Emily’s Story Ideas

Today we’re going to listen to Emily talk about her story ideas! Yayyy! (and speak in third person, apparently).

 

I HAVE LOTS OF STORY IDEAS

So when I saw Cait’s post on hers, I knew I had to do one of my own. Some of these you may have already seen before in the “MY WRITING” tab. But I will expand on them.

 

1) Grizzly

Genre: YA contemporary

What’s it about? It’s about two girls, Winnie and Molly. A f/f romance which should be fun. Winnie, formerly popular and smart, is pregnant and has all sorts of problems – outcast from her family and friends. Until she meets Molly, that is. It involves the zoo and abandoned amusement parks. The title has a double meaning because 1) Molly calls Winnie “Grizzly,” because Winnie=Winnie the Pooh=Bear=Grizzly (see, clever, isn’t it? …don’t answer that). And 2) They work at the local zoo together.

 

2) Madison McSparkle

Genre: MG fantasy (this one’s a comedy)

What’s it about? Madison McSparkle is a villain. The only problem is he’s not a very good one. His mum keeps inviting the good guy over for tea, and plus, he doesn’t even own a black cape. This is an idea that sounds like so much fun to write, and will hopefully be very funny. It involves the Travelling Shovel of Doom, the organised beheading of Barbie dolls and a major plot point occurring while the “villain” is having a bubble bath.

 

3) Baby Birds

Genre: YA thriller/contemporary kind of (I have no idea)

What’s it about? It’s about a boy, mostly. Except told from the perspective of a…girl. Um. This is hard. Okay so I don’t even know the girl’s name yet, but she’s quiet and is a very keen observer. A new guy comes to school, and nobody knows anything about him – there are rumours, though, of course. All she knows is that he has two halves: one half that is caring – he saves baby birds, lets huntsman spiders outside and always smiles at people. Then there’s the other half, the half that steals cars and gets into fights. And there’s something awful in his past. As [girl] falls in love with him, she finds out what he’s hiding, and basically the story is about how/whether people change, and how much you can forgive someone. IT WOULD NEED A LOT OF RESEARCH.

And Baby Birds is only a working title, by the way.

 

4) Camp Horror

Genre: YA horror

What’s it about? First of all I want to make sure you realise that THIS WOULD NOT BE THE ACTUAL TITLE BECAUSE IT SUCKS. But basically we start off with a school camp, lots of girly bonding and cuteness, and then…you know those fake stories they tell you round the campfire? Yeah, those would start coming true. And it will be excellent and terrifying but also with lots of friendship.

 

5) Jimmy Eel, A Nude

Genre: YA contemporary

What’s it about? Literally the only reason I want to write this is because of the title, which is an anagram of my name (Emily June Mead – gasp, you now know my middle name!). It would revolve around the death of Jimmy Eel, who was seen face-down one day in a lake, completely naked and…erm, dead. I haven’t got much further than that.

 

6) Off With the Fairies

Genre: YA contemporary

What’s it about? It’s about a girl named Mildred (this might change). Like Alice in my most recent WIP, she’s very vague and constantly “off with the fairies,” but she does mean well. All sorts of awkward things happen to her, like spilling food all over customers at the trial for her first job (they don’t ask her back); gets her hair caught in the beaters while making cake…

That last one is totally NOT FROM EXPERIENCE. Okay, fine. Fine. But that was one time, okay???

 

7) Sharing Tenth Grade

Genre: YA contemporary

What’s it about? This one’s a SIBLING BOOK. About SISTERS. Yay! So one sister gets accelerated, and ends up in the second sister’s classes. Which sucks for the second sister – I mean, esteem blow, much? The story’s basically about them helping each other through things and learning to get along.

 

8) Past Lives

Genre: YA sci-fi

What’s it about? In this world, people are paired with a past version of themselves as a way to cure depression. I haven’t figured out much past that, but basically, it’s about learning to love who you are and identity and stuff like that.

 

9) Strawberries and Sausages

Genre: YA dystopian or contemporary or something

What’s it about? Honestly, not much yet – I haven’t even pinned down a genre properly. The title was a phrase I overheard at work, and I thought about it for the rest of the night. It would be from the perspective of a girl whose father is on death row, and his last meal is strawberries and sausages. Aaaand that’s it so far.

 

10) Brace Yourselves

Genre: either MG or YA dystopian

What’s it about? I’m quite proud of this pun, actually. It’s a dystopian (not quite sure what form yet), but also a comedy. Basically the main character (probably male) is annoyed that there’s an apocalypse, because he hasn’t got his braces off and he’s going to be stuck with them for the rest of his existence. So yes, a comedic dystopian.

Number 1 is the one I’m most eager to write at the moment. Same with number 2, because I’ve never written an MG before. Some of these are VERY under-developed and are little more than ideas, but some have actual plots. The things I’m working on right now, though, have priority, of course.

And I have SO many other ideas besides these – they’re all in a massive files: titles, characters, pictures, snippets, random words. I get inspired just by looking at the document.

 

What’s your favourite of my ideas? What ideas have YOU had recently?