Story is going Nowhere. Need a deeper plot, or Something
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Story is going Nowhere. Need a deeper plot, or Something
My story is just something random that came to me yesterday afternoon, when I joined the 50k word rush for the first time. Now I need to figure out where I want to go with this story, and I can't think of anything.
My biggest problem: the ending. I always have problems ending stories, trying to figure out where the right place is to cut it off without making it lame or seem like there is supposed to be more.
About the story: The story is about two teens that were in an accident, and have lost their memories of life before it happened. The boy's family moves away to keep a distance from her, as the accident was her fault and they'd always seen her as a bad influence. Three years later, the boy's father moves the family back to the town, and his mother fears that the two will meet and the boy will be 'corrupted' again. Eventually, the two do meet, and their memories begin to resurface.
And that's where I'm stuck. It's kind of a romance, but it's not like that through the whole book. Can anyone offer some help?
Re: Story is going Nowhere. Need a deeper plot, or Something
Hi what about bringing in a third main M C that falls for one of them and forms a troublesome triangle. Maybe a former lover that stops the first two M C's from gettingback to where they were before the crash. leaving the reader wondering which one will she or he choose in the end? A touch of romance and a lot of conflict-perhaps. Good luck I'm sure your get there.
Re: Story is going Nowhere. Need a deeper plot, or Something
That's actually very similar to what I've done with the story, with the third character being the antagonist that caused the initial accident. He uses the FMC's amnesia to his advantage to convince her that they had been going out, and the MC doesn't exist. Now it's gotten complex and involved, and someone will eventually die. >:D
Thanks for the surprisingly accurate advice. ;3+
Re: Story is going Nowhere. Need a deeper plot, or Something
It seems like you have a really good basic plot going on, and maybe you could add more characterization to the parents: maybe there are outside circumstances not related to the incident as to why they do not like the girl.
Also, what about your MCs friends? How do they think about the situation?
Can your MCs reject the memories that they are regaining? What if they regain all of the bad memories about the other MC first and resent that character and slowly gain back the good ones?
Perhaps you can add another story arc with another character seeing the situation from the outside in.
Just some thoughts, but I think you've really got something good there :D
Re: Story is going Nowhere. Need a deeper plot, or Something
I've been working on it all day and figure that I've got it worked out (added some characters that can be considered the antagonists), but I like that bit about the bad memories surfacing first. I never would have thought of that. I may use that from here out, actually, especially when I switch the POV to the girl's.
Thank you~ :3
Re: Story is going Nowhere. Need a deeper plot, or Something
No problem! Keep writing :D