Okay, so the idea I've decided on going with for LMS is basically a play on the character stereotypes of the wild child and the good girl. It's probably going to be upper YA, contemporary with a hint of romance, but more focused on ideas surrounding coming of age and a MAJOR aspect will centre on female friendship. There's also a fantasy element, but I'll get to that
My idea, as it exists currently, is about two girls. Hannah is the 'good girl', widely liked, usually described as sweet, quite shy, never puts a foot out of line. Tess, the 'wild child', is her polar opposite - outspoken, rebellious, loves a party, could hook up with anyone who takes her fancy. I'm thinking the two may have been childhood friends who drifted apart, but I'm not dead set about that.
The story begins with the reader being introduced to both girls (a side note, I'm thinking this will be written in third person limited, with a dual POV, but may still end up first person), who initially are both willing to fit into their respective good girl/wild child boxes that those around them have put them into. They don't really interact much, but they know each other from a distance.
No specifics yet, but Hannah and Tess are brought together in a way that forces them to interact with each other more. They get to know each other a little better, but still only superficially.
Both girls are brought to their lowest point (need to work out once I know the characters a little better), and wish they could have a life more like that of the other.
What I want to happen next is that Hannah and Tess both find themselves living the life of the other girl. Possibly Freaky Friday style, where they just switch bodies, or potentially more in an alternate universe style, where they're both still Hannah and Tess, but Hannah is now the wild child and Tess is the good girl. I'm deciding between the two, and also trying to work out the HOW and WHY this happened - I don't want the fantasy element to override the contemporary YA vibe I want this story to have, but I still want the 'life swapping' to make sense and not be too 'it just happened'.
The rest of the story follows Hannah and Tess as they are simultaneously trying to work out how to get back to normal life, but also trying to survive the life they've been thrown into. They come to see each other as more than just the 'good girl' and 'wild child', and see both the good things and the constraints of each other's lives. I'll get more specific in a future post because I'm all summaried out.
As a final note, if anyone has any New Adult book recommendations, that would be fab and highly appreciated. I'm not yet sure whether this will be YA or NA yet (or something between the two) and whilst I'm well versed with YA, I'm not so familiar with NA. So any recs would be great. For research!
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