You Mean They Have to Talk??

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Hello Again!

I have not given you an update in a couple of days so I definitely wanted to go ahead and do that. I have been working on the first chapter of my book and figuring out different character's and what I would like to see happen to them. 

I'll give you a little preview of what I have so far:

The main character is a girl named Violet. She is from a small southern town where she hasn't been exposed to a lot. At the beginning of the book, she is heading off to her first year in college. She has two roommates named Laura and Heather. Laura is what I describe as a Barbie doll type. She is pretty and sweet. Heather is a gothic girl who is obsessed with ghosts and witches and basically anything supernatural. All three of the girls are very different, but they get along in a weird way. After getting to know each other and learning about Heather's obsession, they decide to hold a seance in their room. That is when the story really begins. 

With working on this first chapter, I have definitely found that the absolute most difficult thing is making up dialogue! You would think it would be easy. I have conversations every day. Why can't I just type what I would say? It is very difficult to make the words or conversation that is in your head come out on your computer screen and not sound stiff or awkward. Now, I knew writing a book would not be just super easy, but that was not what I thought would be giving me difficulty. 

Just to get an outside perspective, I have sent the VERY rough draft of chapter one off to one of my best friends to give me some pointer's. I have known Derek Whaley since the fourth grade. He is just now about to release his third book in The Light In The Water Trilogy.  I wanted to get his opinion since he has gone through exactly what I am now.

So far he has given me some great pointers. He also hooked me up with two different websites that have very helpful articles for beginning to write. I will just drop those links right down HERE and HERE if you would like to check them out for yourself!

One other thing I have been getting done is research for the book. If I am going to use myths and legends of things that others have heard of (in other words i am not just going to make up my own monsters), then I really want to get them right and know all of the facts and history surrounding them. You can check out my supernatural research HERE and you can check out the awesome ghost and haunting stories that I have been researching HERE.

So, that is where I am currently. As soon as I hear back from Derek with his comments, I am going to clean up my first chapter and start on chapter 2. Until then I am going to continue with my research so be sure to follow those Pinterest boards I linked above so you can see when I post new things!

See you soon! Oh and always feel free to comment on this blog with ideas, suggestions, or just really anything you would like to say about it! Thanks!