🚨 THIS IS NOT AN APRIL FOOL’S JOKE 🚨

Last week, I posted a video in which I challenged myself to outline THE PERFECT BOOK by taking all your top-voted story ingredients from Instagram polls and combining them into one ultimate recipe…

The result?

An epic fantasy novel filled with some of your favorite tropes, including:

• Enemies to lovers
• An epic quest to fulfill a prophecy
• Dark Fantasy feat. dragons and magic
• Grumpy/Sunshine forbidden love
• Enchanted forests, mountains, adventure
• Resentful allies stranded together
• She’s an assassin, he’s a prince (and she’s supposed to kill him)

I had so much fun brainstorming this idea and building this story from scratch in real time, all while sharing this inside look at my outlining process with you!

It was all fun and games…

then something crazy happened. 🫢

I started getting more and more ideas for this story. 👀

I couldn’t stop thinking up new plot twists, character arcs, world-building, conflict, and drama…. 🤯

Then I went to the comments section and saw how many of you were saying: “Abbie! Please tell me you’re going to write this book! I want to read it NOW. Are you going to write it???”

Answer?

I can’t help myself. 😏

Story ideas have a way of stealing my heart, and this one is no different. I’m very excited to develop more ideas for this story and eventually turn it into a real book that you can hold in your hands and read. 📖

Yes! No joke! No April Fools Day prank! I am legitimately excited to see where this story idea takes me… and I want YOU to be here for this journey.

Because this WIP was sparked by the community’s feedback, I want to keep you in the loop as I develop this story and turn it into the comfort book of your dreams. 😍

So if you want to follow along this journey and be the first to hear updates about this WIP, sign up for the waitlist here and stay in the loop!

I’m going to be making even more fun writing challenge videos on my channel, which will involve YOUR participation via polls, so make sure you’re following me on Instagram (@makeyourstorymatter) and YouTube so you don’t miss those community posts (and the chance to cast your vote for my next writing challenge!)

Thank you for being such an amazing supporter of my work and for cheering me on. I couldn’t do any of this without you! 💕

Happy writing and rock on,
Abbie