Character for NaNoWriMo Project

I'm one of those writers where I need a visual of my characters before I begin working on my new writing project for NaNoWriMo, so these are the people I pick that resemble my characters the most. ( I DO NOT OWN THESE IMAGES)

NaNoWriMo is About to Rumble

The time to finally write the novel you have been itching to write is about to happen. I for one am excited to be doing NaNo this year. I like being an English major, and my creative writing instructor has given us an assignment to participate in NaNoWriMo then to print out our draft and turn it into the professor. Now granted the draft will be absolutely horrible, but I will at least have the story typed up, then I can spend three months tearing it apart into pieces until it's perfect.

This is a project I have been wanting to write for quite some time. It may sell to publishers, it may not, but this is something I truly think is very different, and if I have to self publish it then so be it. It's a story I want to put out there and I want it written on paper. I normally write contemporary or urban fantasy so writing a Science-Fiction novel book series is going to be a challenge. I shall update you guys on my progress with the book and hopefully post a snippet once editing is in the works.

7 Things Characters Do Too Much Of

Helpful writing tip I discovered. I was reading the blog of many authors and discovered the blog of Young Adult author Tahereh Mafi on what we read and see too many characters doing in book. So I decided to post what we see characters doing too much of.

SIGH.

GLANCE.

BLINK.

STARE.

LOOK.

GROWL. 

HISS.

Reading this makes me want to crack out the thesaurus. 

The Selection by Kiera Cass

Dystopia is a very good genre to read. Every book in this sub-genre is different, you're not reading the same plots over and over again. 

For thirty-five girls, the Selection is the chance of a lifetime. The opportunity to escape the life laid out for them since birth. To be swept up in a world of glittering gowns and priceless jewels. To live in a palace and compete for the heart of gorgeous Prince Maxon. But for America Singer, being Selected is a nightmare. It means turning her back on her secret love with Aspen, who is a caste below her. Leaving her home to enter a fierce competition for a crown she doesn't want. Living in a palace that is constantly threatened by violent rebel attacks. 

Then America meets Prince Maxon. Gradually, she starts to question all the plans she's made for herself--and realizes that the life she's always dreamed of may not compare to a future she never imagined.




I enjoyed this book. The writing felt like I was reading a book for middle school kids, too juvenile, but the story idea was intriguing. The book reminded me like I was watching the bachelor and re-reading The Hunger Games. Then the book ended on a very unnecessary cliffhanger as to prove a point that the book is a series. Hopefully the next book in the trilogy The Elite the plot gets better.