who are bursting with pride over all she has achieved. Can she trade in the security of a nice life for a chance at her dreams? Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:00:23 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_172300 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_172300 rachum_05 3 lines; that's tough! I've got 5 interweaving storylines :) A doctor discovers that every person has another person's name etched onto their heart. What will this mean for: Parker and Holly, who have just met; Lila, who has just left her abusive husband; Hank and Summer, who are unhappily married; Chuck, a cynical doctor who finds his own name on a patient's heart; and Evelyn and Beatrice, lifelong best friends? Sun, 23 Oct 2011 02:55:11 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_180251 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_180251 Emdog The Fixer: A clever woman's blog roasting her exes goes viral turning her in to an reluctant over-night relationship guru. Her world gets chaotic as offers for interviews come rolling in. She tries to protect her family & exe's privacy until Matt Lauer calls, inviting her on the show with 3 of the exes she ridiculed in her blog. After relentless badgering from Today Show staffers she finally agrees to appear. She expects the worst but gets a much different reception than she bargained for. And, hopefully, hilarity ensues. Sun, 23 Oct 2011 09:44:59 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_182296 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_182296 Its_Chai_not_Chae - Girl was in third year of college when she moved off campus with her boyfriend (just like her parents didn't want her to!) - Fourth year of college, turns out her guy was gay - Girl rents out an apartment because parents refuse to pay for her housing - Her salary consists of the neighborhood burger joint - So she prostitutes herself. Just this once. - And then multiple times with the same guy - She gets an internship - At the office of that guy she's sleeping with - And oh yeah did I mention that he's engaged Of course, that's what I'm HOPING it will be Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:02:05 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_182427 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_182427 smaszansa Some old mates have just gotten out of their long, sensible, chaste relationships. Minnie tries to show them that you don't need to follow the "good girl" rules to settle down with a good husband. Except that mid-twenties Minnie has never even been on a proper date so she's in for a world that she may not be able to handle! Sun, 23 Oct 2011 11:21:07 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_183005 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_183005 LouiseAlex Alex is a musician and her husband Mike Davis is a rock legend. They have two children and a complicated family, manly because Alex also has an older son with Mike's father, iconic photographer John Kinsella. It's bizarre, but it's somehow worked out well. Then Melody Noble arrives on the scene. An echo of Mike's past, she tangles the family web further before ripping it apart and ensuring that somebody Alex loves is ripped from her forever. (It's a sequel to my 2008 effort "Discord and Harmony") Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:48:45 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_187640 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_187640 SunnyDenise 40-something woman, multiple divorces (haven't decided how many yet, but at least 2), has raised her only son on her own. Now she is wondering if the life she's lived meant anything at all and embarks on a quest to find out. She discovers a passion she never had and finds a new career. Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:38:45 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_188421 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_188421 MsJessica Maybe she should have realized that anyone she met because of a hurricane would probably impact her life. What she didn't expect was for Helaine to introduce her to Ben, and for Ben to introduce every kind of complication she hadn't thought about. What happens when you lead something of a double life - and meet someone who is living the same kind of double life? Could it really happen just like that, by chance? Sun, 23 Oct 2011 21:36:43 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_191002 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_191002 Soluna the discovery of Toni herself by way of several online relationships, she discovers the best way to really connect is to unplug her computer. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:33:44 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_198859 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_198859 pookersmom Mine is a sequel to the novel I wrote last year (which I'm still finishing up revisions on which might interfere with getting anything done THIS year but that's a whole other topic). It's four years later. Katie and Sam are happily married, raising their little twins, when Katie's birth mother suddenly gets back in touch with her family. Havoc ensues. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:22:39 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_216163 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_216163 littledupont Leann Tucker, 22, born and raised in South Carolina, moved to Boston when she was 18, for Berklee (styled herself a songwriter). Ended up a receptionist and lives in a house in Allston with 5 friends (older bestie lawyer, two potheads, one of whom is a silly religious nut, and two lesbian girlfriends). Spends her free time playing with a guitar & singing karaoke; drinks more than she should, until... Girl meets boy. Girl wrongs boy. Girl needs to get back to her country roots to win boy back & in doing so becomes a popular country-western artist. You know the old story, a song, a sincere look, and then the curtain. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:58:54 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_216608 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_216608 cloverdew The Fates condemn the Olympians to endless reincarnation in human form due to abuse of power. Athena and fellow gods/goddesses try to find their way back to Mount Olympus lifetime after lifetime. Eventually Athena has to use her strengths and overcome her weaknesses (learn to live in the moment instead of strategizing all the time and learn to live in the moment), eventually returning to Mount Olympus just when she has fallen in love and decided maybe living as a human isn't so bad after all. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:56:03 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_218177 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_218177 silicapowder Mine sort of straddles the line between chick-lit and fantasy: Boots gets accepted into a prestigious and remote International school for her senior year, but gets placed in the alternative dorm, away from her best friend and boyfriend. Boots quickly realizes that Anticosti isn't your typical International School. There are secrets here - specifically on Glendon campus - that Boots is determined to unearth, all the while trying to figure out why she was assigned to Glendon in the first place. It doesn't take long, however, for Boots to consider that maybe it's not Glendon that's weird - maybe it's her. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:09:23 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_229755 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_229755 DamYankee ...But Not Quite Lucy and Jack have known each other since high school. From her unrequited (she thinks) crush on him her senior year, to a tentative kiss two years later, a drunken one-night-stand, and various other near-misses she tells the story of the one who kinda got away, but didn't really since she was the one who left, but then again they were never really 'together' so he technically didn't 'get away'.... Yeah. