Young Writers discussion

I have yet to write this. What do you think?

Maeve, a 16-year-old from Cincinnati [or another well-known city] whose mother has never allowed her to get near a sewing machine, finds out she is a descendant of Sleeping Beauty/Briar-Rose/Aurora/whatever you call that particular fairytale character. Meanwhile, a troubled boy called Cyril [said SIR-ull] begins having dreams about her, although he lives on the other side of the country. Needless to say, (view spoiler)[ she falls under the old curse and he has to save her (hide spoiler)].

Also, I'm considering making the mean-girl, Varvara, a descendent of Maleficent, but is that overkill?

Sounds cute! But not super original, though it sounds like it would be good.
I can't wait to see it! :D

I agree with you, it's not the most original idea I've had. ;)

I'd definitely read this! ^w^

And yeah, I think it'd be cool to give Maleficent a descendent too. I'm interested to see how Varvara's character turns out. :)

Raevyn wrote: "I agree with you, it's not the most original idea I've had. ;)"

Roxanne wrote: "I'd definitely read this! ^w^

And yeah, I think it'd be cool to give Maleficent a descendent too. I'm interested to see how Varvara's character turns out. :)"

Maybe you could say Maleficent had a child with Sleeping Beauty's father, the king, a son and say that Maleficent tried to kill her so her son could be the true heir to the kingdom.

Cool idea.

I like Gabrielle's idea too - but instead of all that drama I would put Maleficent as the king's OLDER sister and now she's using her descendant to take over the crown (since she thought it was her crown - makes sense to curse Aurora now). Same theme though.

That aside, the plot sounds super cool, and you could probably do several spin offs.

For an example, Snow-White's descendant could live in a small town in the mountains. Her enemy of course would be (not her step-mom), but another girl who is known for being vain and loving hand mirrors (Evil Queen's descendant). You could have the miners as the "dwarfs", a mountain boy as the "prince", and you could add that the MC loves apples, but her parents always rejected them from strangers.

Either way great idea!

I think this is a great idea! Would this be taking place in modern times? Because then I don't think the whole maleficent using her descendant to get the kingdom would work because there would be no more kingdom.

It does take place in modern times. :)

The Writer Named Emmeline wrote: "I like Gabrielle's idea too - but instead of all that drama I would put Maleficent as the king's OLDER sister and now she's using her descendant to take over the crown (since she thought it was her..."

You're first point sounds interesting, but I kind of feel like then it would just be the same as the Little Mermaid plotline.

@Gabrielle - Lol, almost. I don't think Ursula was related to King Triton originally - I just think her family wanted the crown. That said though, you do make a point.

I like this idea. Have you started writing it?

No. I got caught up in another writing idea. I'll try to fit this in, though. :)

I would definitely read this book.

It's a nice idea, but it might get tricky trying to avoid Maeve becoming useless (since she'll be, you know, in a comma). You could add struggles within her dreams but then you'd need 2 POV and I'm not sure if that's recommendable at all.