Tagline: While volunteering at a charity, Sharee Walker meets a charming "Santa" with whom sparks fly as they bond over spreading holiday cheer.
Observations: This story warmed my heart because it touched on the fact that not everyone's holidays are filled with people they love and a lot of people feel lonely when Christmas comes along. I liked seeing the heroine not just be a victim to her sadness and situation. It's a good lesson for life. If you don't like your situation, do something about it!
This one way to come up with a story idea. Begin with a character who has a situation they are not happy with and show them taking action. Then, while they're preparing for that action or completing it, throw in a love interest. For example, maybe a woman is unhappy with the state of her front yard.
She could meet someone at the nursery when she asks for advice.
A neighbor could offer to help her pull out a particularly stubborn bush.
She remembers a man she has a crush on at work has shared pictures of his garden before.
As she works hard in her garden she comes upon a brightly painted stone. (It's from a secret admirer.)
She hires a teenager to weed the yard and meets his single uncle in the process.
She upsets a bee hive and meets a handsome EMT.
She finds an abandoned squirrel/bird/animal and meets a handsome vet or animal rescue person.
Try this yourself. Look at your own life and choose something that you'd like to change then imagine how love might blossom while in the midst of changing that thing.
Photo by Steve Bremer via Flickr CC License
2 comments:
Thanks, Kate!
I loved this story, Kate. It reminds us all that life is what you make of it. Well done.
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