Ever since I was little, I've liked to create stories. I would play by myself at recess and act them out. If I thought of a better way to have the story, I would re-act it out the next day. In fifth grade, I finally decided to start writing novels. I wanted to wait until January 1st, 1997, but I was too anxious to write. So I started on December 30th, 1996.
My novels started out as exaggerated parts of my life -- sort of like a diary, but with more interesting things in it. Then I started coming up with ideas from my experiences with certain people. In eighth grade, I brainstormed on several Sailor Moon fanfictions, but I never got farther than the characterization and basic plot. However, I am currently working on a SM fanfiction that has gotten farther than that -- I'm on the third chapter. Yes, I'm still working on it, even though I started it in eighth grade. The chapters are very long -- about 37 pages each (on notebook paper).
I would have my mother read and correct (for spelling and stuff) my stories. She complained about them being boring, so I tried to make them more interesting . . . but that made them more gorry. Lol.
As a rule, I always use notebooks to write my novels in. I tried using a computer to start one, but it just wasn't the same. Tis easier to write in a notebook; the ideas come easier; when I'm on a computer, I feel pressure to come up with something quickly. Plus, I'm afraid of getting all my data erased. Notebooks are safer. :-]
I try to make my books long, because I look at other books, and they're more than 100 pages, so I have to make mine that way too. In my opinion, if they're less than 100 pages, there isn't much substance in it. I'm a novel writer, not a short-story writer. I don't believe in writing short stories. I like developing characters and building up plots and stuff, and I can't do that with short stories. They're just not as fun. Novels are great, and it feels great when I finally finish one.
Before eighth grade, I had plenty of time to think about stories and stuff, but now I don't. Eighth grade was when I got the Internet. Then High School came around, and I got more and more work to do. I don't have time (or maybe I just don't find the time) to write stories anymore. I still enjoy doing it though, and every once in a while, I add on to my in-progress stories. (I have a tendency to write more than one novel at once, because I think of another idea while I'm in the middle of writing a story already.) So I haven't finished writing a book since seventh grade; all the ones I'm writing now are in-progress, and I don't plan to have them finish soon, since I'm trying to make them long.
COMPLETED BOOKS(all writen between 5th and 7th grade, in order of completion):
1.) The Weird Girl (later changed to Secret Passages) -- 55 pages
2.) The Mystery in the Model Home -- 49 pages
3.) Samantha's Adventures (the diary one)-- 244 pages
4.) Alley and Me (later changed to Psychiatrist Cats) (the recess play one)-- 133 pages
5.) Serena (modern Cinderella)-- 24 pages (only short because it was supposed to be a three paragraph story for school, but I inevitably made it longer)
6.) Caren and Ten Babies (gorry one)-- 76 pages
7.) Amanda Dorky (the majorly gorry one)-- 133 pages
IN-PROGRESS BOOKS:
Sailor Moon Z -- 113 pages so far; on 3rd chapter out of 12
Bertha -- 32 pages so far; on 3rd chapter out of ??
Nature Court -- 6 pages so far; on 1st chapter out of MANY
Actually, there are a lot more in-progress books than that; along the road, I have gotten inspired to re-write some of my old books, but I haven't gotten farther than the 1st chapter in those, and then I got second thoughts about writing them. If I do decide to re-write anything, I'll do it after I write the three listed above, because they are first priority.
Unintentionally, my books have something or other to do with kidnapping. I never realized this until recently. People always ask what my books are about, like if they're romance, mystery, etc. I never know what to tell them, because they're a variety of things. But then I realized that they all have to do with kidnapping. However, that doesn't mean they're mysteries. A lot of people seem to like mysteries; they're okay, but kind of boring and annoying to me, because it seems like tis always the least-likey character to be the criminal or whatever. My stories aren't like that. Usually my bad-guy is introduced right away, and the story revolves around what the main character does to get away from them, or what not. I also put romance into them, and sometimes science fiction. If you have ever read Christopher Pike's books, those are what mine are like, only with younger characters.
People always ask if I have gotten any of my books published. No, I haven't. My books are either too ameture, too boring, too personal, or so Sailor Moon related that I would probably get sued if I published them. Also, my books were writen to be children's books, since I wrote them when I was a child. But my later books have too mature of content (blood, cussing, etc.) to be considered children material. So I probably wouldn't get published for that reason as well. I could make my books aimed for adults, but I don't want to do it that way. Adults wouldn't be interested in reading about the adventures of a middle schooler anyway. My books have child-aimed stories; they just contain adult language and happenings. Sort of like real life, when you think about it. (A child is young, but that doesn't mean it still isn't surrounded by murder and foul language.) Plus, I don't know how to get a book published. And I'm too lazy. Wouldn't I have to type them all up if I wanted to get them published? That would be a lot of work. I don't have time to do that. Maybe one day, but not today! Note.
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