Story Ideas

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Good Monday Morning, Everyone!

While I should be reading my Digital Video Editing and Yoga books, I am here, unshowered and filled with ideas about a series of story titles for a series of short stories for a book - or - a series of books - or - ........ writing for money - AND - waiting for Big Girl and Little One and GL and BB to arrive back at my home while having my morning coffee.

The Plan - A widow sells everything she has and returns to her homeland to resort her life. Her children are grown with children of their own. She hasn't seen her family in Norway in over three decades. She returns to post-World War II Norway to find a country resorting itself and family she doesn't really know. The time is just right for her to jump in the fray and join the masses as they all head into their new lives.

The Mission - An elderly man gives a young girl a gift to comfort her and at the same time, a mission. After thirty-seven years, the gift and the mission bring two sisters together. Beginning in the Spring of 1963, the elderly man and the young girl find their lives forever linked through a baby, a wife, a mother, a father, and a country in flux. This is the story the elderly man wishes he'd been able to live to see told.

The Journey - A young woman leaves her husband, rescues her children, and embarks on a new life; a life that will make her stronger and happier than she ever imagined even though mistakes and heartbreak are ever present. Will the woman be able to face all her challenges? Will she cause her children more harm than good? Will she ever really be able to escape her ex-husband and his family? Her journey will take us to California during the "Shirley MacLaine" years and back to Chicago, a place she never wanted to live.

Those are all the titles that popped into my head for today. I'm still struggling with final titles for a few other stories. (rolls eyes)

If I follow the above theme, then what else follows "The Mission", "The Plan", and "The Journey"? Are those three enough for this series? I have two more stories that could fit into the "Life" theme. So what do we do in life? We do reach destinations. We get stuck. We succeed. We fail. In the broader sense, though, We devise a mission, form a plan, go on the journey, and ultimately all reach the same destination, Death. OK, so one more story title.

The Destination - A boy leads the way in the Mainstreaming Movement and inspires a community. He makes friends, excels in sports, and finds love. When everything is going so right, something very wrong happens.

This is a good opportunity to work on my proposal writing, too. What do you think? Anything intrigue you? Any stories you'd like to read? Any suggestions?