The story I’m writing I guess you could say is a self-discovery novel. It’s about a girl named AJ (Aislyn Julia) Wetzel. She’s starting the summer before her senior year in a small Maryland town, 1400 miles away from her hometown of Houston. On top of trying to plan a Sweet 16, she has to cope with the 8-month anniversary of her boyfriend Cody’s death, the birth of her sister Sienna’s love child, her parents constant arguing, her 9-year-old troublemaker sister Tinsley, and trying to figure out who she really is.
But her dysfunctional family, along with the help of some new friends, may just hold her key to happiness. Literally.
(Literally as is, for her birthday her parents give her a key necklace and tell her it’s the “key to happiness” and as long as she has it nothing will ever go wrong. Then one day she loses it, and while she’s searching for it, she realizes that one guy has been there for her all along.)
Does this sound like something you would read? I know it sounds a little unorganized up there, but that’s only because this is fresh out of my mind (:
Older sister- Sienna Marie Wetzel
Younger sister- Tinsley Beatrice Wetzel
Do those names sound okay??
Also, should anything else MAJOR happen? I was thinking the Dad works at a law firm, and his boss dies and he was like a big part of the town, so everybody in town is at the funeral? And maybe that’s where AJ meets a guy?
Thanks for the help 
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Sounds like a good start so far. I do think it needs more tension – what is the girl’s main goal and what is the obstacle keeping her from it? What makes the family dysfunctional – I’m sure you know, just come up with more details on what parents fight about. Something major should happen, but it’s up to you what. The boss dying would be most interesting if it somehow tore the family apart even more. I like this kind of novel, so keep fleshing it out and if it’s character based, I’d be interested.
Good luck with it!
Actually that sounds pretty good. I’d probably read it, then again I read almost everything. I like the idea but I wouldn’t have her meet the guy at a funeral. I’m sorry but it’s not very romantic and kinda creepy.
Maybe, for something major that happens, (this might be terrible) instead of Cody being for sure dead, he could just be missing and presumed dead and when they find his body and hold the funeral, Cody’s mother pulls out a gun and kinda goes crazy. I don’t know where it goes from there. Maybe the guy she meets could be a cop that shows up after it’s all over and tries to comfort AJ, who’s crying because at one point Cody’s mom had said it was all her fault and pointed a gun at her. The mom then shot herself in the head.
Too gothic? xD Hope some of this helped at least.
I would read it. If it ever gets published or if you put it online, tell us! Don’t forget about the little people here on Yahoo Answers!