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I am writing a novel about a sixteen year old girl who is forced to go to a summercamp. While she is there she meets a 25 year old man who lives up in the forest and falls in love with him. Then he gets creepy and kidnaps her to his cabin that's up in the forest where he is holding two other girls because he says that he is "in love with them and wants no one to get in the way of their love" and they have to escape and get back.
Basically the whole theme is rebellion and its effects.
would you be interested in reading this? what other things or twists could i add to make it more interesting? (link)
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I dont quite understand how the theme could be rebellion. Based on your description it would be a false sense of love and the will to survive. However, I respect your creative rights and I'm sure you've already figured that out.
Maybe having the man be younger would be more believeable. Or you could simply not saw how old specifically, just say he is young looking. Ooooh! Good idea! He could claim to be a runaway, that way it won't look so suspicious that a 25 year old is living in a forest, lol.
Give the guy an interesting background, like a messed up childhood or a difficult family life. If he's holding three girls hostage he's definitely psycho, and the reader will need some explanation to why.
Also, make sure the guy gets what he deserves! Readers love it when the "bad guys" are punished justly and the "good guys" come out on top.
Over all, i think it is a new and brilliant idea! Good luck! I'm sure it will turn out great! :]
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Rating: 5
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thank you so much!
The theme is rebellion because her parents are forcing her to go to this camp so she wants to do whatever she can to break the rules as a way to show her parents that she really doesn't want to be there.
Also, the man is older because not only does that add to the rebellion, but i know a lot of girls who find older guys more interesting and mysterious.
As for having him living in the forest he was going to be a researcher doing some studies on the forest that way it won't seem that weird.
And yeah i'm going to have a twisted past =]
thanks so much for your input!
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