Teens Writing for Teens, the 5th

lisalulu09 said:

Outline thread? Link?

I WANT THAT BOOK SO FREAKIN' MUCH. <3

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http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=231201

Good morning, everyone!

Hey Missus

How are you?

Missus, did you see my link to the Samcedes clip?

No, I didn't! What link? Show me, show me!

It's a few pages back.

OMGGGGGG! Mercedes doesn't know what she's talking about! You better get together with Sam!

Missus Akasha said:

How are you?

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I'm good thanks xD just very very cold :/

Yeah, it's kind of cold here too. :<

Grr. I know what I want to happen in this book, but finding a way of writing it is proving somewhat of a challenge. -.-

I came up with a story idea, but it's way too much like Hunger Games. After I realized this, I became very depressed. It's actually based off of Lottery by Shirley Jackson. :<

The Lottery. creepy story.

I'm worried mines becoming too boring :/ Even though in my head I'm not bored of it.

It is a creepy story, but it's awesome. Granted, I do not want to get stoned to death. But it kind of reminds me of when people tell rumors and eventually, it may even turn everyone against one person. That one person feels trapped and words sometimes kill them.

*sigh*

What's your story about, allaboutwords?

Hello, Missus.

Hi, Lisa.

I realised yesterday that I'm a flexi-plotter.

How did that happen?

Missus Akasha said:

What's your story about, allaboutwords?

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It's about a girl named Violet who discovers in her family history there are vampires and she's becoming one. In among her discovering more about her new life, her ex boyfriend (Daniel) who is also a vampire (but she didn't know) come back to help her. The basic premise of the story is that Daniel's maker is coming back to town and he's after Violet. She goes on a mission to find out why and who he really is.
See, I know where I want it to go, but it's getting it onto paper (well, word doc) that's the problem :/ and having it make sense, too!

I was panicking, so I decided to see if there were any authors that don't outline. Meg Cabot doesn't, and her blog post helped me calm down.

I'll have a rough idea of where I want to go -- and I'll write scene summaries down if I get them half/fully-formed, but I'm not into writing epically detailed outlines.

One day I might have to do that, but I don't know.

Lisa, I don't outline. (not that I'm successful yet, but still) and I always find it easier to write freely. My ability to not finish a novel yet isn't so much because I don't plan, it's because I'm lazy and not disciplined enough to get the f**k on with it! ^_^

and I'm aware you didn't ask for my response, but meh... you got it anyway xD cheers!

And I panic too much about not outlining, and then I can't motivate myself to write!