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:07:06 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_235467 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_235467 breakingsunshine This is just an idea...I have no idea if I'll actually stick with it. Jacob lives in Texas, and Sara lives in Massachusetts. They meet in San Antonio one summer instantly becoming best friends. Helping each other through break ups, divorce, and the school year... what happens when they eventually fall for each other? Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:10:37 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_239450 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_239450 pantherscheer2010 Kendall Brock might be one of the most talented young actresses in Hollywood, but what she's really known for is getting wasted, dancing on tables, and going home with a different guy every night. When she and her best friend, fellow starlet Paisley De Leon, find out that Carter Levine, frontman of the newest big rock band, The Level, is a proud virgin and plans on saving it for marriage, they decide to have a friendly competition to see who can be the first to deflower Carter. The problem is, Carter really likes Kendall, and the closer she gets to him, the more doubts she starts to have about screwing over the only guy who's ever treated her like a real person instead of just a shortcut to fame or a good time in bed. Thu, 27 Oct 2011 05:03:59 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_244346 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_244346 gtjohnson Mollie Callahan: Housewife/Spy Desperate Housewives meets Stepahanie Plum Im basically reworking an old story that I wrote in 2004 and loved but it lacked the 'punch', it was a good story just nothing catchy. Figured out what I needed to add and voila! hopefully it will come together. Basic synop - and no way in 3 sentences ;) Mollie is a newly married Oklahoma girl whose husband has just been transferred to Southern California with nothing to do and no friends she decides to help out a neighbor with a few issues the first being that the neighbor suspects her husband of cheating... lots of hijinks, hilarity, almost getting caughts... and learning a lot about yourself and your worth. If that all makes sense ! lol Glad to be aboard and from reading everyones synops' id say Ive got a few months of great reading when they hit the shelves ! ;) gina. Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:53:47 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_256254 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_256254 StaceyM OK - short pitch: What do you do when your husband divorces you and you're left looking after your loopy Great Aunt Polly and her irascible parrot, Flo? Don your finest footwear and join the local tai chi class of course! Long pitch: Anna Blackthorn isn't having a good year. She's been depressed ever since she had a miscarriage. Now her husband wants a divorce and it's not going to be pretty. Taken in by her Great Aunt Polly (GAP), Braebanks on the North East coast of Scotland is a far cry from Hampstead, London. Anna has some adjusting to do - and fast. GAP is diagnosed with Alzheimer's, and Anna has to become the strong one in their relationship. Together they join the local tai chi class, in an effort to slow the disease's progression. Anna misses her old life, but gets a chance to reclaim some of that lifestyle when Quentin asks her out. He's an old school friend of her husbands, but are his motives pure? Anna has to step up to the mark and tackle divorce, financial worries and a failing relative. Oh - and a parrot with a boil on its bum. Luckily, Nigel the neighbourhood vet steps in to save the day on that front, and also gives Anna a job. Can Anna face up to her husband in court to get the money she deserves? And can she make it to the end of a complicated tai chi set without making a fool of herself? Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:07:25 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_303567 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_303567 aglassoceanaway I kind of cheated and decided that three lines really means three sentences... When Mollie shows up for her first day as an editorial assistant for a big time publishing company she doesn't plan on her boss being the same man that she flirted with over the weekend... or that her other boss is his wife. Raeanna has been married to Aaden for ten years, but as their publishing company is blooming, their marriage is slowly falling apart - especially with the addition of a new assistant named Mollie. When Mollie is forced to work directly under Raeanna, the two women come to a common understanding, but with the lingering smiles and (not so) discreet eye contact both women wonder if a common understanding is all it really is. Mon, 31 Oct 2011 01:58:14 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_315100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_315100 vanessak27 Lauren Young is growing tired of her life in New York City - and she can't put her finger onto it as to why. She has an affectionate and successful husband that's always supportive of their son, Jack. She loves her job as a magazine writer even if she gets paid peanuts. As she's struggling with student loan debt, she complains about this and tired of it - her husband convinces her to keep working towards a higher position with the company and keeps suggesting other jobs to going back for another degree for her. All of those options for Lauren seem great but are undoable. this upsets her but as she loves her husband so much, she doesn't speak up about it. A few years later, the recession takes place and her husband starts working longer hours and is occasionally if not rarely there for Lauren and Jack as he used to be. When Lauren suspects her husband to be having an affair with another woman, this is one of the few reasons that drives Lauren to the driving edge of making a very important switch in her life. A switch that brings Lauren and Jack to Lancaster, Pennsylvania where Lauren grew up. She lives with her parents for awhile. The situation becomes permanent as her husband, as affectionate as he can be, still can't understand his wife for his own life. Meanwhile, Lauren is starting to feel happy especially as she gets her own apartment and begins to fall into a totally different career and meets someone else - one that helps her figure out who she is and her true self that makes her happier than she's ever been. This is a coming-age self-empowerment type of chick lit - and it's my first crack at chick lit! If I might have any interested readers that would like to read through what I've got after November, please send me your email address via my Inbox on here and I'll keep you in mind! :) Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:22:46 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_340381 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_340381 amandamonet So I just decided to participate in NaNo, about 2 hours ago, so I really don't have an exact plot. I have an idea that I may play with, but like I said, I only thought this up maybe an hour ago, so I hope this sounds ok. Story about two sisters, one sister is a famous actress/writer married to a famous actor/director and their lives are the picture perfect life, but behind closed doors they are miserable. The other sister and her husband live life pay check to pay check, struggle with infertility but could not be more happier. I guess it can be about what the "perfect" marriage/life/etc is. What do you need to have, in order to be happy? Sorry it's more than 3 lines, and if it sounds like it has been done before. Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:38:43 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_341908 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_341908 Lil_Albatross315 Wow, after reading all these ideas, my own plot seems a bit week. My MFC is in the midst of a crises. Her dissertation is going absolutely nowhere, and the deadline is looming. She decides to rent a quiet cabin in order to do her research without all the cities distractions. As a joke, a friend emails her a "spell" to raise the dead, telling her to just raise the poet she is researching from the dead and have him explain everything to her. She doesn't take it seriously, of course, but after another sleepless night- when she is bleary eyed from reading- she says the spell, only to wake up to find a very perplexed man in her living room..... As if this weren't bad enough, the poet she was researching is none other than the infamous seducer and rogue, Lord Byron. Now she must deal with controlling Byron's wild antics, writing her thesis, and attempting to figure out how to get rid of Byron....before she falls for his charms... I know this sounds like just a cheesy romance, but I do plan on making my character have more substance then then helpless damsels found in most romance novels. Tue, 01 Nov 2011 02:30:23 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_344228 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_344228 youmeaneverythingtome Recently heartbroken Faye Dennings moves into her best friend's NYC apartment after accepting a job offer as an editor of a publishing company. The ten editors are given a Christmas bonus challenge to submit to their obstinate boss what they believe is the best manuscript they've worked with all year. What happens when Faye decides to submit her own manuscript under a pseudonym? The story is all about Faye finding herself, but there is a definite romance subplot with her best friend's older brother. :) Tue, 01 Nov 2011 02:50:43 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_344636 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_344636 runner_penguin Mia and Tom meet in college and become best friends. Something traumatic happens, and Tom is the only one who believes Mia the whole time - and so he's the one who gets the brunt of her lashing out when that happens, but he never gives up on her. Eventually life takes them on different paths and Mia learns that sometimes things have to break and hurt worse in order to get better. (Craptastic description...probably because I'm not to the more severe breaking points of the story yet. The prologue is up as the excerpt if you want to read it.) Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:14:58 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_353745 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_353745 dharma -girl moves to a new town to work on her Ph.D. -she discovers a rather eccentric community at the flamingo farm and their "saturday night special" of good pie and a prairie home companion followed by general merriment. -girl (and owners of the flamingo farm) are lesbian, but are very accepted by all who frequent their farm. this doesn't always go over too well though with others. it's kind of fried green tomatoes meets truvy's from steel magnolias meets the supporting cast of stars hollow (and a little of luke's diner) from gilmore girls. Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:45:49 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_354418 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_354418 MrsCole Bea's life has become more and more limited as a full time mum to 4 year old Clarrie, and guardian of her orphaned teenage niece Jasmine. When Bea's husband forgets to return home from a work trip, and Clarrie starts insisting that she is the reincarnated soul of a wronged Russian aristocrat Bea abandons her suburban world and takes off with her girls on a road trip across Europe to investigate life, death, and love. Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:12:20 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_354978 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_354978 cloverdew Oooh. Sounds good! Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:28:39 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_357757 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_357757 annaspargoryan Girl loves boy she grew up with. Boy is married to Love of his Life. Love of his Life finds out she has cancer. In his grief, Boy starts affair with Girl. Love of his Life must have hysterectomy to remove cancer. Girl finds out she is pregnant. Goes to have abortion. Boy tells her at the last minute that Love of his Life is in remission. Girl makes the decision to keep the baby and relinquish her parental rights to Boy and Love of his Life, as they'll never have a child of their own. Not sure how it will finish yet, but probably with Child finding Girl late in her life, after Boy has died, and reflecting on everything she gave up, or something. Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:05:04 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_403297 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_403297 kthro Okay, so I cheated and used four sentences. After nothing in life turns out how she'd planned, expected, or even hoped Claire Pinsky goes to great length to start over. With a new name, a somewhat altered appearance, and a far far removed mailing address she adopts a new identity, a new life. Then former high school classmate, Tess, shows up in town with her family to scout locations for her bridezilla sister's destination wedding. In the face of anxiety and fear over having to possibly address her past and finally deal with the reasons behind why she ran away, somehow a whirlwind romance ignites. Tess struggles to accept and understand the web of deception Claire has weaved and what the future is supposed to hold for the two of them - if anything at all. Man, writing a synopsis is tough. I feel like I don't explain it very well. Also I'm still struggling with how to end it. I feel like realistically when two people fall for each other but live in different locations, neither can just pick up and move and so, things naturally end in a "if things were different.." sort of way. But I'm a sucker for happy endings. :/ Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:36:27 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_406747 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_406747 StaceyDisterhof Melissa is 28 and nowhere near where she thought she would be in life—no husband or kids or house and a job she fell into. Most of her friends from high school and college are married, have kids, are homeowners or are much further along in their professional lives. In other words, they're grown-ups. Her best friend (and fellow non-grown-up), Olivia announces she's pregnant, which sends Melissa into a crazy tailspin. She realizes she has two months until her 10 year high school reunion. She decides to use the months in an attempt to "become interesting, if not an adult". Ridiculousness ensues and self-discovery is made. Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:20:03 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_410647 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_410647 StarmyStaryu - Girl starts her freshman year of college and plans to be a Fashion Design major, but has some serious competition in the form of Jerky Boy. - Girl and Jerky Boy both sign up for a fashion design contest and end up competing against each other for real. - Hilarity and hi-jinks ensue. Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:45:32 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_411568 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_411568 Barium I don't have much of an idea. Or a story yet since I had a paper due yesterday that demanded all of my attention! But here's my little ghost of a plot: -Overachieving militant feminist and militantly childfree businesswoman moves to a small town with her boyfriend (though she refuses to call him that) -She's working at a local newspaper, he is teaching at a small, very conservative, very Christian school -One day she hears about a radio contest for pregnant women and decides for some as yet unknown reason to enter it. She wins, of course. -The entire community hears and starts pressuring the couple to get married That's about all I've got right now. Don't even have a title. Planning? Who needs planning? Thu, 03 Nov 2011 08:25:42 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_424317 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_424317 Kelly Ospina My MC has just written a smash romance novel. She thinks she has it all, until her marriage crumbles under the strain of her new-found literary career. Now on her own with a child and a deadline looming for book 2, she has to find a way to come to terms with her divorce, single parenthood and her secret fear that her novel might have been a one-hit-wonder. Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:48:39 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_433587 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_433587 helenastone_lol Mine has changed massively as I've started to actually write the thing! I never realised just how much PLOT you need for a novel! Here's a new synopsis: Effie Anderson is trading office supplies for official secrets… Effie is good at her job, managing the fund of an eccentric billionaire, who seems determined to throw his money away. But she dreams of adventure, stuck in a rut at home, at work, and with her boyfriend. The last thing she needs is a suspiciously grown up “work experience” boy on her plate. But it turns out Ben Samuels is good for more than just making the tea. He’s working undercover, spying for the government, who want to know what’s really going on with Jeb Drislow’s billions. What is the secret behind his latest obsession, ballooning to the edge of space? Effie is dragged into espionage, stumbling through a world of danger, double-cross, and really bad outfits. Can she hack it as a spy? Will she learn to go with the flow? And could Ben finally be ready to come in from the cold… Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:28:34 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_440762 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_440762 anzoey Newly moved my story to the correct genre! I used to disdain chick lit but I'm quickly changing my views on this! My story is sort of a hybrid between chick lit and a regular romance novel, since the romance is one of the main plotlines.Also, sorry it's longer than the 3 line limit, it's just easier to copy and paste my synopsis.. =P Title: The Sweet Life Marlie McKay was living the sweet life. She thought she had it all at 24: A CIA graduate with honors, she had a coveted position in one of Paris' most acclaimed patisseries, working under world famous pastry chef Jean-Baptiste Martineau, and was even dating his charming and very handsome son, Leon. She was a rising star in the culinary world and life couldn't get any better. And quickly she found out it didn't. A short year later, her life is a complete disaster. Betrayed by those she trusted, she returns home to Portland, slandered and disgraced on not one, but two continents. All she wanted to do was hide and forget, but the siren call of the kitchen soon proved to be too much to ignore and despite her misgivings, she jumps back into the fire. Recently renovated and reopened, Sweetwater Grille seemed to be the perfect place to start over. Hoping no one would recognize her through her disguise, she contrives her way into an open spot on the grill line. With the bistro's checkered history of internal problems, she figured if she played her cards right, she could be running the place within a year. But there was one thing she hadn't count on; Hotshot celebrity chef Jackson Wade had the exact same idea. Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:53:24 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=4#forum_thread_comment_476332 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=4#forum_thread_comment_476332 ThatGabbyAbby I'm assuming my idea is chick lit because I wouldn't know how else to categorize it. I'm a chick, and this is definitely a book I'd want to read. Hence why I'm writing it. Three lines is a tough challenge, but I'll see what I can do. Lena followed all the rules, and yet, 8 years out of college she still finds herself working in a cubicle at a job she hates. Only her best "gal pal" Greg and her obsession with The Beantown Boys (the boy band from her childhood) keeps her life interesting. She had no idea, one Thursday morning, that life as she knew it was about to change...and all because of a contest on her favorite social networking website. Fri, 04 Nov 2011 22:37:47 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=4#forum_thread_comment_478827 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=4#forum_thread_comment_478827 mishie27 Bit late posting this but here goes: Polly is 28 and has just returned home after being dumped by her fiance (for another man) and fired from her job. Enter a few twists and turns and lots of laughs Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:49:36 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=4#forum_thread_comment_551605 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=4#forum_thread_comment_551605 xlsmith Life was pretty much on track for Noel Lewis, Beth Wargo, Lynn Smith and Rivers Vaughn. But at the end of the summer, the doctor, the accountant/restauranteur, the columnist and the professor have no choice but to swerve off the road they’d been traveling. An accident, a suspicion, a lay-off and an opportunity will force each woman to reexamine their chosen path and ultimately decide what direction to point the headlights when they finally merge back into traffic. One line over but hopefully it works Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:21:22 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=4#forum_thread_comment_662222 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=4#forum_thread_comment_662222 singitback Edie's relationship has just fallen apart after she moved back to the city and three hours away from her now ex-boyfriend. After a couple of disastrous dates coupled with the ever increasing work disasters, she declares herself off of the dating scene until she can get her life sorted out. Of course, she wasn't planning on meeting someone new just hours later! But it's fine - two people can have sex and still be just friends without anything getting in the way...right?! So it's not quite three lines and it doesn't quite sum everything up, but hey, I tried to keep it short! Fri, 18 Nov 2011 23:03:13 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=4#forum_thread_comment_761352 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=4#forum_thread_comment_761352 Dremada I attempted the snowflake method for this but didn't get past the initial paragraph descriptions (hoping I have better luck with nano :) This is what I wrote ---> An assistant editor throws off the shackles of her desk job and joins a wildlife adventurer heading to the Brazilian Rainforests. When assistant editor Hilary Douglas loses her promotion to the nephew of the CEO she gives her bosses an ultimatum that goes horribly wrong, with only a fortnight to find a new job she jumps at the chance to join a film crew travelling with self-titled ‘Wildlife adventurer’ Gregory Harrison on his trip to the Brazilian rain forests, the only problem is that they really don’t want her to come along. Hilary faces broods of poisonous snake, terrifying colonies of venomous ants and perhaps the most frightening in all of the species throughout the entire world…a pack of macho, fearless and chauvinistic red blooded males. More than 3 lines, sorry :) Fri, 28 Oct 2011 05:54:55 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_260438 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_260438 TheLittlebigwoman Two women, two different lives, One man in common. Mistress writes letters to the wife. Not sure how it's all gonna end yet Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:14:58 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_698978 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_698978 rjstouva I like the idea, but as a librarian have you ever met a sensitive male librarian? If so I would love to meet him because almost all my female librarian friends agree: male librarians are just plain creepy. Trust me! I would love to meet a normal one. Sat, 22 Oct 2011 12:11:29 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_170303 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_170303 cloverdew Love. