Ideas for a Novel

I have always loved the idea of writing a novel. As a kid, over the long summer holidays, when it was rainy and cold outside, my sister and I used to write stories. The first adult story I started writing was about a group of friends who lived in a village. They knew each other from school and college and work and most had lived there, and known each other, all their life.
I started it off basing the characters on friends that I used to go to the pub with when I was about 18. The characters and the relationships were, as I said, initially based on my own group of friends. But the story progressed at a much different rate to real life and very soon, the story became entirely fictional.

I have been writing this story for the past seven years. Initially, I dreamed of it becoming published. However, even if I do ever finish this story (I'm at about 70,000 words and far from finished), I think it is far too personal to share with the world.

I have several other stories I have in my head at the moment. They all have strong characters in them, and they just tend to pop up in my head at times and I managed to write. But so far, I'm yet to finish a story. Here are my current favourite soties that I am working on:

Katherine:
Katherine works as a lawyer. She is very focused on her career, works long hours in the office and doesn't have much time to herself outside of work. But on a rare night out with her former fellow students at university, she meets a man called Darren and they have a one night stand. A few weeks later, Katherine realises she is pregnant.

Initially, Katherine decides she has no choice, and books an appointment to have an abortion. A documentary the night before though, forces Katherine to change her mind. And she decides to tell the man, whom she has not seen since that night, that she is pregnant.

Slowly, Katherine starts to fall in love with Darren and plans to return to work within a few weeks after the baby is born. But things don't go to plan for Katherine.

Ella:
Ella is a strong, confident woman at university. She is sociable and everyone loves her. She is training to be a teacher, something she has wanted to do for years.

And then, Ella meets Derek. He is charming and protective and appears madly in love with her. But things change when they get married.

Slowly, Derek turns in to a possessive, domaneering man. And then he hits her. But Ella stays, each time forgiving him. One night, though, Derek goes too far and hits their eldest child, Holly.

The next morning, with their two children, she leaves.

Ella starts to build a new life with her children and plans to go back to university to finish her teacher training. But when she files for divorce, Derek doesn't like the idea that timid little Ella is actually leaving him. And so, he goes after her.

Ellie, Ava and Jane:
Ellie is a teacher, in her late twenties. She is dating a businessman who often travels overseas for work. She loves im but knows he's not the type to settle down.

Ava is a single mum in her early thirties. She works as a nurse and enjoys her nights with the man she met on a night out. She doesn't know how long he will be around, so he hasn't her daughter and has never even been to her house. The fact he travels for business suits her.

Jane is a thirty year old office manager. She is deeply in love with her boyfriend and, unbeknown to him, stopped taking the Pill six months ago.

And so, when each of these women find out they are pregnant, they are surprised. Jane is delighted.

Lee is horrifies to discover that three of the women he is seeing are pregnant.

When these women meet in ante-natal class, they discover that the same man is the father of each of their unborn children. And so the women decide to exact their revenge on Lee.

I love these stories and can't wait to complete them.

Please let me know what you think of them. Leave any comments or suggestions below.