Is this a good plot?

As an unsuccessful writer myself Al, it sounds fine, while I congratulate you most sincerely for your ambition and determination

My immediate reaction: Don't listen to relatives

Without revealing anything critical to your ID, wonder if you'd tell us something about yourself

Your idea is fine (albeit something that doesn't particularly appeal to me on the basis of a general storyline) but it's how you move the story forward whether its audience would find it believable (how you draw your characters). Are they going to be complicated? Too complicated? Black and white characters? On the side of parody? Is it a comedy or a really bleak drama? Like I said, it's not the plot but how you depict the plot in the story.

Al listen to Tsar above, he has a handle on this kind of thing

Yes, never give up!
I see some parallels with mafia type families who want to keep 'the family business' in the family. Michael Corleone left "the business" and made millions off respectable businesses and other investments, but... well, you know the story, I'm sure. You can have the father actually refer to that story to create his own business model. It's a ruthless world; blood is thicker than water; independence versus inheritance; good versus evil; love or legacy; ; honesty and agendas; etc. There is a lot of angles you can work with having a story line you've already created.
I can only suggest that you be careful not to subconsciously mimic a known story, while still using familiar parallels to which the reader can relate. Give the family a quazi-unique 'style' - all members have a certain proclivity; stay consistent with reality as possible, e.g. rich people are notably smarter - not being out-foxed by an ordinary Joe, no, he has to have an extraordinary ..something; don't overuse 'suspension of belief' but use comic relief.
Oh, and don't forget that novels are predominantly read by women.
Good luck, and keep us updated.

From one writer to another - plots are fine. Everyone has plots in their head. Everyone has ideas. It's what you do with them that matter. Consider the fact that some very famous works really don't have much in the way of plot or action at all.

Here's one.



Don't know it? That's Emma by Jane Austen, a classic novel considered by a lot of people to be in the top 100 if not the top 50 of all-time best novels. No lie.

Read, to be inspired, and to see what other people have done. Write, to practice, and get better. I guarantee your first work will suck. Everybody's does.

The plot is only one piece of the story. It's important, to be sure, but if your characters are Mary Sues (Google the term) or the situations are unbelievable, or you don't do basic research, then it's going to sink your work like a rock.

Oh and one last thing - don't focus-group your plots, asking if they're "any good". Assume that they are and start writing.

Hi, thank you for answering. A little about me: I'm 19 years old and I've been writing most of my life. I love to write fiction but read non fiction. I'm quite bubbly and I have a sense of humor.

Thank you. You have a point.

Thanks Al. Yes, no, pay no attention to your detractors