Question:
I need HELP with my book & with names, plot, everything!!?
Kaylen
2009-11-11 17:39:46 UTC
It’s going to between a girl (Clora) and boy (Andrew) that are 17.
Clora’s dad's a scientist and she has a step mom that married the dad for the money and is younger. She also has an older sister called Anna, and her real mom died. Andrew’s dad is a pastor, and the mom's a jerk and Andrew turned out to be bad seed. Both Clora and Anna are betrothed to wealthy men and Anna is jealous because Clora has the richer cuter guy and Clora falls in love with Andrew. Clora's dad doesn't approve of Andrew. And Andrew has a brother and sister, but I don't know what to name them or any of the parents.

Oh and I’m going to make Andrew special. As in he'll be kind of like a super hero but I don't know what kind. For a fact he'll have super strength and well super hearing, seeing, smelling, basically everything. BUT he's not going to be a vampire or werewolf. Maybe he’ll be a white tiger! idk
23 answers:
2009-11-11 18:07:34 UTC
It sounds like you have most of everything you need *down*, but what you might need to do is a little more brainstorming with your characters' attributes, background, and some of the other finer details in life.



What I would also suggest is make an outline of what you've got down--this way, you won't be completely confused by what you've already come up with.



I did some character models for my characters early on, name, place of birth, age, height, appearance, base of operations, that sort of thing. It gave me a solid foundation to start--so that I could concentrate on the story and add the details to my characters later on.



Of course, some things changed along the ways, but what doesn't in a story or novel?



With Andrew, I would take *one* or *two* special abilities and stick it with him. He sounds too Clark Kent-ish for my taste.



I mean, Small ville is a great series, but if you want to make your 'superhero' good, give him something that makes him or her special and not like everyone else.



Y'know?



For example, my novel, The Starchild, is a *perfect* example of what to do if you want to create a 'superhero-ish'-character.



The 14-year-old girl in my book becomes the Starchild of Ancient Lore through a piece bequeathed directly from the Source of Chaos. (A machine sentience of incredible power.)



She transforms into the Starchild from her regular guise--no secret identity needed--weilding incredible cosmic power and other abilities that can affect the cosmos on an unfathomable scale.



The Starchild of Ancient Lore--in my book--doesn't have any known--inherent--weaknesses. The only time when she's vulnerable is when she pushes herself beyond her limits and passes out from time to time from exhaustion or severe injuries accumulated from fighting.



Being the Starchild means that she doesn't die. She's practically immortal and for good reason: The legends defining other *past* Starchilds of Ancient Lore spoke of their presence lasting tens of millions, and even hundreds of millions of years.



Her only true threat is a space-born parasite called the Devourer. It literally *feeds* off the cosmic power of any Starchild of Ancient Lore--killing them in the process.



The God of Insanity is another definitive threat to the Starchild, but the last known confrontation was almost 300 million years ago.



The Starchild in my book has a little more time before the God of Insanity pays a visit to her corner of the known universe.



The Starchild's other abilities is the gift of flight, speed, instant transmission (in some cases), and intergalactic travel via hypergate bypass conduits.



She's also been able to travel to other alternate universes once or twice and when she uses her Chaos Generators, she becomes something more menacing, *dark*, and often uncontrollable. (It gets pretty crazy when that happens.)



But anyway...



Hope this gives you some idea on how to create a really good superhero character! (Just leave the Kryptonite at home where it belongs.)
2009-11-15 02:40:43 UTC
sounds like an okay plot. Taven is a cool name. Good job on thinking of that. :) umm...as for the sister and parents..Idk if you are going for names that are kind of...not unusual but not really common..umm..Im bad at making up names. I think you should add something really interesting into the plot that readers weren't expecting. For example, one of the parents turns out to be bad and does something horrible. Or a new character comes into the story and some big problem happens to everybody because of that person. But its your story. Let me know how it turns out

P.S. Sorry I wasnt much help.
Ellieishere
2009-11-15 00:33:20 UTC
It sounds good but imo i think you need to maybe think about your charcter's perosnaltiy a little because you wouldnt want to make your story too cliché or confusing with so many ideas in onething if you know what i mean but other than that it sounds really good :)



some names i would recommend probs be....