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:57:51 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_218204 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_218204 lindsay allison NEW STORY!! Girl comes to small town to start over. Girl is rebuffed by town and befriends very few, including hot sheriff. Girl learns sheriff's secret and almost leaves like everyone wants. Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:30:15 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_190009 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_190009 Sara Wolfe I so want to read this! Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:52:50 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_137076 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_137076 cloverdew Awesome. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:58:44 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_218217 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_218217 katiereynolds This sounds like something I would LOVE to read! Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:02:36 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_97750 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_97750 helenastone_lol Love the sound of this! Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:54:26 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_113337 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_113337 rjstouva I LOVE this idea more than words can say. Sat, 22 Oct 2011 12:12:07 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_170312 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_170312 lindsay allison Hope to buy this from Barnes and Noble someday!! Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:31:28 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_190026 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_190026 harriet.y This sounds like loads of fun :) Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:25:55 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_91159 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_91159 coleyco29 This makes me smile. Would absolutely read it. Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:22:27 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_110381 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_110381 smaszansa For someone who thinks of her current love interests as her "Doctor", I would pick this novel up a week ago! Sun, 23 Oct 2011 11:03:31 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_182876 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_182876 lindsay allison I like the sound of this!! Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:32:06 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_190037 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_190037 lindsay allison LOVE the sound of this! Very Ya-Ya Sisterhood, but at the same time...it's not! I would LOVE to read this! Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:32:46 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_190055 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_190055 coleyco29 Love this concept! Sun, 23 Oct 2011 22:09:31 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_191474 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_191474 cloverdew Oooh. I love this idea. I hope I get to read it! Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:59:54 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_218234 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_218234 coleyco29 Coming from someone who's listened to more Britney Spears and watched enough Degrassi to last several lifetimes... I love this idea! Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:25:07 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_218585 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_218585 Rixtine There´s a classic with a story like that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marquise_of_O Plays in Regency era in Italy - there´s a film by French filmmaker Eric Rohmer too - you might look it up - or pictures from the film might appear to your heroine. Thu, 20 Oct 2011 06:57:39 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_139194 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_139194 lindsay allison This sounds fantastic! Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:34:28 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_190072 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_190072 cloverdew Ooh. How neat! Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:02:24 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_218274 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_218274 helenastone_lol Heh, amazing. Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:55:22 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_113349 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_113349 breakingsunshine I would LOVE to read that! Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:47:20 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_135364 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_135364 lindsay allison I love retelling of fairy tales!! Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:35:02 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_190082 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_190082 cloverdew Heh. Awesome. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:02:42 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_218278 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_218278 lovecansmile <3 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:14:24 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_393831 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_393831 sing_of_nocturn That sounds cool-- it could be the pilot episode for a TV show about this out-of-place girly girl who finds herself a crime writer. Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:25:09 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_130564 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_130564 coleyco29 I LOVE this idea! Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:53:52 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_162561 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_162561 jjsigford I would place that squarely in chick lit. It reminds me a little bit of Under the Tuscan Sun. Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:32:51 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_162310 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_162310 rileysmomma read the wikipedia article above ... and it's nothing like the story i've got planned. but thanks for pointing it out. Thu, 20 Oct 2011 07:29:29 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_139350 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_139350 jjsigford I don't know if you were looking for feedback or not, but when I read this I thought, "Ugh! Jerk!" so I hope that your MFC has some friends that will tell her the same thing. Thinks he can find someone better? Pppfffffftttttt :) Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:34:49 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_162331 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_162331 SunnyDenise This sounds like my life! I"ll be interested to find out how it turns out. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:05:20 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_235429 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_235429 stonecoldcrazy Me too! Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:51:32 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_736596 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_736596 jjsigford I think I would call that chick lit. At the very least it's something I would want to read.... Sat, 22 Oct 2011 12:36:15 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_170631 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_170631 lindsay allison I REALLY like the sound of this story!! Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:39:55 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_190151 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_190151 coleyco29 Giles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer was a sensitive librarian.... :) Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:44:55 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_201635 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_201635 DamYankee I had something like that years ago with guys named Mike. I even mentioned it in my Live Journal my rule about Mikes ("they always suck") the night my friend was bringing a guy she was friends with over to drink. His name was Mike. And less than a year later we were married. Oh, and his name is still Mike. :D Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:54:17 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_235219 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_235219 emskibeach oooohh I love this idea! I would definitely pick this up in a bookstore. Sun, 23 Oct 2011 05:37:28 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_181070 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_181070 lindsay allison Very unique story here! I would love to read this! Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:41:32 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_190173 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_190173 deann.nelson28@yahoo.com This sounds wonderful! Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:46:49 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_202710 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_202710 breakingsunshine that sounds fantastic! such a creative idea :) Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:35:04 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_223312 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_223312 aglassoceanaway oh wow this sounds amazing. I would definitely want to read this! =) Mon, 31 Oct 2011 01:46:07 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_314955 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_314955 farmerswife I would too! What a great idea! Sun, 23 Oct 2011 09:07:18 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_182037 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_182037 jjsigford No one can say "no" to Matt Lauer ;) I love this idea! Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:57:23 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_188708 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_188708 lindsay allison Sweet idea! Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:42:04 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_190179 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_190179 rachum_05 I LOVE this idea, and it strikes a vein with me since I keep an online diary and occasionally write about my ex...and he reads it and gets all in a tizzy over it! Oops. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:44:48 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_201632 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_201632 coleyco29 Hee... just throw in a Hoda and Kathie Lee cameo, and hilarity WILL ensue. Love everything about this! Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:28:21 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_218640 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_218640 lindsay allison I think it will be interesting to see how you approach the prostitution thing, and how your character turns around from such a huge decision. I would like to read this! Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:43:07 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_190199 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_190199 jjsigford New story? NaNo is only a few days away! haha If you need small town info, I grew up in a pop. 500 :) Sun, 23 Oct 2011 21:24:04 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_190813 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_190813 coleyco29 Ooh, gotta love the last minute plot changes! Really liking the sound of this... Sun, 23 Oct 2011 22:06:15 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_191431 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_191431 littledupont I can't wait to read this! Glad you found a plot! Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:49:06 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_216491 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_216491 jjsigford We can story swap if you want! Sun, 23 Oct 2011 21:24:52 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_190833 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_190833 rachum_05 =D Thanks, guys! Hopefully I can make it all work out the way I have it in my head! Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:33:23 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_201463 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_201463 lindsay allison YES! HELP! I need to know what kind of buildings and businesses are in a small town. I want to know what the dynamics are like between the citizens. How are new people treated? ANY information you can give me is helpful! Please, please nanomail me when you can! :) Sun, 23 Oct 2011 23:31:45 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_192576 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_192576 farmerswife Oooooooooooh. Let me know if you need any more help. I'm a small town girl too and would be happy to help in anyway I can. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:10:03 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_204000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_204000 lindsay allison Very interesting little synopsis there. I am intrigued. Sun, 23 Oct 2011 23:33:43 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_192595 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_192595 lindsay allison Thank you!! Sun, 23 Oct 2011 23:30:27 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_192554 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_192554 jjsigford I'm going to go to bed soon, but I will send you a detailed account of small town life tomorrow :) Sun, 23 Oct 2011 23:55:46 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_192909 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_192909 MsJessica Thanks - I'm excited for it - it's a twist on a plot that has been running around my head for a while... Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:24:05 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_193997 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_193997 lindsay allison I would LOVE your help too! The more insight the better! I'm shooting for a small, several hundred population town in the rural mountain area. Any info you can give me about the dynamics of a small town would be fantastic. Send me some nanomail? Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:32:42 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_223272 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_223272 lindsay allison Thanks! I'm excited to get started writing!! Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:33:03 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_223278 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=1#forum_thread_comment_223278 pookersmom Again with the wishing there were a "like" button on here! That totally sounds like something I'd read. