Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Story Idea - Only in Nightmares

Hello, there!

I've been thinking about a variety of story lines for November's writing challenge with NaNoWriMo - and then got distracted by life.

Any-hoo...

A year or two ago, I had a recurring nightmare where my ex-husband would call me and say he and his girlfriend were pregnant. He would then ask me if I wanted the baby, because both of them would rather stick pins through their eyes than be parents. Variants of this dream included me saying yes; me laughing and hanging up the phone; or me saying no and bawling my eyes out because he went and got someone else pregnant.

Seriously, could you imagine?

  • Girl meets boy
  • Girl marries boy
  • Boy asks for a divorce because he doesn't want children (doesn't mention girlfriend on side)
  • Girl gets over boy, meets and marries better, devoted-to-her boy
  • Girl and better, devoted-to-her boy have baby dreams
  • Two years later, boy asks girl if she would adopt the baby of boy and his mistress
  • Girl is unable to conceive despite multiple attempts with better, devoted-to-her boy
  • Girl is in her 40s
  • Girl has a dilemma
 I think I could make a writing project out of that scenario. What do you think?

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