Ryan

David

Jack

James

Bradley

Liam

Louis/lewis

Zack

Micheal

Steven

Gustav

Craig

Daniel

Bill

Matthew



and female poss

Naomi

Natialie

Dylan

Mia

Lydia

Ellie

Misha

Stacey

Charlie

Chloé

Jazmine

Racheal

Kaycee

lousie





lol i think i thought more girls names :S i hope thise helps anyways :) xXXXx
Meg
2009-11-15 12:35:17 UTC
That sounds pretty good. You could make Andrew a weretiger, or wereagle or something different like that. For the sister's name the first suggestions that come to mind are as follows, Lissianna, Cleanne, Neci, Mirabeau, and Mirei. I hope that helps and best of luck with your book:)
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2009-11-13 15:30:20 UTC
I would say that you've got most of what you need right here. I don't know what kind of a writer you are, but I actually find I write my best stuff when I just get the absolute bare bones minimum of what I need to make a story down, and kind of let the characters, setting, even large portions of the plot-line, develop themselves. It's a pretty common saying among authors, but it's really true in my (and many others') case: I don't tell the characters what to do, they tell me what they are doing, I just write down the story.
2009-11-15 00:32:44 UTC
Aww it sounds like a good story

Thanks for answering my question by the way!

Maybe you should write the story & then give it a name. Or

Like.. It could be anything too like Twilight like Stephanie Meyer named it, even though it really doesn't have anything to do with the story.

Just a idea.

I like the names, but maybe you should make Andrews WHOLE FAMILY special that'de be awesome.

But props to you for not going with vampires or werewolves, everyone's like crazy over them now haha.

Good luck on your book :)
Nessa
2009-11-13 02:53:42 UTC
Basically, you have everything. The theme, character identities, and the like. Upon redaing your plot, it seems pretty nice, but please, stick with 1-3 superpowers, and refrain from super senses. (you don't want it to be like superman right?) Might as well add a few unique powers, such as looking daggers, or anything that will look 'cool'. Or even better, keep a story journal, where you'll write everything you want happen in your story, then edit later, just as I did with my story, Vampire Heiress. If you want to know what my story sounds like, send me an email.



Names:

Janessa

Anne

Louise

Hope

Elaine

Lian

Liammy

Chrissy

MAndy(Amanda)

Jonette

Aicelle

or, buy a name dictionary and take your pick
Rowan Lovatti
2009-11-15 04:29:28 UTC
for a name for your book: Unsuspected hero

for a plot: Andrew can save Clora in a disasterous situation becasue her fiance is a coward and can't saver her.

and i think it's an awesome story idea!
RJlim
2009-11-15 11:50:53 UTC
Names:

Amadus

Colegen

Deamus

Remaser



I think andrew should be a ordinary boy until he finds out that he has special powers and keeps it a secret until a thief raids their house. Then he finally makes use of his powers to shoo them away.



Plot: The thief fails to raid andrews house and groups his thief friends to try and kill them. He also has a lot of weapons.
2009-11-15 19:55:09 UTC
Here are some names, I'm not sure if you'll like them...



Misty

Elizabeth

Penelope

Merope (Mer-oh-pe)

Kristen

Lilac (Well... you said you wanted something original, but I don't know if that's the kind of thing you had in mind)

Vivian

Vivia

Ziva

Andi

Mary Jane

Gabriella

Mia

Yasmine (Sort of like Jasmine but with a twist)

Ciara (Cee-ar-ah)

Gianna (Gee-ah-nah)

Silvia

Naen (Nay-een)

Beatrice

Analine

Anabeth

Phoebe

Divean (Div-ee-in) <---- Can be used as girl or boy

Zoe

Erica

Joanie

Megan

Alexa

Sabrina

Cassidy

Miranda

Nicole

Emily

Brooke

Erin

Becca

Maria

Cristal

Valerie

Kennedy

Ming

Danielle

Sky (I like this one cause its a little different)

