The Outline of My Story

Hello! I have decided what my story for the club shall be about- I kind of took several of your ideas and mixed them up: So the story shall center around a young lady in Colonial Williamsburg who is a waiting-maid for a family or Loyalists. She herself is a Patriot. Only a poor girl, she cannot leave her position, and so she must stay with the family against her wishes. Her brother back home, joins up with the army. Things are coming to a nasty bit of a crises when the family decides they are returning to England, and they wish for the girl to join them. She decides that she simply cannot go with them, so she leaves the position, and looks for more work. At some point she is employed at Mount Vernon, and so is in close quarters with the Washington family....the war goes on. When Mrs. Washington travels with her husband, there is much less need for servants in the house, so the girl is relieved of her position. She goes to Phil., PA to visit family, where she is in town during the signing of the Declaration of Independence, etc.
What do you think? I think I can handle the story with a good bit of historical accuracy, since I have lived my whole life an hour from the setting of the story! Does it sound feasible? I shall update ya'll with more details as I decide them! -Rachel

Help Inspire Me! :)

Hello! Alright. I need help from everyone one of you guys. (all 7!!!) I have joined a story-writing club that one of our friends is starting, and I need help deciding what my story should be about. I have chosen historical fiction as my genre, and now I need you guys to vote on the details. Please do this, because it will help inspire me! If you have siblings, ask them what they think...okay?

So choose which letter you want from each question:

Which time period should I write from?
a. Civil War
b. Great Depression
c. Colonial
d. Victorian
e. The French Revolution

Who should the story center around?
a. a boy
b. a young lady
c. a family
d. a married woman
e. a man

Where should this story take place?
a. a rural area
b. the city
c. in another person's house (i.e. a servant working for a rich family, etc.)
d. on the high seas
e. in a foreign country

What sort of circumstances should this person come from?
a. rich
b. poor
c. middle-class (i.e. merchants, blacksmith, carpenter, tradespeople)
d. serving class
e. slavery

What sort of storyline should this be?
a. a journal of a person
b. the person telling this as a story
c. an adventure story
d. a mystery (PLEASE NO!!!! :)
e. just a simple story

Should this storyline center closely around a certain historical figure?
a. yes
b. no
c. yes, but not too closely
d. no, but mention historical people
e. Absolutely (if so, who?)

Okay guys! Hope you can help me decide! I wish I could get more followers on here to help me out! :) -Rachel (Or Josie)