A Little About Me, and My Story.

Since this is my first post, I thought I’d introduce myself and give you guys a little synopsis of the project I’ve been working on.

Well, I’m 22 years old and I’ve always had a creative imagination. When I was in school I took classes in Creative Writing, but never went any further than that. I started doing theatre when I was 8 and continued to do so until I was in my teen years, when I slowly lost interest in performing. I got married at 18, yes, so young. I decided to start journaling again when I got married because I wanted to be able to look back later on and have detailed memories about my experiences as a newly-wed. I’ve continued keeping a journal to this day, and slowly went from writing about my personal experiences, to writing details of different characters or scenarios that I’d created in my mind. I never put much effort into writing stories around those characters or scenarios because I felt that I wouldn’t be any good at writing and I decided to spare myself the embarrassment. One night I was incredibly board and decided to jot some of the details down that had been swimming around in my mind, once I did, I realized that I’d filled up three pages worth of dialogue, character descriptions, and the basic synopsis for my story. I typed it all up and did a little bit of editing, (Hey, it was nearly 2am when I wrote it down!) and I was impressed by what I saw. I shared the synopsis with my husband who gave me an ego boost and encouraged me to continue my story. Right now the main story I’m working on is sans title, but so far I have one chapter and part of the next. I’m also working in a creative writing book as well as searching the web for some writing prompts to help me get used to writing in book form and to get the creative ball rolling. Hopefully I’ll be able to post the first chapter of my story soon, and I’ll post the creative writing exercises that I’ve been working on as well.

Here is the synopsis for the unnamed story I am currently writing:

Emily Albright is the girl that guys want to date and girls want to be. She is a senior at Serenity Grove High School, with a full scholarship to The University of Florida. Emily’s future is set until she meets the new kid in town, Adam Highland. Adam moved to Serenity Grove with his father, Wes, to start a new life as they have done so many times before. Emily is taken by Adam and the two quickly fall for each other, but soon details emerge that suggest Emily’s new love has a dark secret. The Highland’s seem to have brought with them a dark cloud that looms over the picturesque town of Serenity Grove. When Emily learns the secrets of Adam’s past, will she stay by his side, or run for cover?

The genre for this book would be mystery/romance, and could go for teens or adults. The two main characters, Emily & Adam are high school age in the beginning, but I plan to show them growing up in later installments. There are simply too many plot twists to contain the story to one installment- I didn’t want to sacrifice the plot twists in order to condense it down to one book length. If all goes well there will be several.

I want to thank you for reading, and I hope that the synopsis above piqued your interest. I’m always looking for tips from experienced writers, so feel free to comment!

Thanks again!

-Newbie.