Iris

Isabel

Nikki

Nicola

Nicolette

Gwen

Caitlyn





Some boy's names:



Austin

Tyler

Brandon

Daniel

Jordan

Adam

Seth

Brice

Liam

Josh

Sean

Cody

Chris

Dean

Eric

Kyle

Griffin

James

Ryan

Jacob



I hope this helps! Thanks for answering my Q!
2009-11-15 05:07:59 UTC
That sounds really interesting :D

Might I ask what time period this is set in?

Because it is difficult to come up with names if you do not know the time period.

Possible powers are:

Telekinesis (The ability to move objects without touching them.)

He might be able to see into the future.

Invisibility.

Good luck :)
Amelia
2009-11-12 03:04:06 UTC
im the one that you answered the question to. the one with the long story? the one where you didnt know who said "pst". well, i forgot to put the rest of the story in there. so its there now. its obviously not all of it yet. im not even close to a quarter done. so your question will be answered if you go read it. and i still need help! i need you to help me with transitioning guys! ok, yours.



i think everyone else is right. u should take their advice. especially the ones with long answers. ;)
liberian_girl_852
2009-11-15 01:35:13 UTC
Kiara and Kaleb

make them twins



And the main character ( girl) should be called Elenore while her sister is Felicia since she's the jelous type

but that's your choice :P

Andrew should be a shape-shifter. that would be awesome.
Rosey G
2009-11-15 20:16:33 UTC
Give someone the name Coimbra. It just sounds pretty cool right now. Maybe you should try calling the father that.
beelee
2009-11-13 04:26:45 UTC
the parents could be named...



dads---

Michael, Richard, Clarence, Peter, Phillip, Zachary



step-moms---

Janette, Lydia, Christine, Pauline, Judy, Rosalyn, Caroline



the brother//sister:

Rachel, Joshua, Abigail, Connor, Luke, && Hailey (:



&&Andrew's specialty?? hrmmm, I would probably say that he could be a guy with just super powers, like he could be psychic or have able to move things around with his mind...something like that. (my mind's totally blank)



but yeah, there's my help (:
♥♥♥♥♥ Queen of Melancholy ♥♥♥♥♥
2009-11-12 02:35:50 UTC
ohh make andrew a shapeshifter, i haven't seen those since X men! Sounds like a good story!

Good parent names:

Patricia

Samuel

Kara

Diego

bob



Dorky Parent Names:

Trueman

Cacam

Triwildera



Sorry im not much help, i may be able to add more later, im sick so cant answer much :=) Thanks for answering my question, ohh and get me your story when you're done i wanna read it !
crazy ex-girlfriend!
2009-11-17 21:16:34 UTC
hey why not give andrew the gift of mind reading. like he would be able to read people's minds but only when and who he wanted to. does that make sense?? i've always liked that superpower :)
Tink ;)
2009-11-15 17:07:38 UTC
For the sister ..

Molly or Mollie

Kira

Vanessa

Lily
Willow
2009-11-12 01:44:57 UTC
Kira

Kye

Lilly

Alora

Ash





Kaleb

Lucas

Dustin

Calvin
Anonymous.
2009-11-13 02:45:51 UTC
if you need help with names the best thing to do is go to behindthename.com i find all my names there.
Spoiled
2009-11-15 04:21:01 UTC
thanks for answering my question and yea your book sounds really interseting i would deffinetly read it him turing into a white tiger would be so awesom different and really cool i love white tigers

:)
Mickey
2009-11-15 05:57:56 UTC
thats cool i read your earlier and i thought i answered... guess not..... but anyone? help mine too?
Piccalily Pico Potter
2009-11-15 01:39:43 UTC
i agree with the first 2 answers.

please answer mine!

https://answersrip.com/question/index?qid=20091114163142AAyvIHT



Thanks, Dee


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