Ah.  I smellin' what you're steppin' in now,  and that just gave me a couple more ideas. Thanks

Lol.  Nah.  My kid might kill ME if I wrote her into a story where she had to kill dragons.  But the population thing gave me an idea as well.  I think imma have her raised pretty distant from society so as to write it where she thinks they are myth or something.  And then introduce her to them.  Maybe there are only a hand full because their population is so closely gaurded so that they won't devour the food chain.  I dunno.  Having her raised away from cities and the like sounds like any other story I've read, but I guess that wouldn't be the end of the world.  

I was thinking sorta along these lines.  I wasn't going to have them killed since we are still alive today ??. I was thinking maybe her village was ransacked while she was away for some reason and her parents were abducted for slaves.  But write it in such a way where she might think everyone was just killed.  Then sometime later somehow finds out they're still alive so she could rescue them.  Imma make one of her parents full elven that had their features changed? In order to live with humans because they got married to one.  So I guess the plot would eventually become rescuing the parents, just need some good filler plots to throw in the mix that leads up to rescuing them.  

Ya I definitely have a few books in mind.  I just needed a completely different plot.  Didn't want her to see the ending before finishing the first session was over.  ;)

Thanks a lot!  This really got the brain sparkin.

So... I am wanting to write a story WITH  my kid.  I work away from home a lot.    Basically I wanna do a choose your own adventure.  So I'll write a segment, and then let her choose a way to proceed, then go write more.  I get to video chat with her at night, so I figure she'll get a lot of choices through this story.  My problem is figuring out a main storyline.  She is big into dragons and the like.  Lord of the rings, Eragon, Rangers apprentice etc.  It has to have dragons and she needs to be a warrior.  Magic maybe.  She does like Harry potter too.  I have ideas, just not an overall picture of a theme.  ANY help would be grateful.  I am not looking to publish a book, just looking for a way to have fun with her.