MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE

Story Type and Themes

YA Romance

LGBTQ+, Strong Female Lead, self discovery, finding love. Soulmates

Description

While on a family summer vacation to the lake, Sarah discovers a message in a bottle, asking whoever finds it to write back. The messages sent back and forth across the lake, guided by fate, change her life in ways she could never have expected.

Timeline

  • PLOTTING

    An outline has been developed that fully fleshes out the plot with major and sub plots

    18 April, 2023

  • 1st Draft

    An initial draft focused on getting the story written out

    11 June, 2023

  • 2nd Draft: Plot Work and Character Design

    A second draft focusing on fleshing out the plot and characters

    In Progress

  • 3rd Draft: Setting and World Building

    A third draft focusing on setting and world building

    To do

  • 4th Draft: Cleanup

    A fourth draft focused on page and line edits

    To do

YA romance
Sydney
Full time software dev, part time novelist

I earn a living as a software engineer, but spend every other waking moment writing the stories that I wish younger me had read.