mine story
March 7th, 2010
For our 407 collab story, I want to write the story of the girl whose fiance dies. I’m considering making her pregnant. Is that too much?
I think I will use the mines as the catalyst for this tragedy. I’m planning on having them communicate through dreams and strange occurances. He is trying to tell her something. What point of view would work best?
I want to be in her head, but I don’t if it would be easiest to stay there, or if it would be better to be omniscent. I kind of wanted her family to be rich, and disapproving of her choice of mate; Kind of a “Pretty in Pink” scenario but backwards, with some twists, death, and a much more bizarre ending.
Any suggestions?
I would ask if making her pregnant really adds anything besides a bit of some forced drama to the story.
As it stands, I was quite surprised at how many “baby momma drama” stories there were last semester. Usually written by females. Y’know, stories where someone loses a baby, someone gets pregnant, someone doesn’t want to get pregnant but does, someone doesn’t want to tell daddy that they got pregnant. It was a bit tiresome, to be quite honest with you.
If you feel that it adds something besides said forced drama to your story, then hey, run with it. But you may end up changing the focus of the story and drastically altering the way it is read.
You should only make her pregnant if it adds something to the story.
I like your idea but avoid making it cliche. Maybe make it a little darker or have the girl’s family (and possibly the girl) wonder about her sanity.