attention span of a goldfish, i kid you not

well, fred wants to abandon the would-have-been novel. her attention span could not have been any more than that of the animal with a 4 second memory span. i dont want to complete it alone because it was her story and she'd be pissed, and also i would probably restart the entire thing if it was mine alone. change the names and narrator, definitely. i couldnt write a book in first person from the perspective of someone i cant relate to. i think fred can relate to emma, but not uglyname (i refuse to say the name she picked for the main character, its horrible). and since uglyname is narrating... i dont know. i didnt really think we could finish it anyways, but it was worth a shot. i did really like uglyface's character, even though the plot would have to be pretty similar to get the qualities that i like in him to show, if i were to use him again. that said, im going to tell you about the idea im currently working on.
a girl whose only true friend is her sister witnesses her (the sisters) death, and chases down the murderer, only to find that he was lied to and told that she committed some crime against him in the future, and he went back in time to prevent it. he now has to take her along, because she knows he is from the future (only 8 years, though). they face some trials that i will not reveal, and face a devastating ending that i have not decided on. there are many options, but i have never been one for happy endings. a harry potter end is what im aiming for, (overall they have won, but with heavy casualties and despair) because a 'perfect' ending is corny and boring, but a tragedy and loss of the main goal is just annoying. JKR got it right, unlike most authors. i hope i follow and get it right, as well.

and dont steal my ideas.