My Bare Bones Idea

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I've been wanting to be apart of NaNo since I heard about it on TN years ago. Now that I'm finally done with school, I don't have an excuse. I made the official decision Monday night with not an inking of an idea. :-| :-|

I've been mulling it over and here's what I've got so far.

A poor girl from a family of bootleggers has been dreams of moving to the city. Chicago. When she's finally old enough she makes the journey with nothing to her name other than a few precious possessions (I think her mom will be dead at this point.) and her dreams of working in fashion.

I'm thinking my genre will be Chick Lit. I'm envisioning a coming of age type story with the main character overcoming various obstacles to accomplish her dreams. Although, I'm not sure if that's the right genre though.

So that's all I've got.....thoughts? Advice? Dares?

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I suggest fire.

For dying in.

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It will be a character inspired by you.

Thanks!

ETA - I'll call her Habetha and she set her own house on fire. With her kids inside. Her daughter was the best friend of my main character.

This is good. I can work with this.