Story with a Deadline
So today I got one of my projects for my last finals for high school. I need to create my own story, but have the theme circle around either a life/death or guilt/justification paradox. The basic story for the death/life thing is easy. A character has a daily schedule, with no room for adjustment. I can go happy ending, where a small setback for the day makes the character re-examine life, and they become a spontaneously awesome person. Or the character realizes that they have a sucky, boring life, and off themselves. That's really depressing though, so I'd rather go for the happy ending. I really want to knock this story out of the park, but challenge myself at the same time, so I�...

Story with a Deadline
So today I got one of my projects for my last finals for high school. I need to create my own story, but have the theme circle around either a life/death or guilt/justification paradox. The basic story for the death/life thing is easy. A character has a daily schedule, with no room for adjustment. I can go happy ending, where a small setback for the day makes the character re-examine life, and they become a spontaneously awesome person. Or the character realizes that they have a sucky, boring life, and off themselves. That's really depressing though, so I'd rather go for the happy ending. I really want to knock this story out of the park, but challenge myself at the same time, so I'm thinking of doing the guilt/justification. However, making a happy ending out of this paradox is a bit more difficult. No, I'm not asking for someone to write the ending for me. That's a terrible thing to do. Anyone feel like listening to me bounce ideas around, and throw some criticism in?