Your YA WIPs in one sentence

Red.Ink.Rain · Sep 29, 2009

Ready... GO!

CITY OF SHADOWS:
In a society that literally breeds perfection, Dax is a mistake - and Serenity is the beautiful politician's daughter he dares to fall in love with.

STRANGE AND BEAUTIFUL:
When Lana's parents are shot by a man she saw in a vision, she'll do whatever it takes to learn the truth about her past - even if it means employing the help of the Mafia, the Russian fey, and her frustrating but adorable next door neighbor.

KarlaErikaCal · Sep 29, 2009

LOVE SQUARE: Four teens--Kyle, Rosabelle, Chase, and Jeannette--are entangled in a love square, and the drama between them is inevitable.

TO FIND LOVE: Ethan and Aria venture to find each other after having recurring dreams of the other person, but Aria searches for the truth about the boy she either dreams as her true love or her parents' killer.

THE DOUBLE LIFE OF A GEEK AND A HEARTBREAKER: Lysie is a geek by day and a heartbreaker by not, using the world of online matchmaking to lure in unsuspecting victims, until her own heart is broken by a boy she actually falls in love with.

He's Mine! : A girl's boyfriend is a little too close to his best friend, and her and the best friend's quarreling lead to something completely unexpected. (bad sentence structure)

I could do the rest of mine haha, but that's 7 novels all together right there :tongue

Mad Hatter · Sep 29, 2009

Sixth Circle (me and my sister are writing it :3)

After waking up from a coma with no memory of her past, the last thing Mary White needs is an evil brother, a town that's hiding secrets from her, and Faust--a silver eyed sociopath that knows more than he needs to.

All You Need is Love
After being kidnapped out of her own home, fourteen year old naive Marion falls in love with her captor--who just happens to be her older half brother on a mission to destroy their mother.

Finding Sanctuary
In a dystopian world where orphans are sold as slaves, Cage is sold to a wealthy land owner who he forbiddingly falls in love with.

I suck at one liners

btw, Red.Ink.Rain., those sound brilliant!

Amynta · Sep 29, 2009

LIONHEART:
After he is killed and his sister kidnapped by the same magical force, Leander finds himself the champion of the force that resurrected him - the long-dead High Mage blamed for the destruction of their glorious empire - and in a battle three centuries in the making.

That really doesn't sum it up at all well, but it's as close as I'd get in one sentence. Hm.

BONES:
When Dinah Gillespie discovers that the dying can see the dead - and that there is a ghost in her attic - she makes it her mission to do one last good thing before she dies, and set him free by solving a murder that occurred over sixty years ago.

Kathleen42 · Sep 29, 2009

Hemlock
Whoever came up with BFF didn't factor werewolves into the mix.

The Illusionists Field Guide
The afterlife is boring--so boring that Lexie could kill herself...if she wasn't dead already.

peachiemkey · Sep 29, 2009

After Cameron
When Riley starts receiving texts containing addresses from her dead boyfriend's number, she's got to suck up her cynicism and embark on a cross-country road trip with her best friend - a trip resulting in the unearthing of dark secrets, fiery conflicts, and one too many run-ins with the law.

Bad Sun
Kimber just wants to use her stay in Sun City, NJ to earn some cash and get her pregnant mother off her back, but when she falls in like with a boy from the opposite side of the annual summer prank war, mistakes are made, old hatreds erupt and Sun City will never be the same.

Red.Ink.Rain · Sep 29, 2009

OMG you are all brilliant! These sound awesome!

BriMaresh · Sep 29, 2009

Forever Fifteen
Sophia's focused on breaking a curse that has kept her fifteen from the times of dragons to today, until an exhibit at the local museum digs up Sophia's past as a fairytale princess, bringing with it a prince charming intent on having her, whether she wants him or not.

BlackBriar · Sep 29, 2009

Mason Trials-

In a society that is strictly divided along caste, Mason goes from one mistake to a horrible tragedy in only a day, but can he gain the strength to survive it all and change his world for the better?

Leasie · Sep 29, 2009

Corded Bars - After being approached by a mysterious newcomer offering her a get out of jail free car, Alex's life is thrust into the world of espionage

Mortal Affairs - After being demoted to a lower level demon Pheobe needs to sway some souls to the dark side to stave of being killed off, however when her next target turns out to be her great great niece she begins to rethink her immortality.
(Alright so that ignores the entire love story aspect, but that would mean another sentence)

chocowrites · Sep 29, 2009

Wow, everybody's WIPs sound wonderful

I'm pretty sucky at one-liners but here it goes:

The Warded:
When a dying boy lands on Moira's doorstep, she unwittingly saves his life--but little does she know that his presence will bring about disaster for her and her family, in a world where a totalitarian government controls all and magic wreaks havoc when used.

See:
When Maddy Keats begins seeing colors surrounding people, she's sure she's going crazy just like her insane grandmother and suicidal mother before her--until she realizes that the colors are actually people's emotions.

Elysium · Sep 29, 2009

This is going to be hard...

HAVE MERCY

The only thing keeping Alden from killing himself- is a girl named Mercy who has more problems than him and the mysterious new music teacher who bewitched his heart with the thought of freedom and a life he had always dreamed of.

UNDER THE JEWELED SKY

The Fates know Natasha Petrova has bad blood, and she will do anything to keep them from killing her, even if she has to help a man without a heart, fight a battle between an evil demoness and a centuries-old dragon.

SHADOW

Aside from seeing shadows and having nightmares that won't go away no matter how many sleeping pills she takes, Victoria Montgomery has Death looming over her and to make things even worse, she is the only one who can stop the world from being taken over by Lilith and her league of power-hungry demons.

