So far I've only finished planning 2 of the 9 that I hope to do. Now I'm not the most amazing writer and the planning probably won't make sense but I thought I'd share them. I know that the stories are very cliche but that's how I roll nowadays. 8-|
Red
Jennifer
Romantic
Fiery
Looking for love in all the wrong places, best friend turns out to be the type she’s been looking for all along.
Chapters
- Introduction, person, family, scene
- High school, best friend intro (guy), begins to admire someone, tells female friend
- Admiration continues, warnings from friend about guy being “jerk, untrustworthy”
- Starts getting gifts, chocolates, notes in locker, flowers, party invite.
- Jen takes best friend along, finds guy, goes upstairs, things going too fast, best friend finds them, “frees” Jen, leave together back to best friend’s house, best friend calms Jen down, end up getting closer then usual, kiss, makes things awkward, Jen stays over the night, nothing else happens, leaves early in the morning.
- Tells female friend what happened, intro to friend (anecdote), doesn’t talk to best friend, sees him hanging out with his other friends, tells herself she’s not jealous just confused
- Meets new guy through female friend, he seems like the perfect man but Jen’s troubled, intro to new guy, goes on date with him, very romantic guy (Jamie’s comment), begins to forget best friend
- Guy carries on being all romantic, beach walks, spots best friend, stab of jealousy that Jen ignores, new guy asks her out, says yes
- Jen begins to get detached from new guy, something bothering her, not afraid but don’t want to be near, at the same time she wants to be as close as possible, feeling like a hedgehog warm but with spikes
- Guy dumps her, says she is too cold, puts him off, uses every excuse in the book, Jen becomes just as crushed as before with other guy but this time with no-one to comfort her like best friend did, gets back into contact with best friend, realises how jealous she is that he has got himself a girlfriend, female friend tells her how obvious it is that she likes best friend
- Argument about how she’s been the one who drove them apart but she thinks it was him, end up yelling about the kiss, makes things awkward again, argument subsides, talk things out, best friend ends up telling Jen has always loved her, Jen is the one that kisses him this time
- News spreads fast around the school, best friend has dumped girlfriend, Jen and best friend are dating, glares from romantic guy, female friend “I told you so”, happily ever after.
This one isn't the greatest, I know but to be fair I didn't spend much time planning it as I was already thinking about the next colour. I probably won't write this one but leave it for if I get bored at any point and fancy being creative.
Pink
Gabrielle
Beautiful girl
Kind, average
Always looking for ways to look better
Chapters
- Intro to school, Gabrielle, crew of friends (not full info just small descriptions)
- Gab and friend find job in magazine for modelling agency, Gab asks parents, intro to family, family say yes after some persuasion, begin to prepare for job interview, make-over etc.
- Up to London studio for job, hundreds of applicants, all beautiful, thin, tall. Gab is slightly shorter, perhaps one dress size larger (size 10), does not think of this as friend is ranting about how models who are thin can be so up themselves, friend has not gone for job just for support, mother also agrees with friend, says being that thin can’t be enjoyable. Jen is called for interview, interviewer is “crisp, sharp woman” like Janice Dickinson, makes a quite “urgh” sound as Gab enters, Gab answer questions perfectly, Janice-like woman says so but to loose a few pounds and try again next time, does not thank Gab, Gab is shocked, doesn’t want to talk about it
- Gab spends time looking at all the current models, magazines and adverts all show beautiful, thin girls, begins looking in mirror and sees nothing like that, wants to be accepted like that and consults friend about what she thinks is fat. Friend intro, friend argues about how plus size models are just as beautiful, Gab takes this the wrong way, thinks she’s a plus size model, becomes depressed, talks to boyfriend about it, boyfriend doesn’t really get it and tells her that she’s beautiful, doesn’t change Gab’s mind, is just disgusted at herself, begins tugging at parts of herself, wants to change, decides to do something about it.
- Food-cut begins, begins with simple diet, begins running, proud for doing something, mum noticing a change, asks if everything is okay, Gab says everything is fine and nothing to worry about just getting in shape. Wants to do more so makes diet more gruelling, searches online for tips, sees bulimic website and thinks “she’ll never be that bad”, just a couple of pounds to loose. Boyfriend gets worries, also asks if she’s alright, not spending as much time together, Gab brushes this off, friend from job interview questions, Gab gets angry with everyone asking, argument with friend.
- Bullying at school begins; Gab is getting really thin, thinks bullies are being sarcastic calling her “rib bones” as a joke to show how fat she is. Begins exercising more and more, counting calories with everything, still looking at pictures of models in secret, knows her mum is suspicious, not seeing what other people see in the mirror, “Annie” story, becomes fascinated with ribs, collarbones and spine, likes how they stick out slightly but not enough, sees other girls at school who seem a lot thinner then her without trying, depression, boyfriend becoming stressed and irritated with her behaviour, breaks it off, Gab can think of nothing but her weight. Torn to pieces with break up, stops eating for a few days, doesn’t even feel the hunger, says it’s all to do with the breakup but it’s not, tries to talk to friend she had the argument with but she doesn’t really want to listen, tells Gab she’s changed, tells her she’s getting ridiculously thin but Gab still can’t see it. At home she begins to see that her clothes are hanging off her more and more - sees this as a good thing, she wants to leave the old Gab behind.
