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Hi Alex, so many. Let me first start off on what the book is about:
         So my novel is gonna be about a girl who now has no friends, has social anxiety, and spends most of her time in her room. Then we follow her as she navigates life and different experiences, and the things she does, etc. And I really want to show her thoughts because she thinks so much and lives much of her life in her head.

Here's what I need help with:
         1. I don't know how to present her thoughts (this takes up a lot of the book). Whether I should use internal dialogue or what? I don't know.

         2. I don't know what tense to use. And moreover, I haven't even decided if I'm gonna be telling the story like it's happening or if everything already happened, I don't know. Also, there are distinct parts in her life where she felt and thought differently and I don't know how to present that.

         3. I don't even have an outline for it it and so I'm kinda lost. I kinda can't write a novel you know.

Now to be honest, this is semi-autobiographical, so, things are happening as I write. And that's part of the confusion.

Feel free to message me and I will and we any questions! Thanks for responding