My Novel

I've decided to give up the last novel I was writing since it's been so long since I last visited it, but I have a very rough outline for a new one.

Here's a brief description:

After a very dramatic break up with her live in boyfriend, Carly decides to move back to South Florida to start over. 

Anna is Carly's best friend and is also an exotic dancer at a strip club owned by her boyfriend's father. Anna seems to enjoy being a dancer and soon talks Carly into trying it out one night during an 'Amateur Night' at the club. 

'Amateur Night' changed Carly's life forever. She had fun, felt empowered and in control of the men watching her, and won 2nd prize and $1000. She also met the night manager, Reggie, who offered her a job as a full time dancer.

Reggie, acting like a protective father figure, watches Carly over the next few weeks and becomes obsessed with the 22 year old's beauty. Soon he begins to reveal a much darker side, and ignoring Anna and the other dancers' warning, Carly is soon entangled in Reggie's web of manipulation, drugs, sex, and violence. 

Carly is soon searching for an escape. 

I have 3 reasons for writing this novel.
1. With all of the controversy surrounding "sex work" I am writing this because I want to truly show the dark side of this line of work. I'm taking all of this from personal experience and knowing strippers and the hell that is their world.

2. I love, love, love dark dramas, probably because the entire first part of my life was so dark.

3. I love exploring the dark side of the human psyche. Something attracts me to it, and by writing about it, it helps me understand it a little better.

I realize this isn't a novel for everyone, but no novel is liked by everyone. Books are like movies: Different people like different styles. And since I prefer reading these types of books, I prefer writing them, too.

Even if you don't like the genre, I'd love to have people's opinions on the plot line. Like I said it's a very rough outline (I hate outlines) so who knows where it will go? Characters have a habit of taking over the story line, but I'm excited to see where this goes and how it ends. I do have an ending in mind, however, it may change as the novel develops.