I honestly can't remember the last time I wrote a blog post. I started another blog as well and I don't know what I was thinking when I can hardly keep up with this one. Over achieving I guess. So much has happened and it has kept me from not only writing my blog but working on my story as well. I did not give up but I did lose some direction if I am to be perfectly honest with myself. I still will write my book of that I have no doubt. But it may take some time, a lot of time actually but please don't give up on me. If you haven't already that is. It will take hard work and dedication but I am not out of the race yet.
With that said I have some announcements to make. My blog will not just be about my novel but about writing in general. Just helpful tips I have found and observations I make as well as advice I receive from other people.I love to write and I know there are many other writers and readers out there. I am hoping we can share tips as well as experiences. It doesn't have to be about fiction either. It can be about poetry, song lyrics, plays, movie scripts, essays and newspapers. Anything really anything that involves writing.
I hope that you all like the changes coming to my blog. I also hope that you can continue to be patient with me as I figure everything out. I hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine's Day and a great weekend. Have a great week and I will talk to you all soon.
Monday, February 16, 2015
Sunday, June 15, 2014
Nobodies Perfect
Hey everyone! I hope that you all had a truly wonderful week and an even more wonderful weekend. My week was great. I have really gotten into my book this week and I have really gotten to know my characters a lot better. I feel like things are looking good in that area.
The topic for today's post is that nobody is perfect. I definitely am not perfect. I get cranky and mopey. I mess up and make mistakes. I know that you aren't perfect either. But our imperfections are what makes us human. Our flaws make us who we are.
Like us characters should have flaws. If you have a hero who is perfect with dimples and a killer smile and never does anything wrong there most likely is a big problem. If you have a heroine who is perfect in every way and is good at everything they ever attempt to do, you also probably have a problem. They aren't relatable at all. Now I am no writing expert. I haven't published a book and I am not an English teacher. But I have heard multiple people and teachers say that a character has to be well rounded. A well rounded character has flaws and hopes and disappointments. They become just like you and me. I am also writing this from the side of a reader. I love to read. I love to meet new characters and join them on their adventures. I love to weep with them and laugh along with them. But I need to like the character first or at least relate to them a little. I don't mean we have to be mirror images but I need to at least be able to see where they are coming from. I wont like a character who is perfect. I can't understand them. I wont feel sorry for them if something bad happens to them in fact I may feel a little gleeful depending on the severity of course. The story would become boring to me and I might even stop reading the book. That's not good.
I am not stupid enough to think that I am the only one who feels this way. If I don't like seeing this in books that I read why wouldn't I make sure this wouldn't happen in my own writing. It's not easy. It's hard making sure each character has a story of their own. They also can't all be alike. They can't all talk or think alike. They definitely can't agree on everything and they can't all have the same flaws. Life doesn't work that way and my story can't either. I could just do something quick and give everyone random quirks and imperfections but that doesn't work for me. It may work for some people and I say good for them but I just can't do it that way. When I write the flaw has to match each character's personality. It has to be somewhat logical and it has to make the character more unique and realistic. As I have been writing this story I am in awe of how other authors do it. I don't know how they have the patience and determination but I want to be able to do it to.
Writing is what I am most passionate about. It is hard, believe me it is hard but it is also so worth it. I get to play make believe and step into a story of my own making. This is book is my Inkheart and I plan to enjoy every bit of writing it.
Thanks for reading and I hope to see you all next week. Have a great week guys!
The topic for today's post is that nobody is perfect. I definitely am not perfect. I get cranky and mopey. I mess up and make mistakes. I know that you aren't perfect either. But our imperfections are what makes us human. Our flaws make us who we are.
Like us characters should have flaws. If you have a hero who is perfect with dimples and a killer smile and never does anything wrong there most likely is a big problem. If you have a heroine who is perfect in every way and is good at everything they ever attempt to do, you also probably have a problem. They aren't relatable at all. Now I am no writing expert. I haven't published a book and I am not an English teacher. But I have heard multiple people and teachers say that a character has to be well rounded. A well rounded character has flaws and hopes and disappointments. They become just like you and me. I am also writing this from the side of a reader. I love to read. I love to meet new characters and join them on their adventures. I love to weep with them and laugh along with them. But I need to like the character first or at least relate to them a little. I don't mean we have to be mirror images but I need to at least be able to see where they are coming from. I wont like a character who is perfect. I can't understand them. I wont feel sorry for them if something bad happens to them in fact I may feel a little gleeful depending on the severity of course. The story would become boring to me and I might even stop reading the book. That's not good.
