Which is a better idea for a short story?
It has to be under 1500 words. 1. An old lady and an eighteen year old guy meet at a nursing home when the boy is doing community service to pay for something bad he did. He has a kid and his dreams of being a pilot are put on the back burner when he realizes that he must get a factory-level job in order to pay for his child. He feels hopeless. The old woman feel hopeless because her life is nearly over and she has no one. When she was younger, she too had a kid at a young age. They realize how much they have in common and become best friends, giving each other the strength they need to go on. 2. A journalist, Charlotte, from Cleveland, Ohio is working on an assignment in Sicily, Italy when she meets a man, Pascal, who works for the mafia. He offers her $10,000 dollars if she agrees to smuggle his drugs into France. She attempts to do so, but she is stopped before she even gets on the plane, though they haven't found the drugs yet. Pascal, being the con artist he is and having the connections he does, does his best to help himself and the journalist get out of their predicament before too much damage is done. Pascal and Charlotte fall in love somewhere in between. What do you think?? Which sounds more interesting?
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1 :
Number one sounds way more interesting and the character development possibilities are endless. The second option sounds like a plot for a movie.
2 :
The first one sounds more appropriate for a short story =)
3 :
2 sounds more interesting #1 sounds too familiar to other story lines
4 :
Telling the idea is interesting for both but a lot of writers lose that when they actually do the story and it isn't as appealing as the ideas were. Keep that in mind when you pick whichever one. Both are ok.
5 :
The first one has more potential. The second one is just too like a TV show or something. Too much drama and plot, and not enough opportunity for character development like you have in number one.
6 :
it will depend on how the story is depicted. The first one can be beautiful. And the second one can be very pretty. it depends on what you do with them.
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