Story Plot Ideas
~Your character escaped from jail and is being pursued by the police

~Your character lied to the newsies about his/her past and doesn't want them to figure out his/her identity

~Your character escaped from an abusive family

~Your character is being pursued by a murderer and is hiding with the newsies

~Your (preferably male) character is Sarah's old boyfriend and he gets angry about her romance with Jack. (This could lead to Sarah hiding out with the newsies, fight scenes, etc.)

~Your character is somehow related to one of the newsies and comes to visit them in New York (good way to make up things about one of the newsies' past)

~Your character is a singer/dancer/actor the newsies watch

~Your character joins up with the newsies and then he/she or one of the newsies gets deathly ill

~Your character doesn't get along with Spot or the Brooklyn newsies

~Your character is being used by a bad guy to get close to and then kill one of the newsies, but then makes friends with the newsies

~Your character is rescued from a dangerous situation by a newsie

~Your character is rich and snobby and somehow meets up with the newsies

~Your character witnessed a murder and is afraid to tell the police or newsies

~Your character steals from the newsies before befriending them

~Your character is related to the Delancey brothers, who get mad at him/her for being friends with the newsies

~Your character was a scabber during the strike

*These are just a few ideas. Many of them have probably been used before. All of them can be used in addition to a romance, and should be elaborated on to avoid a boring story.

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