Novelling Music.

I like to listen to music when I write. Usually, I have a small playlist on my computer with some really good songs by some really good artists. I usually listen to indie music and alternative rock. Here's what my writing playlist currently consists of:





I have some Imagine Dragons. My favorite song by them is Demons.

Then I have some Awolnation. I really like their song It's Not Your Fault.

And the third band I have on my playlist is Of Monsters and Men. I like their song Mountain Sound.

Have a nice day!

Camp NaNoWriMo

Okay. Camp NaNo is only three days away. I am on spring break until the third of April, which is my last day on break. This gives me a whole bunch of free time the first three days. But on the other hand, I will be taking a school field trip to Washington D.C. on the ninth and I won't get back until the 12th. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to bring my laptop or anything, so I guess that's where the issue begins.

Another issue is that I just started outlining this new writing project, it's called Night Watch, and I really like it. I am losing love for my previous idea, though, because of all of the research and stuff that goes into writing a historical fiction novel. But I don't want to change ideas right before NaNo because 1. I've already told my American History teacher that I'm going to be writing about a slaveholder shortly before and during the civil war, and 2, I have already written the first 3,000 words of Night Watch.

Now you see my predicament. I could just write 333 more words on the second day, with none on the first. Hmm... maybe...

But I'm afraid that could count as cheating....

I don't know.

World Building

I am going to put everything on hold--The Risen, The Parallels, Don't Look Down, everything--to work on a new, more serious, book. It's going to be called Night Watch, and it's going to be epic.

Anyways, it's a fantasy novel. And with fantasy novels come intricate worlds. With intricate worlds comes the whole process of building that intricate world. With that, comes work.

Okay, so, although most world building doesn't take much effort, you still need to do it. I am amazing at world building (in my opinion) and here's what I know:

You should always have a set of natural laws and compare those to our world.

You should always have how your world looks in contrast to ours (moons, suns, plants, etc.).

You should list the type of people that live in this world (races, good/bad).

You should also add any additional facts about this world.

and that's it!

The Fault in Our Stars book review

Okay, let's just say, this book didn't make me all-out cry and shit. It made me depressed, which is about as far as a sad book gets me.

Also, this was much more than a love story. It's a story about life and death and stuff. I had to stop reading when Augustus admitted that he had cancer again to her (Hazel). It was too much for me. I was in study hall and I just couldn't take crying in school.

This book was amazing. I can't even explain how good it was (is). I have never read a book in two days before, but now I have. I feel like my life is complete now, and that no matter what, no piece of literature will ever be better than The Fault in Our Stars.

FUCKING IDEA

OMG I JUST GOT THIS SUPER AWESOME AMAZING IDEA FOR THIS SUPER AWESOME AMAZING STORY AND IT'S SO AWESOME THIS WHOLE POST IS JUST GOING TO BE ONE LONG RUN-ON SENTENCE WITHOUT ANY PUNCTUATION AND IN ALL CAPS

K K

OKAY SO THE STORY TAKES PLACE IN A SORT OF FUTURISTIC-APOPCALYPTIC  WORLD WHERE THERE ARE THESE DOPPLEGANGERS CALLED "THE PARALLELS" (WHICH IS ACTUALLY THE TITLE OF THE BOOK) WHO COME FROM A UNIVERSE PERFECT AND ARE TRYING TO MAKE OUR UNIVERSE LIKE THEIRS SO THEY ARE WAGING WAR ON US THROUGH AN INTER-DEMENSIONAL PORTALS THAT INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE CAN OPEN AT ANY TIME AND AT ANY PLACE THROUGH A SPECIAL DEVICE THAT IS ON THEIR WRISTS CALLED AN 'INDIVIDUAL PARALLEL TRANSPORTATION UNIT' THAT LETS THE USER/PERSON GO THROUGH THEIR OWN  DIMENSION AND OURS

SO YEAH

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I AM GOING TO DO FOR CAMP NANOWRIMO.

Camp NaNo Outlining: Outlining

(I did have pictures for this, but it wouldn't post with them.)

Here I will show you how I outline, what program, and my process.

