My book cover choices!!!

 


These pictures are just models for my actual sketches! I wanted the book cover to have some type of connection to the title of the story (Pulled into Darkness).
   I always thought about what kind of things lurks in the darkness and what type of things happen in the darkness. I thought about wolves, and beastly scratches.
   A third choice for my book cover is a dark forest. I don't think I'll be choosing a dark forest because it doesn't really have meaning to it. I feel like the others do.

Excerpt from my Book

 

...The animal behind me growled loudly and started dragging me back. My hands easily slipped off the tree trunk and all I could do was sink my nails into the dirt and grass on the forest ground.
    Hoarse laughter suddenly filled my ears and at first I thought my ears were playing tricks on me but when I looked over my shoulder and saw a familiar face, anger boiled inside of me and I yanked my ankle out of the man's grasp.
   "Ashton what the hell?!" I asked the naked werewolf in front of me. 
   Calming down his laughing to a few giggles, Ashton met my eyes, "I'm sorry, Cathy I over did it." he said, "I didn't think you'd be that scared..." 
   "Well, I was!" I exclaimed, causing him to chuckle.
   "Sorry," Ashton apologized again, as I got up from the floor. He did too and I turned away from his nude body, "How like a human girl to do that," I heard him say. He was talking about me turning away from him.
   "Yeah, well if you werewolves weren't so comfortable with nudity..." I trailed off, not meeting his gaze.
   "What's the shame in that?" Ashton asked, "You were naked when you came out of your mother."
   I glared up at him, keeping my eyes locked to his,"That isn't the same thing!" I shouted "And by the way, I'm not a girl. I'm twenty-five."
   "So am I," Ashton said, bluntly. And yet, he acts like a child. He looked up at the dark sky for a moment and then back down to me, "I need to go, Cathy." 
   "Pack trouble?" I asked. 
   "Not really, but I still need to go," Ashton answered, "So until next time?" he smirked at me and I nodded.
    He ran in a direction, taking himself more into the woods. 
   

                                                                     

    

My Revised Story

-When my book is printed out officially I want it to be a soft cover, but inbetween I hope I have a lot of pages that have very detailed writing in it. 

-Complete with characterization, dialogue, theme and imagery.

-However to give this future, actual, book the "go ahead" I need it to have EVERYTHING I want in it. No matter how difficult it is, this book, my book needs to have everything I want in it or else I won't be satisfied to show it off as the author.

-REVISION plays a wonderful part in my book!

- I am only gonna add new characters and make sure the reader can understand what I'm talking about. 

MY Project!!!

    

   





-Description-

One of the sketches I drew for my project is a pair of leopard eyes.(That I need to color). The second sketch is a panther(that I also need to color) and the third sketch is a image of a forest at night. (Considering I drew a crescent moon in the upper left corner) I also need to color that drawing as well, so I can get an idea of what colors to put when I make my book trailer.



-Book Cover Idea-
 I really think I should choose a picture of a forest and 'prefect' it in photo-shop since the main setting in my book is the forest anyway.



-More ideas-
For my book trailer I shouldn't only think about the main character. Since the book is focusing on werecats, I think the trailer should show mostly wild cats, the woods and maybe a little bit of a the main character.

What Gives me Ideas for new Stories

Sometimes an idea just pops up in my mind, when I am thinking of  a new story. Other times, it depends on the novels I read. I would get some ideas from that certain story. Other times I'll just be watching a movie and I get a 'bright' idea for a story. 
   For me, I get ideas for new stories any kind of way. 
   Most of the time it comes naturally for me, and I have no problem adding on to what the plot is. 
    However, just because I get bright ideas quickly I do suffer from writers block a lot. 
   Like I mentioned before, though I get ideas quickly and all I have to do is watch a certain TV show or movie and I get a vision/idea right then. 

The Characters I make for my Stories

The main character in my stories don't come to me right away. It takes a lot of time to develop them in my head, but one thing I am positive of is that the lucky character is most-likely going to be a girl. 
   But; that doesn't mean the only characters that are swimming around in my head are all girls...
   I enjoy watching, reading and writing romance. So the rest of the characters for a story I am working on are most-likely unisex. Maybe the main character who is always a strong, confident, and sassy woman/girl could have a love interest or a best friend and of-course a family members. 
   When I write I try to aim at the young-adult and adult audience. Like I said before I love romance and romance is very easy for me to write. Sure; my romantic story may have a bit of action in it, some fantasy too.
   It's difficult thinking and writing out what my character's personalities are. From my point-of-view I feel like, allowing your characters to have personas and  even emotions are very important in a story because it allows the reader to understand what the character is about. 
  This tactic seems easier with my girl characters then my boy characters. I always think it's because 'I' myself am a girl and I know all of the perks of being one. 

If I will Ever Quit Creative Writing...

