First line: “It’s forbidden to ever reread a book.”
Summary: Set in the planet of Icrore, after the disappearance of Earth. Icrore civilians are controlled by the Organization, a group of distorted looking people. Nova is curious about Earth and her curiosity lands her in the Icrore hospital to have her memories erased. During her stay, she discovers connections between the Organization and Earth’s disappearance. Together, with a mysterious and hated girl she befriended, they set on a journey to uncover the hidden secrets of the Organization.
Review: I thought this WIP was actually going to be published. I even shared bits of it on my old Instagram account. Anyway, the plot was good but it was badly executed (so many plot holes, boring characters.) Nova didn’t have a real, interesting motive, just that she was curious about Earth which is boring. I went into this WIP without planning anything so the plot was all over the place.
First line: Coral dragged the last bags of steel plates, broken chunks of metal, and pieces of iron across the dusty floor.
Summary: Four teens; Coral, Braxton, Shot, and a robot named Adalyn attempt to assassinate Queen Carmilla to help Brax acquire his desired revenge. Carmilla has the power to kill people by digging her nails into her skin, which releases a burning black goo, and anyone who comes in contact with it melts.
Review: This was the type of WIP from the past that’s the copy of your favourite book. Yep, this was an exact copy of the Lunar Chronicles. Coral and Shot resemble Scarlet and Wolf. Coral has the personality of Cinder, with the talent to build and fix mechanics. Brax and Adalyn are Cress and Thorne. Queen Carmilla is Queen Levana. The characters are cringy and childish and it was so fast paced, like a random guy enters Coral’s house and she just goes with him to kill the Queen. Also, Brax named the robot after his dead mom and I intended for him and the robot to fall in love?? WTF. I really thought I was going to go far with this WIP.
First line: Ring, ring. (Yes, it literally started with her waking up.)
Summary: Carrie Johnson is a high school senior with two friends. They have a sleepover where they end up making the Kiss List, a list of popular boys in their school that they want and don’t want to kiss. Carrie meets Jacob and her life slowly comes together, but as quickly as it comes together it falls apart. Blah blah blah (the summary basically spoiled the entire WIP??)
Review: This WIP still haunts me because I literally posted it on Wattpad and it had 2K views, and it somehow also won third place in a writing award thing…This was also the start of many of my cringy romance WIPs. I did absolutely no planning for this so after the main plot point ended, there were just random problems like her parents getting divorced and her brother moving out, her friend becoming “evil”, etc. As always, the characters are insanely immature (well I guess I was 12 when I wrote this) and Carrie was so bratty and annoying. I will make sure no one ever reads this.
First line: Mr. Raymond unlocked the door to my room and I looked up. (Boooooring.)
Summary: Olivia Hachman was forced into juvie, a result of killing her abusive father and attempting to murder an innocent girl, Janice. She hated Janice, who was better than her in every way which allowed her to take Olivia’s only lover away from her. After her release from Juvie, she intended to kill Janice for revenge. She changes her entire identity and appearance, and meets up with her best friend, Valerie, whom she has a slight attraction to, so they can plan their attack.
Review: I actually forgot this existed, but finally one of my old WIPs that wasn’t completely Romance. (I have so many unfinished romance WIPs.) Valerie and Quinn (Olivia’s new name) are both psychotic but think they’re normal. Valerie is basically Quinn’s puppet and they do crazy things together. (Joker and Harley Quinn?) I don’t really have much of an opinion on this. It’s not as cringy as my other WIPs which is surprising. Also, when I read to the part where I stopped writing, Janice had some weird light bulb thing? I remember I intended it to be magical but I don’t know where I was going with that.
First line: Waking up, I felt a burning sensation in my throat.
Summary: A boy wakes up in another place with no memory of his past or name. He’s mistaken for the son of an evil Egyptian king. With the assistance of a slave, he manages to escape through a portal, but that’s not the end. The portal takes him to another world, then another. Eventually, he meets aliens who know the creator of the portal and claim to be able to help him escape.
Review: This was the first WIP I’ve created and it was actually handwritten in my notebook. I remember bringing it to school and writing it during class. I think the idea for the plot is pretty good and I’m not going to be that harsh. It was too fast paced which isn’t a surprise, and the descriptions were bland. But other than that, I feel like this WIP might actually have a future, just not written by me. 😂