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"Luke is a boy who hates girls because of some bad experiences he's had in the past. His father thinks that the only way for him to get over this hatred is for him to be exposed to girls, so -- when an all-girl's school decides to go co-ed -- he's sent there to join up. He winds up being one of a very small number of boys who start attending the school that September."
Okay, so this is a random premise I came up with off the top of my head. If I were to turn this into a story, would I need to add a plot of some sort? Or would it be fine to make it "plotless", so that the story unfolds in a series of conflicts, with the only unifying idea being Luke's character/emotional/relational development?
This isn't something I intend to write, but I'm trying to learn what to do with premises like these. I have some other ideas that are like this except I aim to make them comedic. I'm not sure if they'd be "acceptable" or "marketable", though
But then again... shouldn't comedies be about the comedy? So as long as I make readers laugh, the plot is secondary... right?
Okay, so this is a random premise I came up with off the top of my head. If I were to turn this into a story, would I need to add a plot of some sort? Or would it be fine to make it "plotless", so that the story unfolds in a series of conflicts, with the only unifying idea being Luke's character/emotional/relational development?
This isn't something I intend to write, but I'm trying to learn what to do with premises like these. I have some other ideas that are like this except I aim to make them comedic. I'm not sure if they'd be "acceptable" or "marketable", though
But then again... shouldn't comedies be about the comedy? So as long as I make readers laugh, the plot is secondary... right?
