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But after taking all y'all's advice into account, I've decided to write the story I want to write.
I ditched the inconsequential girlfriend. She breaks up with the MC before the story even starts, and in chapter one he gets put on Zoloft and the inciting incident is him immediately going off to college rather than wait a semester to see how he reacts to the med. It turns out he has bipolar disorder, not depression, and the SSRI he's on leads him to attempt suicide. The fledgling hero admits himself to a psychiatric hospital, where he meets a new adult whose androgyny makes him question his sexuality and conservative bias toward LGBTQ people.
However, there's where I'm stuck. I want the book to be about their relationship, but not a romance. I want to keep the focus on their development into adults. I have no stakes, no conflict. Halp
I ditched the inconsequential girlfriend. She breaks up with the MC before the story even starts, and in chapter one he gets put on Zoloft and the inciting incident is him immediately going off to college rather than wait a semester to see how he reacts to the med. It turns out he has bipolar disorder, not depression, and the SSRI he's on leads him to attempt suicide. The fledgling hero admits himself to a psychiatric hospital, where he meets a new adult whose androgyny makes him question his sexuality and conservative bias toward LGBTQ people.
However, there's where I'm stuck. I want the book to be about their relationship, but not a romance. I want to keep the focus on their development into adults. I have no stakes, no conflict. Halp