"My First European Woman"

[CTyankee]

Would you read a story with that title?

Just wondering. I have an idea, based on a life experience travelling with my 8 year old stepson. The quote is actually his...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. I would indeed!

It's a very intriguing title!

:hi:

[CTyankee]

2. Thanks! I thought it was pretty intriguing myself.

But I am having a problem developing this story. It is a really nice story about a kid who is in a Mexican resort that is primarily inhabited by Europeans, whose women do not wear tops on the beach, hence the idea of "European women." It is a sweet story actually.

I hope to develop this further, of course...

[Tangerine LaBamba]

3. As long as you keep talking about it,

in my experience, you won't write it......................

[CTyankee]

4. It's hard to find the handle. I have considered and written a bit in the first person

but I found that oddly limiting. I will go back and try again, tho. Right now, it is anecdotal which doesn't make for a story but only is the starting point for a story.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

5. Write your ass off -

write everything and don't allow yourself to be limited. I find that letting a story rip, and then reining it in later, if need be, is the most fun way to go. Just tell everything, and then, if you have to, move the parts around until you have them right where you want them, like a big old jigsaw puzzle.

Don't hold back. How can you find anything "limiting" when you're the one doing the writing?

Sounds to me like you're listening to some kind of arbitrary "rule" in your head.

Ditch that. Rules are for fraidy-cats who are afraid to go running in the dark, afraid of falling and getting hurt......................................