Margie's PPT (:

[margie22]

Hey, for those who don't know me, I'm Margie. I'm 14 (nearly 15!) and I'm from Australia.

I'm a writer. Yes, shocking but calm down, I'm not a good writer. I've always loved writing, my mums a writer so I have writer blood! I've always loved fantasy with weird creatures, I have a story I wrote when I was 7 where there are heaps of fantasy creatures. Creepy, right? I seriously got into writing though when I was about 11 and I wrote my first fanfiction. No one ever read it, really, no one ever started reading my writing until I started roleplaying. Yeah, I roleplay, write fanfiction, short stories, poems, lyrics but I still haven't finished a novel yet.

The novel I'm writing right now for JanNo is one I've been planning and plotting since I was 12. It's an idea I can't get rid of and a world that I know so well. (: I'm hoping for it to be my first published novel though I doubt it.

So, my goals for this year are:

• Participate in and WIN 12 WriMos
  
• Write a short story (2000-8000 words long) each month.
  
• Have one novel edited and reading to send to publishers.
  

Thought I might put those in, help me not forget them as well.

I will be posting random stories and rants here. A warning, my rants can be very depressing, I have bad days a lot. (:

[margie22]

A Writer’s Habits (best title I could think of)

I stare out the window, not even sure what I'm staring at. I do that a lot, probably because of my low attention span and the fact that I slip into the imaginary worlds I write about a lot. They are really cool worlds to be truthful with lots of creatures that you wouldn't find on Earth. It gets annoying though when you drift off onto another planet in the middle of class or miss something your mum says to you.

I blink a few times and turn my attention back to my computer screen and the blank word document I have open. I have an idea, a great idea which could make a world changing novel but I can't get a word out. My fingers rest on the keys waiting for words to flow through my mind, words to be written but nothing happens.

There is a simple name for what I am going through but it isn't a simple thing because at times it can be near impossible to get past it. I have writers block.

My fingers still rest on the keyboard, waiting and stiffening from their long period of stillness. I sigh, smack my palm against my forehead and rest my elbow on my leg. Why can't I just write this? I know what the plot is, the opening scene, I know the characters well, I've done planning, I have a perfect knowledge of the world it is set in but I just can't write. Not a word seems to be able to appear on the blank word document.

I shut my laptop in annoyance and stand up, letting out a yawn and having a quick stretch before starting my trip to the kitchen to find food. It isn't surprising that I have a little extra weight, whenever I'm either bored or can't write I take a trip to the kitchen to have a snack and both those things sadly happen a lot. I open the fridge and examen the food that it holds. Of course, there is not one thing that I find I want to eat. Next I open up the freezer, my eyes pausing on the ice cream before closing the freezer door and instantly regretting not taking out a cold treat. I do not bother going back for it though, my next stop is the cupboard. In there I see nothing that I want to eat like in the fridge. I sigh as I head back to the lounge room where my laptop is sitting on the couch.

I pick it up and sit back down, staring up at the roof for a few moments while I think of what to do. I open up my laptop, it’s so small that it nearly doesn't fit on my lap and threatens to fall off. I frown and get it into a good position then I open up the procrastination master. Facebook.

I really shouldn't be on facebook again, it just distracts me until I have no interest in doing anything but liking stupid things that are either things that I have done/do or things that make me laugh. Such a time wasting thing but then that is what facebook seems to be for, time wasting. I eventually get bored of that task and switch to a new tab, opening up a forum and searching through for new posts.

I last a much shorter time on the forum than I had on facebook and I close the internet browser, finding no interest in any site I can think of. I yawn not because I am tired but because I am bored out of my mind. I wonder for a moment if I should go for a walk, get some fresh air and get a bit of a tan because the amount of days I've spent inside has made me pale. I then remember that I should be writing.

I open the blank word document and seem to get out a few hundred words. It feels so good to be writing, to be getting out my well planned story in words. I smile at my work as I write a whole double-spaced page and press enter, jumping to a second page. The feeling of finishing that first page is thrilling and so is finishing the second and third and then my fingers slow down in their typing and eventually stop.

I find myself staring out the window again, not sure what I'm looking at. I sigh and begin the normal cycle again. Staring at the blinking curser, getting up and heading to the kitchen and after not finding anything to eat, going onto websites that having nothing interesting to offer. When I finally get back to writing I get out only another couple of hundred words.

I wonder if I am really supposed to be a writer but then I think about how much I have written even if it feels like I've hardly written a word.

[marsbareater12]

Good flashfic! Realistic as well!

[margie22]

Thanks! (: It's just talking about my bad writers habits lol

[marsbareater12]

I think everyone's like that

[Louisa]

Yeah, I know I am! Let me officaly welcome you, Margie, to Crazy Club! I hope you enjoy the site! And I love the short story!

[Dani]

Hey Margie! I'm Dani. Sounds like you've got some good goals! That's cool that your mom's a writer. I wish someone in my family could understand what I'm trying to do here....

And I like the flashfic! Classic of any teenage writer.

[SianaBlackwood]

Don't worry, guys - writer's block, procrastination and snacking aren't just teenage writer things. Or have I just still not grown up?

The good news is that there are a variety of... er, motivational devices... floating around all the WriMos.

JanNo and Febno both have cattleprods, wooden spoons and sticks, but what really scares me is FebNo's new lawnmower.

Good luck with all your goals, Margie!

[Louisa]

Yeah, and we can use them hehe

[marielaurent2223]

I like the Flashfic you wrote Margie hope you reach your writing goals and good luck on writing your novels and reaching your word count for this year hope you have a good day!