In one of the 'novels' I've slowly been working on a realization just hit me. It's really, really similar to Twilight. There aren't any vampires or anything like that but I think plot wise it's basically the same.
The protagonist is a girl named Madison. The summer before her freshman year of high school she goes to this artist's academy/camp in San Francisco, (She's from Long Beach). She's really shy and not that confident. Her very first day there she meets this guy named Alekzander and he's really attractive and amazing. Madison is all shy and what not around him but as the summer progresses they become closer even though he's off limits because he's one of the camp mentors and four years older than her. He ends up breaking her heart and she goes back to Long Beach at the end of the summer really upset.
Her friends are suspicious. They know who Alekzander is and everything but they don't know he broke Madison's heart and they want to know why she's all depressed all of the sudden. As they start their freshman year Madison meets Alex and he's really nice and everything but Madison is kind of weird around him because he reminds her of Alekzander because of the names. Finally by the end of the year and a couple of letters from Alekzander trying to apologize and some panic attacks later, Madison tells everyone what happened with her and Alekzander.
That summer she goes back to the academy in San Fran, Alekzander isn't there this time and she becomes more of a rebel with this guy named Carter. She dyes her hair and la-di-da. At the end of the summer when everyone presents their portfolios Alekzander shows up and they see each other but don't talk.
So now Madison is a sophomore and she's still kind of depressed/upset about Alekzander and Alex is trying to help, he's just a really good friend. The two of them, (Alekzander and Madison) continue to write letters sometimes and towards the middle of the year he comes back and the two of them work everything out. Her friends and parents don't really like him because of what he did to her though. They become more and more close and they begin dating. Alekzander tells Madison about this opportunity to go to Italy and paint for seven weeks this summer and she accepts.
They go to Italy and it's amazing and beautiful and they fall in love and everything is peachy. When they get back Alekzander has to go back to school in New York and they try to keep dating but they eventually break up. Madison seeks comfort in Alex, they become close and begin dating for the rest of the year. The same cycle happens again and then Alex gives her an ultimatum, she has to choose, once and for all between him and Alekzander. If she chose Alex and then decided she actually wanted Alekzander, Alekzander would take her back but Alex would never date her again, they would just be friends and if she chose Alekzander and then decided she actually wanted Alex, he wouldn't date her, they would just be friends.
She chose Alekzander and then Alekzander decided to take classes online so he didn't have to go back to New York for his and Madison's senior years.
(This isn't one book, it's going to be multiple )
So isn't that really similar to Twilight? Madison as Bella, Alekzander as Edward, and Alex and Jacob?
What do I do?
-Carly
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