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:14:54 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_216808 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_216808 coleyco29 Loving everything about this synopsis! Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:23:00 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_218556 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_218556 littledupont Having a "like" button on Nano would be such an addiction! & thank you! I've got a huge playlist of country and indie music to get me through the month :) Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:25:03 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_216909 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_216909 coleyco29 I really, really like this idea! Absolutely something I would read... and hope that HBO would turn into a miniseries.. :) Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:22:09 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_218546 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_218546 lindsay allison Sounds awesome! Good luck! Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:40:08 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_223401 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_223401 cloverdew Ideally, it would be something like Percy Jackson crossed with American Gods but told from the perspective of a woman. Not sure I can pull that off, but I'm certainly going to try. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:35:58 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_219674 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_219674 littledupont Thank you! I really just need the next week to be over! Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:47:41 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_218919 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_218919 lindsay allison SAME HERE! And I'm seriously around for any help you might need! :) Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:39:33 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_223391 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_223391 littledupont You are, very possibly, my favorite person in this world, and I am totally taking you up on that! Wed, 26 Oct 2011 09:28:47 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_228564 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_228564 cloverdew Thanks. Enjoying this forum a lot. Everyone here is so friendly and encouraging. You all rock! Wed, 26 Oct 2011 09:56:34 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_228860 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_228860 lindsay allison Yay!! ;) Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:04:00 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_257152 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_257152 smaszansa Awww :) Sun, 30 Oct 2011 09:03:42 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_295611 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_295611 smaszansa I like this. That elusive space between something 'official' and nothing at all...yeah, it needs more love. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:40:00 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_237111 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_237111 coleyco29 Really liking this idea too! Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:12:31 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_240441 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_240441 lindsay allison I like this! I would love to read it!! Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:05:03 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_257168 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=2#forum_thread_comment_257168 coleyco29 Lots of potential with this storyline for sure! I like it.. but then again, I'm always a sucker for stories like that... regardless of whether they end happy or not. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:13:31 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_240455 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_240455 littledupont I LOVE THIS. I sort of lived it (minus divorce?) with my college bestie. He and I dated freshman year but ended up the best of friends - nearly ten years later we realized what we were missing out on (when I was getting ready to move across the country with my then-boyfriend) and instead I moved alone, to the bestie's city, and we've been together ever since :) Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:16:42 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_246583 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_246583 cloverdew Great idea. :) Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:50:23 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_247003 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_247003 littledupont Love everything about this, cannot wait to hear more! Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:17:25 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_246587 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_246587 cloverdew Love this! Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:50:10 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_246999 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_246999 coleyco29 This is amazing! Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:30:33 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_247508 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_247508 lindsay allison I want to reeeeeead this. Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:07:00 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_257211 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_257211 Lil_Albatross315 I MUST READ! SOunds awesome! Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:25:25 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_406326 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_406326 StaceyDisterhof ohh! sort of sounds like dangerous liaisons meets she's all that! I totally want to read it! Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:24:06 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_410780 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_410780 Sort_of_Bookish Love turning the tables, making it a boy virgin. Love your names. If you're gonna do it, do it big! Total genre and this is why i keep coming back to the genre. I eat up the cliches with a spoon, if there's a bit of a twist and a spark from the author Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:26:27 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_461565 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_461565 breakingsunshine that's such an amazing story! :) Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:40:23 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_257651 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_257651 cloverdew Sounds fabulous. Fri, 28 Oct 2011 10:12:38 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_262539 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_262539 amandamonet I would read this in a heartbeat! Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:41:38 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_341970 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_341970 coleyco29 I love everything about this! Sun, 30 Oct 2011 23:26:32 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_312385 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_312385 Sort_of_Bookish Gold! Do it! Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:24:56 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_461531 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_461531 cloverdew LOVE. Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:50:33 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_463482 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_463482 lindsay allison Oh I see so much conflict potential in this! Should be awesome! Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:57:35 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_399014 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_399014 Lil_Albatross315 Sounds super interesting! Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:25:00 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_406299 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_406299 coleyco29 I love this idea and would pick that book up in a heartbeat! Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:21:25 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_397761 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_397761 smaszansa Sounds more than okay. I would love to read this. :) Tue, 01 Nov 2011 06:50:46 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_348169 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_348169 cloverdew I would definitely read this. Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:31:51 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_351272 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_351272 lindsay allison LOVE that! Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:01:11 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_399143 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_399143 cloverdew Oh, that sounds wonderful! Definitely want to read that one. Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:32:35 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_351281 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_351281 coleyco29 Love it! Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:22:20 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_397793 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_397793 StaceyDisterhof that sounds really really fun! Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:21:17 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_410687 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_410687 amandamonet Awe! That sounds amazing! Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:22:11 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_353892 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_353892 coleyco29 Bonus points for use of the word "craptastic"! I really like this idea :) Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:23:16 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_397831 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_397831 cloverdew Sounds super fun! Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:28:17 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_357752 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_357752 lindsay allison I like the sound of this!! Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:05:07 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_399276 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_399276 runner_penguin Definitely sounds cool! I'm for sure intrigued as to a 4 year old knowing about Russia much less aristocrats! :) Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:09:19 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_399406 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_399406 vanessak27 Thank you for such a kind comment!! I will definitely keep you posted. Fri, 04 Nov 2011 03:33:24 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_454985 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_454985 runner_penguin Thanks! :) Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:07:49 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_399361 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_399361 aglassoceanaway haha thanks, I hope so. =) Wed, 02 Nov 2011 20:24:10 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_408480 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_408480 Lil_Albatross315 Thank you so very much! Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:12:26 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_399518 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_399518 Sort_of_Bookish Wow, I've always been intrigued about women who have the strength to selflessly give up babies. I'd need a reason she couldn't be a real mother to the child to raise the stakes, to show unselfish love to baby as well as couple, otherwise, I'd think she was odd for calmly handing over her child. I'd probably need to see the future to make sure everyone is OK. Like, does she become like an extended auntie and come to regard boy as simply a friend, then find a more appropriate love of life, and have own baby? Really good starting point. I love it Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:30:25 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_461657 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_461657 cloverdew Sounds good, but SAD. Does Girl get anything out of this? :( Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:52:05 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_463518 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_463518 aglassoceanaway aww thanks so much! =) Wed, 02 Nov 2011 20:24:33 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_408492 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_408492 helenastone_lol This sounds great! I don't know, maybe you could end with trying to work out the long distance thing, then cut to ten years (or whatever) in the future and they did make it work. A happy ending that fudges the whole "what actually happened, who moved" etc difficult questions.. Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:33:03 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_440916 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_440916 cloverdew Love this idea! Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:52:51 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_463534 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_463534 aglassoceanaway That sounds like a very interesting story. =) Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:11:36 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_430935 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_430935 Sort_of_Bookish Love it. I'd keep the stakes high by giving her two months "to become an adult" and drop the interesting bit. Because whatever being an adult means to her, it's different than other people's definition and can be wacky and hilarious. Maybe being an adult is not having library fines, or never eating frozen meals, or having a coach trench coat and sensible rain boots. Her quest of something nonsensical, pursued with utter seriousness, could be fabulous. Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:34:36 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_461751 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_461751 cloverdew Sounds great! (And kind-of like my life at the moment... although, I think I'm plenty interesting ;) Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:53:37 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_463545 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_463545 Red Mosquito I really like that - it sounds like it can be funny and real (my favorite kind of chick lit). And who cares about planning. What's an outline? Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:12:02 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_432585 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_432585 Barium Ooh, that sounds good. Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:34:49 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_436794 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_436794 cloverdew Ooh. I would definitely read that! Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:54:40 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_463566 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/chick-lit/threads/4959?page=3#forum_thread_comment_463566