Author needs help with legacy info

[dgdramadawg]

Originally Posted by minDyG

And I'm sure in the book she would/will eventually get caught, thus creating a plot.

OMG, do you mean rising action, a climax, everything?

OP: Why do you want to write a book about something you don't know about? Surely there are things you have more experience with that would make compelling literature.

All others: The Hazing Meri Sugarman series is a great example of an author writing about something she does not know. The main character gets into the most popular house on campus because she is a legacy and is brutally hazed. You can't know how many high schoolers have asked me about whether particular scenes from these novels really happened to me or other Greeks. At least with Epsilon Zeta, Jock Young really is Greek and knows what he's writing about... even if some of it seems crazy, you know there has to be some truth in it.

[banditone]

You girls crack me up. I love when you go off on your tangents and just run with it.

You practically wrote the book for her in 2 pages of posts

[adpiucf]

How is a "geeky" girl (I'm taking that to mean "socially awkward") going to receive an invitation to sorority membership? The sororities interview prospective members to see if they will fit in with the general culture of that group.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by adpiucf

How is a "geeky" girl (I'm taking that to mean "socially awkward") going to receive an invitation to sorority membership? The sororities interview prospective members to see if they will fit in.

Her name is Jenny Smith, and there are 5 other Jenny Smiths rushing. One is the state homecoming queen, a varsity cheerleader, blonde, petite, and has a twin that just joined at a private school not far away. They really want that Jenny Smith but they bid the Geek instead.

[alfuzzxi]

Originally Posted by AlphaGamUGAAlum

So maybe a founder's great-granddaughter has the same name as your main character but doesn't want to rush because she's too emo for Greek Life, but encourages your main character to rush knowing the misrepresentation will help her? It practically writes itself.

I think that this is a cute idea. This way she is less likely to get caught and a little more realistic. Because I think that if someone had come in saying that they were a descendent of a founder I would have def. checked that out..not necessarily because we didn't trust that person b.c that would be so cool.

What's funny about this conversation, I know that when I was membership we had a legacy go through but I don't ever remember checking it out. She was one and her sister ended up coming by but I just don't remember ever officialy checking it out to even make sure the sister was a member. Who knows that was so long ago though.