Character: Allison Nosilla, age 19, fresh out of high school, working at the local Dairy.
Conflict: Everyone makes fun of her name, writing it backwards produces the same thing, like racecar.
Resolution: Meets boy named Eric Cire. He understands how she feels because he has the same problem.
Will Happen: A few years later they get married but decide to keep their own unique names and become know as the backwards, yet cute, pair.
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Both of your ideas seem to lend themselves to a lighter touch -- a little humor in the telling. The second one might be a bit tricky -- you'd need to be careful that there's more to these characters and the conflict than just their names -- or to make readers believe that the names alone are enough of a problem to carry the story.
ReplyDeleteThe family's struggle to lose weight could be interesting -- but you'll probably want to dig a bit deeper to decide (a) whose story you'll tell and (b) what the key conflicts will be for that character. Telling the story of an entire family could be tricky POV-wise -- especially in a short story. So I'd recommend settling on a single character through whose experience you'll share this story. What, then, will that person's conflicts -- internal and external-- be? How will he/she change by the end of the story?