People die. Or they don’t. This article from Harvard Business Review is about succession planning for businesses, but I find Zara’s story intriguing as a plot line. She’s reacting to a perceived “deadline,” in the most literal sense. With some tweaks, her story could lend itself to a variety of interpretations or genres — mystery, thriller, magical realism, main stream fiction. And imagine the points of view — Zora’s, her husband’s, her children’s, her father’s, the list goes on.
Try it for 1,000 words and see where it takes you.
Executives Must Face Their Own Mortality – Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries – Harvard Business Review
http://blogs.hbr.org/2014/03/executives-must-face-their-own-mortality/
sharon p. lynn 
Excellent advice – and not just for ceos