- Winter begins, can feel the cold a lot more, tires her out, refuses to eat all the Christmassy food her mum lays out in the week leading up to Christmas, explanation about how her mum goes frantic at Christmas, Christmas gets here, intro to Christmas day etc., Christmas dinner only manages to eat a bit of turkey and some veg, feels sick for eating “so much”, excuses self, is sick, is shaky and ill when sibling finds her, tells them to tell mum & dad she’s gone to bed, mother feels sorry for her, thinks it was her cooking.
- At school after the Christmas holidays all the girls seem to be talking about “how much weight they’ve put on”, Gab is anxious and sure someone will notice how “fat she’s become”, in lessons the learn about eating disorders and how it affects the body, whispers and looks from people in her class, makes her more anxious, pulled aside by the teacher at the end of the lesson, asks if everything is okay, Gab seems a little anxious and off, Gab says Christmas has just been stressful, blames it on “having to be round the family for so long” and laughs it off, teacher isn’t convinced. Christmas break has healed thrift between friend & Gab, Gab tells her about teacher “being nosey”, friend doesn’t say anything, friend gets invite to birthday party and invites Gab along, intro to party host, clothes shopping, can’t find anything to fit properly, Gab hasn’t been clothes shopping in months, gets upset with having to look in mirrors all the time, friend notices but Gab says nothing, instead helps friend pick out outfit, is envious of her flattering body and wishes she “looked like that” even though she’s already tiny.
- Party time, big shindig, intro to it, Gab refuses to drink, knows how fattening it can be, cake is brought out, Gab forces herself to eat some as her friend is looking at her warily, explanation of how “disgusting and disappointed” Gab feels afterwards, excuses herself to bathroom, contemplating making herself sick, wants to get the fat out, takes a couple of tries to make herself sick, description of triumph and although it is disgusting being sick it makes her feel in control and happy, friend finds her afterwards, Gab says it was “food poisoning” but friend is still suspicious, says she should go home but Gab refuses, that would raise more suspicion, she’s completely conscious of her actions but doesn’t want people to know about it, tries to enjoy party but is feeling exhausted after just a few hours, passes out from exhaustion, wakes up in strange room, goes downstairs and realises she’s still at the party house, lots of people have left, friend and host are there, “oh look who’s alive, thought you had too much to drink, couldn’t take you to hospital, would get caught out by police”, friend is mighty suspicious, Gab still won’t say anything.
- Friend starts to realise what’s going on and asks her straight out, Gab says how can she be when she looks the way she is, friend is shocked and tells her there’s nothing to her, Gab gets angry and says she has to say that - she’s her friend, friend gets upset but doesn’t stop asking if there’s anything she can do, tells her how she can’t watch Gab waste away anymore, it’s getting ridiculous, Gab begins eating at school to get her friend off her back but is sick straight afterwards in the loos to get rid of it, friend is still suspicious and really upset and breaks down crying saying how she misses her old friend, Gab turns away “embarrassed to look at her, disturbed”, friend tries a different tactic, tries shocking her into eating, shows Gab photos of what she looks like compared to before, Gab takes no notice, seems completely unfazed, deep down she is, Gab invites friend round to talk through problems with her, finally agrees to chat about what’s really going on, sat in bedroom, small bedroom description, talk over what Gab has been doing, friend is not shocked this time, had guessed most of it, Gab explains Christmas and party scenario, both decide to go for a walk to think things through about what they can do, Gab agrees to do something about her weight but wants to do things slowly and her way.
- At school friend is monitoring Gab but Gab is still sneaking off to the loos, another argument about how friend realises and Gab isn’t doing anything to help herself, Gab says that “maybe she isn’t ready for it yet”, big argument, Gab sways suddenly and friend catches her, asks if she’s okay, Gab scrambles up and says she’s fine, tells friend to leave her alone, turns to go and passes out again, friend panics, description of how frail and lifeless Gab looks now. Gab wakes up in hospital, description of the bright lights, beeping noises, chained-to-bed-feeling, feels tube in her nose, is being force fed, rips out NG (naso-gastric) tube to stop being force fed, refuses to be given food without consent, doctors come in, tell her if she gets any thinner she will die, give her two options: be force fed or go to the counsellor, chooses counsellor.
- Counsellor description, mother-duck type of woman, Gab thinks it is a waste of time, she’s not anorexic/bulimic, just on a diet, stops going to sessions, tells mum she’ll go on her own and then hides around town/in the park, ex-boyfriend finds her and is shocked at how she looks, asks her how things have been, Gab laughs saying how the doctors think she’s crazy, boy tells her how thin she looks though, Gab hugs goodbye, sees him well up after the hug, tells her that it’s like hugging a skeleton and he doesn’t remember his old girl-friend ever being this way before, Gab is shocked at her ex-boyfriend being so upset over it, hits home how far things have gone, goes back to counsellor and begs them to help her, she doesn’t want to be like this anymore, she wants her old life back, mother and friend are rejoiced at news that things are finally turning round, long road to recovery.
As you can see I spent a lot more time on this one and yet it's still very cliche. I don't know whay but eating disorders sort of fascinate me but don't take that the wrong way, I'm just interested to see what triggers things like anorexia or obesity.
Now that I've started I can't seem to stop making up new ideas for stories. I'm off to see what I can come up with for orange and yellow now. I may post them, I may not. I thought I'd just share with you what I've been doing for the past day or so.
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