Blind Writer · Sep 29, 2009

Um....Little Brown did a sentence for THE DUFF, so using that would be cheating, huh? lol. So I guess I can't do it.

A MIDSUMMER'S NIGHTMARE
Whitley was expecting to spend just another boring summer with her dad, but is instead horrified to find that he's moved to a small town and is getting remarried to a woman whose son happens to be one of Whitley's one-night stands.

WICKEN LAMBS
Rowan is good at using people to help keep her at the top, but when she tries to sabotage the boy who broke her heart, things go terribly and tragically wrong.

MargoWest · Sep 29, 2009

IN THE DEEPS
When Jai gets what he wants, he discovers that sometimes what happens after is even more difficult and heart-wrenching than what came before.

YAwriter72 · Sep 30, 2009

I Am That Girl - Assuming a dead girls identity was supposed to be her ticket off the streets, except Hannah didn't really commit suicide, and now the killer is back to make sure they finish the job this time.

Barely Breathing - After being forced to do the unthinkable, Raine checks out mentally and gives up, but an equally scarred boy is determined to make her see that life is still worth living no matter what happened in the past.

Angela_785 · Sep 30, 2009

Truth Between Lies--After overhearing a murder in the old folk's home where she lives, Sabrina Milo is forced to trade newly won trust with her mother for a criminal past that will allow her to uncover the killer before he realizes he left behind a silent witness.

absentnormality · Sep 30, 2009

I fear the challenge here will not be condensing into one line but making that line interesting. You're all too good at this.

To Have a Name
When M6 is sold to the Waveriders she can only hope the stories of their abusive treatment of slaves is just that.

Eden's Pilgrimage (Is looking like it shall be trunked)
Fresh out of highschool a group of friends set out to discover God's lost garden, after all if God created such a good place, surely He wouldn't have destroyed it?

Avoid Clichés Like The Plague(working title)
Brandi wants to write a novel but seems to be breaking every rule in the book, clichés, plagiarism, dream sequences and classic love triangles run rife through her work, and her real life isn't fairing much better.

bobcat22 · Sep 30, 2009

Here's mine!!!

CANARY:
Kate is propelled into the world of privilege when her dad becomes coach of one of the state’s top high school basketball teams, but when a player violates her trust, she must decide whether to stay silent or expose the corruption, destroying her father’s career and bringing down a town’s heroes.

Sage · Sep 30, 2009

Love Sucks
How much love would a love sucker suck if a love sucker fell in love?

Trouble is a Friend of Mine
The Spirit of Trouble must find a way to unbind himself and his good girl best friend or be forced to kill her.

I notice I always right the one or two line summaries from Trouble's POV, even though the novel is in Bex's.

Chanelley · Sep 30, 2009

THE CITY OF FALLEN FLESH:
When a virus turns people into flesh eating mutants, Melody must go back to where it started to save her sister.

CREEK LAKE ROSE:
When Amber's little sister goes missing, she comes back not quite as human before, and Amber must find out how to save her.

JamieB · Sep 30, 2009

I find these to be excruciating, but I'll give it a go!

LOST TO ME

Before Lauren Kelling can have her romantic prom night with Kolton, his brother ends her blissful plans - with a knife.

STEAM ANGEL

Archer Lowell's girlfriend is hot as hell - literally.

CANT ME IF YOU CAN

Lucy Warpole thinks opening the gates to the afterlife kind of sucks when a fallen angel takes her principal to hell, and to get him back her boyfriend is forced to marry Satan's daughter.

Rachel · Sep 30, 2009

Virginity Thief (working title... get your mind out of the gutter

):

When aspiring actress Mari Abdo is forced into the most boring school on earth she discovers that school's male virginity club and becomes determined to shut it down the only way she knows how.

(reading the five words you are allowed to have your mind in the gutter).

Red.Ink.Rain · Sep 30, 2009

SHADES OF HOPE: A week after breaking up with her boyfriend Rory, Hope Langston finds out that she's pregnant with his baby and sets out on a journey to reclaim her life with the help of Rory's delinquent cousin.

EVERLAST: Kace is completely mortal in a world where 1/10 of the population lives for 300 years, but the tides start to turn when she and her twin brother are selected for a reality tv show that offers them the chance to become the new mate of an Immortal world leader.

SOH is bubbling up in my brain again. I might make that one my NaNo instead of Everlast, and let EL simmer a little while longer. Hmm...

D. Archer · Sep 30, 2009

Spiral Path
Kynat always dreamed of becoming a good hunter, he never dreamed he'd have to become a monster to do it.

ejwriter · Sep 30, 2009

Losers
When a rebel, a bully, a geek and a social pariah witness a cop committing murder, the four unlikely friends go on the run and discover - they can't fight the law, but there are some battles they can win.

Butter
On December 31st, the whole school will log on to watch the live stream as the 400-pound boy they call call 'Butter' eats himself to death.

Sammy Vegas
Lydia barely knew Sammy Vegas, but when she discovers she was the last one he spoke to before committing suicide, she embarks on a journey to learn everything about him - and finds herself falling in love with a boy she can never have.

Your YA WIPs in one sentence

Not your kid brother's YA

YA romance writer in love with love

crushing on fictional characters

circuits in the sea

Not your kid brother's YA

New kid, be gentle!

Bricoleur

Surrender, Dorothy!

scaredy cat

believe

YA/MG Author

the chart is not the sea

someone let me off this crazy ride

Queen of sensible stupidity

Our Lady of Parentheticals

Stuff and nonsense.

Not your kid brother's YA

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