I usually start outlining by writing a synopsis. This year, I did it differently. I wrote a synopsis and an excerpt for my description of the novel on the camp nano site (not that it made much of a difference). Anyhow, this should usually be the first step in writing for anybody--whether it's an official summary or if it's just "oh, I wanna write a book about a guy and a girl who fall in love."

I put more thought into mine.

I sit down, type out what I want to happen so I can get a general idea of what I want to put into my book. If you click the picture, I'm sure it will enlarge, you can read my summary.

When I outline, I usually do the Main Characters second. This includes all frequently-featured people, a brief summary of their lives and their personality, and their names. I add onto this list as I outline and I feel like I've added more main characters.

Third, I write the outline of each chapter. On this, I put the date because that's what day it is. This novel is going to take place over the course of three years, so I am going to need to keep track of the days not only for my sake but for the reader's.

Lastly, while I outline (you'll probably run into this issue if you're writing historical fiction like I am or if you don't know something.) I run into some kind of bump into road, whether it be that I don't know what they wore back then, what something is called, or whatever. I need to research. So at the end of my outline presentation I put a few slides dedicated to research info and notes. I add on as I go and I just put my thoughts on the board.

Well, I know this was short, but I hope it helps!

(for a different, but more in-depth version of outlining, please watch YouTuber Katytastic's video on outlining.)

(I use Apache Open Office's Presentation Program to make slides for each section and chapter and such.)

Camp NaNo Outlining: Characters

I am going to start doing these 'Camp NaNo Outlining' series blogs where I show you how I outline by outlining my April Camp NaNoWriMo novel.

Now, this time I am using a method I have never used before, but it's for character outlining. It's where you ask your characters questions and you answer as him or her.

I will start out as the main character, Charles Jeremiah Issac Lee.

How old are you?
I am twenty-six years old. I will be turning twenty-seven in May.

What do you like to be called?



My slaves address me as Master Charles, but my friends and family call me Issac.

Do you fall in love? If so, who do you have a crush on, if anybody?


I wouldn't be one to fall in love. I don't speak to anyone much besides Jamie, but I feel that there's something there between us. Something I don't know if I should like or not.

Would you call yourself a nice guy?

I would. I treat my slaves with mild respect. I mean, they do my work after all.

Do you have a religion?

Yes, I am a devout Catholic.

And now it's time to meet Jamie Elizabeth Monroe, Issac's best friend and lover-to-be. :D

How old are you?

I am twenty-one. I'll be turning twenty-two in July.

What do you like to be called?

Jamie. I don't talk to my father's slaves (besides Dolly) and everyone calls me Jamie. No one really knows my full name.

Do you fall in love? If so, who do you have a crush on, if anybody?

I would probably be the last one to say that I fall in love rather quickly--but a lot of people wouldn't agree. But, to answer your question, I do fall in love. And I'd had a big crush on Issac for some time now.

Would you call yourself a nice girl?

I don't like to label myself anything. I let others decide what kind of person I am.

Do you have a religion?

I am a loose Catholic. The idea of 'God' doesn't appeal to me much, but I would one day like to see all of my dead relatives.

And that's how I am going to be analyzing my character's personalities. I will may have a few screen shots up later on of my outlining process.

Book Covers: Mine and My Thoughts

Book covers can either make or break a reading relationship. I am one who will only read a book if I like the cover, and I normally only read hardcover books.

I, personally, only like covers that don't give away too much of the main character's appearance. I don't enjoy illustrated covers, and I mainly enjoy covers that actually relate to the book.

Here are two of my book covers:

























This one is the cover for Perfect World, and it's one of my favorites. It was made by someone on this creative writing site I get on called Mibba. As far as I know, I gave her the base image and then she went to work in Adobe Photoshop and made it.

This is one I made myself.. I used gimp to add the text (I used the color picker to get the colors) and I softened it up a bit to let the text blend in. I then turned to a photo editing software like picnic, called picmonkey. There I used an effect to make it look like a painting (which I thought made it look like the sky) and I did this after messing with some of the visual changed. I can't quite remember what I did.

Well, that's my thoughts and some of my covers. Have a nice day.