Freestyle Friday! Happy New Year!

Freestyle Friday!

 

 

     It’s that time again, Friday.  The very first Friday of 2015 actually.  Let's start the New Year with a fresh slate, a blank page for new beginnings. 

     So to get creative juices flowing, we are doing a New Year Freestyle Friday.  If you are new to Freestyle Fridays, I start with either a picture, sentence or group of sentences, then continue with the beginnings of a story.  This is where you come in and either continue with my story or begin one of your own.  You don’t have to be a writer to do this, just someone who wants to have some creative fun!   

 

     This is not how I wanted to start the New Year.  Sitting alone, in a hotel room, starving… with a gun in my hand.

 

My Story

      I told him I couldn’t do it.  Just causing anyone to hurt was against my nature.  Why did it come down to this?  Did he really think I could get past the inevitable consequences of my actions?  What would my parents think?  Of course, they would never know, since they were hundreds of miles away.  But that didn’t stop me from caring about their reaction.

     I just didn’t understand why it had to come to this?

 

Ok, my peeps.  Take it from there, or start a new one.  Don’t be shy, I’d love to hear from you!



Editing....The "work" side of being an author!!

The creative part is done....Now the work begins!

 

 

Whoever said writing was easy was right (to me, anyway~wink~).  But the editing part and everything else that goes along with it...now that's where it gets hairy!   

Sitting for hours in front of a computer screen, checking if every word is spelled corektly  correctly.  A word is used properly and a phrase isn't overused....bleh!!  "But I wanted to do it myself" I said, determined!  Yeah, that was before I realized how much of a headache it was going to be.  Literally!!!  I had a headache all day yesterday!  3 cups of a coffee, a coke, and an energy drink didn't even help! 

 

I must press towards the mark, keep on keeping on, finish what I have started, so on and so on.  With those mantras running through my head (and me chanting to myself every now and then "you can do it!"), the editing won't do me in, leaving me whimpering on the floor!

 

So I say all that to say, Editing is for the birds!  I'm so ready to get back to the part I love... writing!!  Because my characters are fighting to get out of my imagination and go on to the sequel of their story.