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My journey to completing my first novel
I've wanted to write for as long as I can remember. Penning my first story complete story when I was 10, a point horror and fear street fan I wrote about 4 girls at a boarding school getting haunted, stalked and killed. Then I grew up, sporadically wrote ideas and short stories, always letting life get in the way and not having time.

Now, two kids later (now 4 & 2), I find I want and need something that is mine. I tried making jewellery, zentangle and even my cleaning and beauty stuff (the deodorant is something we don't talk about lol). I stopped writing because I thought I had no ideas, wasn't good enough (for what? who knows) and that everything has already been done (black panther shape shifter tick).

A few meltdowns later I started writing for me, then I started getting ideas and wanted to pen them down and suddenly I had a grip on my sanity and was feeling a little bit happier and a lot less crabby.

Now I have to work out what to do with my ideas, I start writing, procrastinate, worry and then move on without finishing anything.

I tried snowflake method, the whole method is not for me but I really found writing the one sentence about the deep theme helped me to focus on what the story was about and not dwindle off in directions that have no point to the story.
#37. It's ok to daydream.
ID #887165 entered on July 12, 2016 at 8:01am
#36. I see things in my head
ID #886797 entered on July 8, 2016 at 4:10am
#35. Realising your story is crap
ID #886695 entered on July 7, 2016 at 3:27am
#34. Building my Snowflake
ID #886599 entered on July 6, 2016 at 5:37am
#33. Snowflake Method
ID #886528 entered on July 5, 2016 at 7:13am
#32. I had a complete story idea
ID #886483 entered on July 4, 2016 at 4:50pm
#31. Butchering This is Hell
ID #886265 entered on July 2, 2016 at 4:22pm
#30. Zombie Dreams
ID #886133 entered on July 1, 2016 at 3:56am
#29. Filling in the Gaps - Writing Exercise
ID #886018 entered on June 30, 2016 at 8:36am
#28. Writing Practice - Dialogue
ID #885921 entered on June 29, 2016 at 9:33am
#27. Feeling Good
ID #885845 entered on June 28, 2016 at 8:09am
#26. A blank slate
ID #885754 entered on June 27, 2016 at 5:48am
#25. Zombie Idea
ID #885468 entered on June 23, 2016 at 6:34am
#24. Pretentious Shite
ID #885290 entered on June 21, 2016 at 10:08am
#23. Festering
ID #656141 entered on June 25, 2009 at 2:18pm
#22. I'm so excited
ID #654189 entered on June 12, 2009 at 5:32am
#21. To write is to live
ID #653820 entered on June 9, 2009 at 2:54pm
#20. Stinging Eyes
ID #653195 entered on June 4, 2009 at 2:14pm
#19. Writing
ID #652745 entered on June 2, 2009 at 6:12am
#18. The Blog
ID #652553 entered on June 1, 2009 at 8:40am
#17. Feeling Good
ID #652212 entered on May 29, 2009 at 3:56pm
#16. Out of the Funk
ID #651998 entered on May 28, 2009 at 8:03am
#15. Through the Fog
ID #651830 entered on May 27, 2009 at 8:29am
#14. The world is truly nuts
ID #650789 entered on May 20, 2009 at 4:29pm
#13. Spinning
ID #649647 entered on May 14, 2009 at 5:50am
#12. My Rant
ID #649564 entered on May 13, 2009 at 2:38pm
#11. A perfect day
ID #649342 entered on May 12, 2009 at 9:20am
#10. Only person in the world
ID #648637 entered on May 7, 2009 at 3:03pm
#9. My head is silent
ID #648415 entered on May 6, 2009 at 4:03am
#8. A good day
ID #648335 entered on May 5, 2009 at 4:50pm
#7. I belive in something, I just don't know what it is
ID #648182 entered on May 4, 2009 at 4:33pm
#6. Sense of achievement
ID #647954 entered on May 3, 2009 at 7:23am
#5. If I was a mutant
ID #647870 entered on May 2, 2009 at 5:07pm
#4. A Long Weekend
ID #647658 entered on May 1, 2009 at 5:07am
#3. Rain, rain and more rain
ID #647526 entered on April 30, 2009 at 4:56am
#2. Another Day
ID #647372 entered on April 29, 2009 at 3:20am
#1. Monday Morning
ID #647054 entered on April 27, 2009 at 5:04am


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