What would be an interesting storyline?

[westbroc90]

Could someone make me a basic starter storyline (soap opera) based on the character descriptions and their relationships?? Much appreciated! Also what are some good last names for the families??

Anna - The oldest member of the family. She grew up poor in Ireland, but married into money and moved to the united states. Her husband died in 1977 and she inherited everything. She has four children, 12 grandchildren and one great grand child. Alot of drama surrounds her will as she is known to change it depending on who she favors at the time. When her children/grandchildren became/become 18, she gives them a large chunk of he inheritance. Hence why (most) of the family is very wealthy.

Laurie-Ann - Anna's oldest daughter, 51 years old. Sh was disowned at 17 for getting pregnant but has since been welcomed back into the family. She divorced her husband after having only been married for 4 years. They had two children together. She has less money than the rest of the family because her inheritence was cut significantly due to her dropping out of school at 16.

Darren Jr. - Laurie-Ann's oldest son, 30 years old. He is a recovered alcoholic. He has one daughter. He is in the middle of a bitter custody battle with his ex-gf.

Blake - Laurie- Ann's youngest son, 28 years old. Anna is currently trying to convince him to go back to school (on her dime) as he never finished highschool.

Gweneviere - Darren Jr.'s daughter she is 8 years old. She is the only great grandchild of Anna, Anna treats her like a princess. Her parents are in the middle of a high profile custody battle for her.

Kathleen - Anna's second daughter, 48 years old. She is the only one of Anna's children to have completed a formal post secondary education. She is married to George, but they recently separated. There is suspicion surrounding their separation as it was extremely sudden and unexpected. Kathleen and George have six children together.

George - Kathleen's husband, although they are currently separated. He owns a large engineering business. This is the source of much of Kathleen's wealth ( the rest of it coming from her mother). He is from Britain. When one night they suddenly separated, George took four of their six children with him back to Britain. Their separation happened overnight.

Jacob - Kathleen and George's oldest son, 18 years old. He lives with his mother.

Chloe - Kathleen and George's oldest daughter, 16 years old. She lives with her mother. She finds her parents separation very odd and suspicious. Especially the fact that her mother still wears her wedding ring......

Victoria, Abby, Oscar and Sophia - George and Kathleen's children that he took with him back to Britain . Ages, 12,10,8 and 6. They have not had any communication with their mother or the rest the family since the separation and move to Britain, one month ago.

Tamara - Tamara is Ann's daughter in law. She was married to Ann's oldest son until his passing in 2004. They had two daughters together, Miranda and Bridget. She does not get along with Kathleen and James. She claims to not have dated since her husbands passing. But the family is starting to wonder how true that really is....

Miranda - Tamara's oldest daughter, 16 years old. She often gets jealous of the fact that Chloe is Anna's favorite grandchild. Other than that she is quite oblivious to the family drama. Her, Chloe and Bridget are best friends.

Bridget - Tamara's youngest daughter, 13 years old. She is much more in tune to the drama that that surrounds her. She find's her aunt and uncles separation very odd. And wants to find out what went on.

James - Anna's youngest son. He is unlucky in love having been married and divorced four times. He has two sons. He is very close with his sister Kathleen. He recently almost claimed bankruptcy until an unknown family member gave him 2 million dollars to invest in his health food corporation. Many thought it was Kathleen but she swears it was not....

Keemo - James's oldest son, 13 years old. He is the product of James's second marriage. He lives with his mother in a different state but visits anually.

Kaylen - James's youngest son, six years old. His mother is James's third wife. He lives with his mother but visits every three weeks. His father recently entered into a custody battle with his mother.

That's all :)

[garbhach65]

You can come up with all of this personal detailing, but you can't come up with a plot? Stop asking other people to do your work for you, or at least post this in Art and Humanities -> Books and Authors.

[eorl]

Good writers don't write for the sake of writing, good writers write because they have a story to tell.

So, if you can't come up with your own plotline, for the love of God, don't write a story. It probably won't be very good.

[ahanu]

A good writer lets the character speak to them.
As a writer, when I discover a character (not "create") They slowly allow me into their life, and let me know their story. That's where the plot develops, and personal attachments to the characters are made. If you can't think of your own plot, and can't allow yourself to bond with your characters well enough to find a plot, then don't write. Nobody is going to do your work for you, that defeats the meaning of creativity.