Originally posted by sirthumper
Oh lordy, How I do love a healthy debate!


As a writer of fiction, I have authored several stories involving widely diverse characters. Some are abused wives, children living in abusive homes, the indigent, and people who just can't seem to get their lives in order. The key ingredient of a good story is "conflict," and stories in which something prevents the protagonist from achieving their goal makes the story worth reading.
That was my point exactly. It's very easy to tell when a person is a writer from the very synopsis they write.
Therefore, you don't really need someone to write it for you do you?
And I'll even go further to say that your post was not even necessary. Your a writer, that was your idea, what did you need a survey of who would like it or who would not? The bottom line was you could have submitted it anyway.

You said it yourself, 'As a writer of fiction', then if we follow on these lines you could have penned your story yourself, you could have lodged it into the stories section, it would have been appropriately CODED, and then whoever wanted to read it could have read it.. so what's stopping you write it then?.. yes..I like to ask these types of questions, only to see what answer is forthcoming.

As for conflict Sirthumper? I hardly doubt that an 'innocent' 13 year old, who is portrayed as innocent and vulnerable poses as a 'conflict', it's rather like 'no contest' when a girl that age is pitted against 8-12 guys that want to gang rape her.

What are you going to have 'intellectual' depth with a 13 year old and 8-12 men, in order to have the 'conflict' ? As for the 'worth reading?' element? Oh please.