Monday, November 2, 2009

NaNoWriMo Day 2: fact sheet

I need a place to start keeping the facts straight as this story grows. I and others have thought of some great ideas for different scenes which I'd like to include. Hopefully that will help with the overwhelmed feeling of filling this bitch up with 5o,000 grunts of content. So.

The Cast:
  • Eva, or Mrs. Wallace - the mother, and perhaps occasional narrator
  • Mandolin, or Mandy - the daughter, and main narrator
  • Abraham, or Bram - Mandy's father
  • Lila & Jacob, or Jake - Mandy's kids, Eva's grandkids
  • Isaac, or Ike - Mandy's brother
  • Alexandra, or Ali, or Alex - Mandy's sister
  • Sammy, Ruthie, Ronnie - Eva's brothers & sister
The story:
  1. Eva's grandfather, or maybe brother, molests her as a kid
  2. Eva meets & marries Bram
  3. Bram turns out to be a drug addict
  4. Eva has kids - Mandy, Ike, & Alex
  5. Eva & Bram separate
  6. Eva molests Ike?
  7. Eva & Bram get divorced
  8. Mandy meets Greg & they move in together
  9. Alex becomes a stripper
  10. Mandy gets pregnant & has an abortion
  11. Mandy gets pregnant again with twins
  12. Greg turns out to be gay
  13. Mandy ditches Greg - does she kill him? does Eva kill him?
  14. Bram dies (heart attack?)
  15. Mandy has Lila & Jacob
  16. Ike meets & marries someone
  17. Eva burns Mandy's face & body with some kind of acid
  18. Alex takes custody of Lila & Jacob
  19. Eva goes to jail while awaiting bail
  20. Ike's wife leaves him
  21. Mandy visits Eva in jail
  22. Ike visits Eva in jail
  23. Mandy confesses to the burned face herself, claiming insanity
  24. Mandy is institutionalized instead of Eva
  25. Eva dies somehow (cancer, maybe?)
  26. explosive ending! Ike burns down someone's house & dies?
I think this could be really good...? Even if it does turn out to be just like Flowers in the Attic, I think I'll still be proud of myself.

1 comment:

Courtney Craig, DC said...

wow! that sounds intense
can't wait to read as the story unfolds