Okay, so those who follow my blog know I’m in the middle of a huge undertaking of impossible proportions. That is, I’m writing one million words this year.

What you may not know is what I’m writing about.

Project 1 (the ‘current’ one that’s not so current anymore) was about four high school seniors and the pressures of university and how each change to better fit that ideal of ‘you have to be perfect or you’ll never make it.’ Well, tons of people go to college, and while that’s great, it’s not terribly ‘significant’ in writing. (By all means, it’s significant in life and I highly encourage education.) Anyway, what set these kids apart was the fact they all wanted to be accepted in the Ivy League universities. The problem? So did everyone else in their high school…and the world.

Sounds like an okay story, right? What could possibly be wrong?

Someone wrote a very similar one already and while it’s said that every story has already been written before, this was too similar. It would never get anywhere. It just bothers me and I had to abort that idea.

I want to know if this has ever happened to you guy before? There has to be more people out there.

By the way, the novel was called “Acceptance” by Susan Coll. It’s a great book and it wouldn’t feel ‘right’ if I were to continue on writing this idea.

No worries, I have plenty more up my sleeve. ;)

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