I am not stupid enough to think that I am the only one who feels this way. If I don't like seeing this in books that I read why wouldn't I make sure this wouldn't happen in my own writing. It's not easy. It's hard making sure each character has a story of their own. They also can't all be alike. They can't all talk or think alike. They definitely can't agree on everything and they can't all have the same flaws. Life doesn't work that way and my story can't either. I could just do something quick and give everyone random quirks and imperfections but that doesn't work for me. It may work for some people and I say good for them but I just can't do it that way. When I write the flaw has to match each character's personality. It has to be somewhat logical and it has to make the character more unique and realistic. As I have been writing this story I am in awe of how other authors do it. I don't know how they have the patience and determination but I want to be able to do it to.
Writing is what I am most passionate about. It is hard, believe me it is hard but it is also so worth it. I get to play make believe and step into a story of my own making. This is book is my Inkheart and I plan to enjoy every bit of writing it.
Thanks for reading and I hope to see you all next week. Have a great week guys!
Sunday, June 8, 2014
Sacrifices
Everything requires sacrifices. A sacrifice may be as small as allowing someone to cut in front of you making you be late for something or it can be as big as allowing someone else to receive a promotion that you may deserve but they may need more. Sacrifices can go even beyond that and lead to loss of life. Either way someone has to lose something.
You are probably wondering where I am going with this but it will all make sense I promise. I along with the characters that I have made are required to make sacrifices. In fact they are interconnected and their sacrifices could not exist without mine and vice-versa. When I started this book I started out with a clear picture of what would take place from start to finish as well as who every character was supposed to be. I had their personalities down as well as their unique vocabulary. When I started writing that first version of my book I wrote and wrote for pages and pages I was practically half way done with it. But in all honesty it was all just a bunch of dog doo. It was unoriginal and predictable. My characters did not make one single sacrifice and neither did I. We couldn't have played it safer if we had all decided to spend the rest of our lives in a plastic bubble. Well okay maybe that was an exaggeration but not by very much. Let's just say it was really awful.
Obviously I can't say what sacrifices my characters have to make because I don't want to give anything away but you better believe they have to make some. I shouldn't be the only one to suffer during this process.
With this story I have to let my characters fall down and find their own way back up. I have to cry along with my characters when they get their hearts broken instead of making all their pain magically disappear. Sometimes I have to let the unimaginable happen in order for them to grow. Sometimes a character that I absolutely loved doesn't even make it into the book or maybe they are only in it for a short while. There are times when sacrifices need to be made in order for the book to move on to the next part of the story. That may sound tough but that's the life of a writer. Like us characters are shaped by events that happen to them and the choices that they make. Like us that is what builds character and that is life. Life can not exist without some sacrifice. I have to sacrifice my some of my plans and hopes for this book in order for my characters to be able to sacrifice.
This book has changed so much from what I have expected it to be and I have learned to stop fighting against it. I am excited to see what the finished story looks like as well as if I will even recognize the characters. I will continue to sacrifice and hope that my story will get even better.
I hope you have all had a great week and will have another great one. See you all next week. Oh and don't be afraid to leave a comment.
You are probably wondering where I am going with this but it will all make sense I promise. I along with the characters that I have made are required to make sacrifices. In fact they are interconnected and their sacrifices could not exist without mine and vice-versa. When I started this book I started out with a clear picture of what would take place from start to finish as well as who every character was supposed to be. I had their personalities down as well as their unique vocabulary. When I started writing that first version of my book I wrote and wrote for pages and pages I was practically half way done with it. But in all honesty it was all just a bunch of dog doo. It was unoriginal and predictable. My characters did not make one single sacrifice and neither did I. We couldn't have played it safer if we had all decided to spend the rest of our lives in a plastic bubble. Well okay maybe that was an exaggeration but not by very much. Let's just say it was really awful.
Obviously I can't say what sacrifices my characters have to make because I don't want to give anything away but you better believe they have to make some. I shouldn't be the only one to suffer during this process.
With this story I have to let my characters fall down and find their own way back up. I have to cry along with my characters when they get their hearts broken instead of making all their pain magically disappear. Sometimes I have to let the unimaginable happen in order for them to grow. Sometimes a character that I absolutely loved doesn't even make it into the book or maybe they are only in it for a short while. There are times when sacrifices need to be made in order for the book to move on to the next part of the story. That may sound tough but that's the life of a writer. Like us characters are shaped by events that happen to them and the choices that they make. Like us that is what builds character and that is life. Life can not exist without some sacrifice. I have to sacrifice my some of my plans and hopes for this book in order for my characters to be able to sacrifice.
This book has changed so much from what I have expected it to be and I have learned to stop fighting against it. I am excited to see what the finished story looks like as well as if I will even recognize the characters. I will continue to sacrifice and hope that my story will get even better.
I hope you have all had a great week and will have another great one. See you all next week. Oh and don't be afraid to leave a comment.
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