So I’m starting a story, and here’s the basic outline for the plot: (sorry for the length, and any spelling/grammatical errors)
–> Gabrielle Werner has been living with her aunt Eleanor and uncle William Nelson for as long as she can remember. Her parents are dead, and all Gabrielle knows about them is that they died in a freak motorcycle accident- or at least, that’s what her aunt claims. Having no other relatives, she was handed over to her aunt- who treats her like she’s invisible. Desperate to find out more about her parents, Gabrielle searches the house, and goes to the attic, which she is forbid from. In the attic, she stumbles upon a box containing a lease to a house in Nantucket and her father’s will. Upon inspection, she discovers he’s left the house in Gabrielle’s name, and has set up a bank account for her with his life insurance policy. She finds out more about her parents, such as her father’s cancer (*the reason he even wrote out a will and had life insurance) and through reading a diary that belonged to her mother. Confused, Gabrielle digs deeper into family history, and discovers that when her grandfather was deciding who to pass the house down to, aunt Eleanor’s jealousy at not being chosen may have played a role in the death of her parents. Gabrielle keeps searching and finds more shocking information about what really happened the night her parents died, and eventually flees to Nantucket to see the house, where she makes the most shocking discovery of all.
THEN>>>> I have no idea what should happen next. I was thinking of taking a surprise twist (think sixth sense and the others) where Gabrielle has actually died as a child in a car/motorcycle accident, and in order to try and get the Nantucket home and bank account her aunt and uncle kill her depressed mother and take her father, who was on life support, off. (Which is how her parents actually died). In the story Gabrielle is actually a ghost who can’t leave Earth because she has the classic “unfinished business”-finding out what really happened to her parents when they were alive and with her relatives, and in the end it is revealed that she has actually died before her parents’ murder.
But, I don’t know. I feel like that would unnecessarily complicate the story.
My other ending was>>>> Gabrielle arrives at Nantucket and uncovers the whole story, and is extremely shocked. In desperation, she runs out to the street, and the story ends with a car speeding towards her.
I just can’t think of a good ending, as you can probably tell haha. Sorry for this being so long, but I don’t know how to end it. I don’t want her to die in the end, so the second ending isn’t my favorite. I also don’t think her being a ghost suits the story very well. Any suggestions/ how can I edit the plot?
I literally just thought of all of this now so sorry for the mistakes haha. Any input is appreciated
and by the way, I’m a 14 year old (striving!) author, so constructive criticism is accepted c:
Or I thought maybe i could take the “happy ending” approach, in which her aunt and uncle were planning to kill her in order to get the house, but she leaves before they can and talks to the officials in Nantucket about the house and her aunt’s crime, and when they return to her aunt and uncles’ home to arrest them they’ve committed a double suicide, slitting each others’ wrists. Gabrielle and the authorities then have all the paperwork for the house legally transferred to her name and search for more living relatives; she moves in with her cousin from her mother’s side, who takes her in until she is of legal age and can live in her father’s house. I was thinking of doing an epilogue, in which Gabrielle and her 2 children live in the Nantucket house, and the three of them are at Gabrielle’s parents’ gravesides
is this a good third option? It could also inspire a sequel in which Gabrielle’s kids learn about their twisted family history.. :