If Songs Were Written About Writers – Write a Novel One More Time

Britney Spears: Baby One More Time
But for writers…..
Oh novel idea,
Oh novel idea,
Oh novel idea, how am I supposed to know,
What I’m supposed to writer here?
Oh novel idea, I should plot before we go,
But now we’re half way there yeah.
Show me, through words visually,
Don’t dare tell me, cause I need to plan now, why? Because!
This novel plot, is killing me (And I)
I must confess, it’s almost 3! (3 a.m.)
This writer’s block makes me lose my mind.
Pen to the grind!
Write a novel one more time.
Oh my dream novel, the reason I write, is you,
Ideas got me blinded,
Elusive novel,
There’s nothing I won’t write for you,
Wait that’s not what I plotted?!
Show me, through words visually,
Don’t dare tell me, cause I need to plan now, why? Because!
This novel plot, is killing me (And I)
I must confess, it’s almost 3! (3 a.m.)
This writer’s block makes me lose my mind.
Pen to the grind!
Write a novel one more time.
Oh novel idea,
Oh novel idea,
Yeah,
Oh novel idea, how am I supposed to know?
Oh novel idea, I should plot before we go,
I must confess, that this novel plot, is killing me now,
Don’t you know it’s almost 3?!
This writer’s block makes me lose my mind.
Pen to the grind!
Write a novel one more time.
Almost time to sleep,
But first, pen to the grind,
Write a novel one more time!
My Imaginary Friends Might Ignore Me, But My New Friend Michele Doesn’t! : Guest Blog!

This year I decided I needed to do something to keep me on top of my writing. I want to write a novel, but I don’t practice. Is that needed? Yes. Yes, it is. So on January 7th, I wrote my first blog. After that I realized, I needed some writer community connections. It’s helpful both for growing your craft, as well as your connections to like-minded people. Well, I’m happy to say that through one of my Facebook groups, I have met a lot of great people. (Shout out in the comments if you’re one of my Facebook writing friends!)
But today, I have the honor of introducing Michele, from the “Our Redonkulous Life” blog page to you. I wanted to support some fellow bloggers, and I’m so happy that Michele replied to my search. We’re both new bloggers, we both want to grow our craft and our support for the hobby, and I actually had something on my page that spoke to her! Ironically, it was my spur of the moment first blog ever. Michele liked it because it focused on family having some time together without a screen. So check out how she used karaoke to build a relationship!

CREATING A RELATIONSHIP WITH MY STEP-DAUGHTER
by Michele
I felt really disconnected from my step-daughter. I wanted to have relationship with her. Being a parent or even a step-parent in my case is very hard to relate to kids today. Especially, if you are not up to date on the “hip” and “cool” things they are in to. Is there any other parent who had no idea what your child was talking about when they were trying to explain Minecraft?
Yeah, I didn’t either. While that may be true, I used to just look at her and smile while nodding my head throwing out the occasional *WOW, OMG and What no way! So cool”. (Hey don’t judge, fake it til you make is my saying) To be honest though, I kinda still don’t get it, but I’m okay with that. However, do not get me started on “Five Nights at Freddie’s”
I never thought I would have a special hobby with my step kids. I really thought I would be known as the uncool stepmom for eternity. However, one day I picked up Mikayla from her mom’s and she says to me randomly. “Seashell (She couldn’t say, Michele when she was younger, she said it and it stuck), I don’t know you as well as I think I should. (Pause right there) at that moment in my head, all I could think of was how this was the moment… its either going to make or break you guys. (Be cool Michele, Don’t freak out…DONT FREAK OUT)
Continue Reading!
My Imaginary Friends Are Shunning Me

After two weeks of being sick, and slow to catch up on my novel, my characters are silent. They won’t talk to me, and it’s causing me a little case of writer’s block. So, what am I supposed to do? Babble!
I have my whole novel blocked out in my head and broken down on paper by the scenes or events that need to happen, so babbling my way through an “sfd” (s****y first draft) copy is a little easier. I know where the foreshadowing needs to happen, and how we need to get from point a to point 80. Yes, I’m aware that the number 80 is not a point one can usually get to from an alphabetical point. But have you ever tried to follow the spider web that is a book plot? It’s confusing man!
I have done a few small free write sessions about my characters and the town they live in. I’ve done a few free write sessions on the origins of the town, and the founding families. But my current characters still won’t talk to me. Nora-Pearl must be on a working spree, and Jonah’s just crabby with me. It’s completely unacceptable if you ask me. And of course, they’re not asking me. So here I am on day 18 of my Novel Month Write challenge, stuck on chapter 12. I’m six whole chapters behind, and the town has gone into hiding. It’s like they know the horrible things that are coming in book two and they’re getting a jump start on hiding out. Rude!
So, what does one do when they are suffering from writer’s block? Babbling through free writes hasn’t helped much, so I drew up a map of the town. Maybe the setting of the events will help me focus? Nope. Perhaps I’ll sketch my main characters. That’s sure to help me figure out what they’re up to. I just have to imagine the scars on his face, and the cracks in her overworked hands, right? Wrong! That’s not helping me either.
“But B, what are you going to do? You have the second half of the first book to write, and you are running out of time!”
I know ok!? I’m just going to stumble through the first draft blindly, and I’ll have to budget more time for edits. I have a coworker that was working on his own novel, and he showed me his outline. It was a 75k word outline. That’s longer than my entire book! Maybe I’ll have to try that method. Write down every note and thought I have and see if I can string the ideas together as sentences. I’ll try that method and let you know what happens.
Tune in next week to see where my insanity has led me!
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