Is my idea good?

by Grace Gotts
31st July 2015

I went online to a plot generator and made a random plot. I then changed a little bit, what do you think?

Tristan Jones suspected something was a little off when a vampire tried to bite him when he was just ten years old. Nevertheless, he lived a relatively normal life among other humans.

It wasn't until years later when he he bumped into the devilishly adorable vampire, Lucy Roth, that his life finally began to make sense.

However, Lucy proved to be kind and seemed to have an unhealthy obsession with writing. Tristan soon learnt that Lucy had taken an oath never to take pleasure from a human being.

When Tristan's old friend is injured in a polo accident, Tristan realises his own life is at risk.

Despite Lucy's bloody wounds and long claws, Tristan finds himself falling for the vampire. Only fate will decided whether he kills or protects her.

One night, a gremlin appears before Tristan and warns him of a darkness within Lucy. The gremlin gives Tristan the ripped candlestick - the only weapon that can defeat a adorable vampire.

Will Tristan find it in himself to kill the only creature who has ever made him feel truly uneasy?

Thanks

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Hi, Grace!

I've just [after writing all the comments you'll see below] seen your answer to another question, where you state that you're a child. You might not visit that question again, so I'm repeating my reply here (where I guess that you WILL look in):

Hijacking of this thread: Grace Gotts, you write that you're a child. I have sent you a "connect" request. NOT because I stalk children on Internet, but because you're here on W&A as a WRITER, and my publishing concern is very interested in the idea of books BY children FOR children. Please get in touch. (Visit http://la-granota.com to confirm that I'm on the level.)

(But I stick to my guns about finding a more original idea.)

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@Lorraine, Well this was online, not me really me writing it. Monsters vs Magic is a book i am writing, tell me what you think when I put it up

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02/08/2015

Grace, write what you want to write,

Regarding this plot: it's hackneyed. Very shallow, no character development, just cartoonish action. What is a ripped candlestick?

Plot generators are never going to give you new ideas - only a mix of well-used ones. Try coming up with your own more original ideas; or use this one as an exercise in writing scenes. This sounds like jumping on a bandwagon that's had its day, actually - vampires are becoming very boring.

Lorraine

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