I don't think I ever will quit creative writing. I've been doing for so long. At-least I think I will back off of writing stories because I have to focus more on my studies and; since being an author isn't really in my mind right now, I don't have to keep writing.
   Since I've been writing my own stories for six years now I doubt I will just stop writing novels or short stories. 
   I LOVE writing now, and I'm sure I'll never stop loving the talent(writing) I never knew I had until sixth grade. 
   My mother and older sister love my writing and I appreciate their support. My Writing Club teacher, Jody adores my writing as well and I am grateful for her support. 
   My use of grammar and characterization has gotten better. And also my use of imagery. Even though, I'm not really looking to be a well known author for a career I could still continue writing.
   Because that's one of my talents that I enjoy doing and hopefully won't quit doing. 

Advice I Would Give to People Who Enjoy Writing

         


The advice I would give to people who like creative writing is think of something original. Something unique almost; when writing a story/ poem. Try to think of what genre you like in books other people read:  Romance, Action, Mystery, Fantasy, Realistic Fiction.  I would tell that person to think real hard about those genres and make the decision to write a book or poem that includes either one or all the genres mixed together. 

That's what I do. Since I love romance, action and fantasy I write short stories/ novels that have those genres in them. Sometimes I write about realistic things too, despite the fact I really enjoy writing about supernatural beings. 

The best writers are people who take pride in what they write because authors should be have a positive attitude about their writing. I feel like I am a prideful person when it comes to my writing because I get new ideas and inspirations about the next story on my list. Which is usually fantasy but sometimes a normal realistic story. 

What I Write and What I Don't...

I LOVE to write about fantasy creatures such as vampires, werewolves and maybe even fallen-angels!  But, besides that, I also like to write normal realistic stories (about humans) mostly romance. Both my fantasy and 'normal' stories have romance in it so I guess I really am a romantic as well. 
  
Aside from this little pattern I tend to go through in my writing; I don't like to write action, or mystery stories. Or at-least I don't like to have those genres alone in my writing, I like those two mashed up with my fantasy stories at best. 

My characters personalities are best described as badass, strong and sassy. 

Why I Write?

The reason why I write is because I think it's fun. It's more of an escape out of the real world and into my own world. Creating characters is pretty time consuming and thinking about what personality fits them is even more laborious. 

Still though, the whole writing process is very fun for me. Even when I unexpectedly get writer's block.  I write maybe more then twice during the week after school. Some times on the weekends.

I started to write my own stories at the age of twelve. The person who helped me develop, was my older sister and she inspired me to write my own story after reading one of hers.  I spent time with other writers in the tenth grade when I joined a writing club for the first time. 

Production Planning!

Production planning for my Project!!!


 -Out line three sketches for my project/ about the romance-fantasy novel I'm currently working on. Then, finalize them!

- Choose one out of the three pictures, for a book cover and color it!

-Photo-shoot all three sketches!

-Up load these pictures to website!

-Digitize the final and only choice picture, Upload it to website

-Make my own website

-Animate a book trailer, using the sketches and writing out the plot of my story/project.

What I want to do...

Sometimes I feel like I want to be a veterinarian when I think of my college majors. And other times, I want to be a graphic designer since I do like to draw. I love writing stories of my own as well but I don't think I'm gonna stay with the choice of being a possible best selling author.
   I watch so much cartoons and read so much Manga and watch so much Anime that I really do think I'll just settle with a graphic designer type major. 

Creative Writing

                                                       

                                                           HOW I STARTED OUT

When I first started out creative writing I didn't really think about how my readers would would like my style of writing. Since I started out so young, (at twelve years old) I didn't even care if any one liked my stories, I just wrote them for me.
  As I got older I realized I needed to work on my grammer, imagery, and especially characterization.
  As I entered ninth grade I was nearly a PROFESSIONAL writer, despite the fact I still needed to work on my grammer at the time.
I took some ideas from novels I've read and mixed them with my own and wrote them out to see what the outcome of my dialogue was.

  
                                                     WHERE I AM AT RIGHT NOW

Right now I am only a junior in high school but on a couple of weekends I've been studying. Like: Reading a whole series of books and novels.
   As a developing author I'm beginning to not only understand what I think readers would want in my kind of creative stories, I am also understanding what I want. I work with my main character and/ or characters, try to work out what their motives are in the story and how long they are gonna be in the story depending on if I wanna kill them off(that is if I'm writing a supernatural story). 
   Usually...when ever I write a vampire or werewolf or a story that involves both creatures I only kill off some supporting characters if they're not mentioned in the story that much. 
   I get a little over board with the two main characters. The two main characters that absolutely have to stay in my story no matter what. It's only because all of my primary main characters are girls and since I write romance genre a lot those characters usually fall in love with another main character or feel they need to protect that other character(then they fall in love).