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hi guys does anyone have any ideas for a heist novel🤪🤪🤪 i have to write one chapter for my creative writing class and im gen struggling soooo bad!!! THANKS
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Anonymous 3w

hmm.. maybe a group of teenagers in a cancer group getting chemo or just found out that they have cancer start plotting to leave behind a large sum of money for their families or bc they want a lot of money to really live their life before their clock runs out. idk tbh, i immediately thought of money heist & breaking bad, both of which i’ve seen & was trying to think of something vastly different yet combining both experiences of what the characters in those shows were undergoing! i feel like-

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Anonymous 3w

Heist novel… I mean you either focus on how interesting the heist is, OR make it a super easy comedic heist!

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 3w

Im not good at writing comedy is the issue! Im not a very funny person…

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 3w

you could add a lighthearted comedic vibe to that given they’re teenagers or you could make it as serious as money heist was, with some or one of these kids being a huge brain of the operation & knowing/doing a lot of research on the operation of whatever facility they’re plotting to rob

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 3w

omg LOVEEEE you are so creative but also it feels a tad too dark 😭😭😭 and i wouldnt feel qualified bc i dont have cancer obvi loll. i feel like the prof might be taken aback a bit bc the theme was supposed to be whimsical for my proposal hahah. could you please help me brainsotrm of anything thats similar but less intense maybe. this is so so clever tho, love it.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 3w

i got you, that’s entirely fair! & hmm maybe a group of rich teenage girls that are kleptomaniacs and have met each other through those klepto meetings that their parents forced them to go to bc they have a serious problem? kinda a way of them bonding over having everything but wanting more so they plan to aim higher than just their local target or ulta?

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 3w

i mean, they don’t even have to be rich. you could make it as girls or a group of students that come from nothing & have a really good resumé that’ll set them off for college/higher education. make them kinda nerdy but yet, they don’t want their parents to stress about having to pay for them to go to some prestigious university in case their applications aren’t gonna set them off. so they have a lot of brains and critical thinking skills and not just a bird brain ass plan to rob somewhere

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 3w

maybe even american students studying abroad and they group up with other students in europe to plan to rob some huge museum or something there & they try to plot it in time for their return back to the states. (kinda thought of the louvre for this LMAO)

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 3w

Legit take inspired from the louvre heist and ask a ton of questions until you have a story?

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 3w

OMG you are incredibly creative wtf thank you for sharing your brilliant mind 😭🫶so intuitive and clever. we did a peer workshop with 10 ppl in the class and no one in my class had suggestions this cool, they’re genuinely all so entertaining and interesting. im leaning towards the klepto one just bc thats soo funny and i feel like my professor will rlly appreciate the ridiculiousness of it- she likes bizarre books like a 19 yr old getting pregs w her professor, or someone who’s perpetually

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 3w

perpetually unemployed and her POV experience being unemployed for a year or smth lol, nonserious lighthearted books like that. im wondering if i could even combine a few of these ideas like i rlly like the time ticking bomb of the exchange student one….

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 3w

(also normally i wouldnt write to be in alignment with someone elses perceptions of whimsy but shes a published author so im very very intimidated lol)

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 3w

OOOOH YOU SHOULD DEF TRY THAT- keep ur style though, don’t try and write to pander, make sure ur having fun! (Also you should make a public acc so we can follow!) or post it somewhere!

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 3w

YAY!! i’m so glad i could be of assistance!! i’m so excited for what you can cook up!! i genuinely would LOVE to read it whenever you’re through with the first chapter!!!

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 3w

you guys are the best yhank you dearly🫶 i will post a link if yall dont mind offering critique before i submit??!!! it’ll only be 2500 words and im def not using crazy prose lol. i was ideally supposed to have this done months ago so the wkshp class could give me feedback but Procastination🤣 also soo true, gotta have some fun widdit🤪(academia has destroyed my soul)

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 3w

yes!!! i would love to read it over!!!

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 2w

YIPPEEEE ill post it soon :)))

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