holiday planning: TAG wednesday 3

heyy, today is Wednesday, and that means I'm going to post a TAG. Since I just posted 'How to Tuesday' with a post on how to write a story, I thought a book TAG would match well. I know characters in books don't have pictures, but some of my favorite books are made into movies, so I'll post pictures. Here it is:

• Favorite book
The Hunger Games series

These are the English versions.


These are the Dutch versions.

• Favorite book quote
So after, when he whispers, “You love me. Real or not real?”
I tell him, “Real.”
It’s the ending from Mockingjay (the third Hunger Games book).


• Favorite writer
I don’t have a favorite writer. I like reading, but all kinds of books.

• Favorite tear breaker
Mockingjay. It’s not really a sad book, but a lot of characters die, also the favorite ones. I had to reread it several times before it got to me he was dead.

• Favorite male character
I have a few. Peeta and Finnick from the Hunger Games series. Jacob from Twilight. I have more, but I don’t remember them, because lately, I haven’t read a lot. This year, I have only read for school, and the hunger games. And the books for school were boring.

Peeta


Finnick


Jacob

• Favorite female character
Zoey from House of Night. It’s a book series about vampires. I have began with the series two years ago, but I don’t have all the books. Only I have them in Dutch, like almost every book I read. I do read English stories online.

• Character that scared you
I don’t have one. I’m not easy scared.

• Character you hate
I can’t think of a character I hate.

• Book you love but everyone hates
I like the CSI: Miami books. Last year I found a few at the library, and I read them in a very short time. I know there are more, but the library doesn’t have them anymore. I think that’s because they weren’t very popular.


• Book you hate but everyone loves
I have never read a book I hate but everyone loves. It’s not that I never read a book that I don’t like. When I hate a book, the rest does that too. For my English lessons at school, we had to read a book from a list. A lot of us choose ‘Room’, because it looked spectacular, also the description. But at page 100, nothing had happened. It was the most boring book we have ever read.

• Favorite character duo
Katniss and Finnick in Catching Fire and Mockingjay. Their friendship is just very beautiful to read. Finnick cheers her up, gives advice, saved Peeta and her, helps her through hard times. I wish I had a male friend like that (who also looks that good).


• Which book surprised you the most
The Hunger Games series. I began to read the Hunger Games before the first movie, but I hadn’t finished it when I saw the movie. When I was packing for my vacation to Turkey, I needed some books to read. I saw catching fire and mockingjay lying on the shelves. I started to read them with the thought I have nothing else to read, but when I started , I became addicted.

• If you could read only one book forever, which would it be
The Hunger Games Mockingjay in English. I have read the series in Dutch and I can’t find them in English, but I know some English quotes and they are so awesome in English.

• Recommended book
House of Night, because it’s very good written. It has romance, action, fantasy, vampires, a bit of horror. It has everything.

The first book

• If you could marry a book character, no matter of his/her age, who would it be
PEETA MELLARK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He is so cute. His behavior, his looks, everything!!!


• About to die, you can only read one book. Which would it be
Mockingjay. Because when I end it, the last thing I’ll read would be my favorite quote.

• Favorite genre
Romance, action, fantasy.

• Favorite book from that genre
Romance: the Hunger Games series
Action: the Hunger Games series
Fantasy: House of Night

• First book you have read
I don’t remember. Maybe Disney or Barbie.


Sorry for my ovrload on Hunger Games answers. If you decide to do this book TAG, comment the link to your blog or video so I can see it.

I hope you like it!

bye xxx

holiday planning: how to tuesday 3

heyy, yesterday was tuesday, but I didn't have time to post it so I'll post it now. I love writing stories, so I thought I could give you some tips to start writing a story yourself. Here it is:


1. Choose your genre, subjects and style
2. Choose your characters
3. Choose your storyline
4. Begin to write
5. When you don’t have any inspiration
1. Try to find it
2. Wait a few hours
3. Wait a long time
6. Let others read it

1. Choose your genre, subjects and style
When you want to write a story, you have to choose where it is about. You can write a romantic story, a thriller, a comedy, a fanfiction, a fantasy story, there are many genres to choose. You can also combine the genres: a romantic fanfiction, a fantasy thriller…

You also have to choose subjects. I think the most common subject in stories is love, but there are other popular subjects: war, family, crime, magic, monsters…

Try to choose a few, so that your story has some content. Also try to find a writing style you like. Your style makes your story unique. A writing style depends on the choice of words, use of metaphors, figures of speech and dialogues. You can also add your style by the choice of point of view. You can write from the I-perspective (as if you are the main character), the he/she-perspective (describing someone else’s live) or from the all-known person (like you see a movie and comment what you see). Most of the time, I use the I-perspective, but I use multiple points of view (one chapter from person 1, the next chapter from person 2…).

The last thing you have to choose before you can start is how you are going to begin your story. At school I learned the Latin terms for them, so I’ll use them with explanation. You have ab ovo (from the beginning of the story, chronological written), in medias res (from the middle of the story, later a rewind to the beginning and then the whole story) or post rem (written after the whole story happened). This is your base for writing a story.

2. Choose your characters
If you are writing a fanfiction, (most of) the characters already exist. You know how they act, so you can apply that to your story. If you are writing another kind of story, you have to make the characters yourself. You don’t have to write a complete biography about each, but it could be useful to form them a little. Describe their looks, age and behavior in a document, and when you write something new about them, add it in the document.

You have different kinds of characters: round characters, flat characters and types. Round characters develop through the story and you get to know (almost) everything about them. Flat characters do not develop through the story and you get to know some things about them. Types do not develop through the story and you barely get to know them. Most of the time, types are minor characters. Your main characters are round, the others are flat or types.

3. Choose your storyline
When I write a story, I first write a short summary of all the important things that I want to happen. I think this is useful, because if you don’t have any inspiration, you can look through your summary to get ideas. Also if you decide to stop writing a specific time, you can look where to continue when you start writing again. I like to write every idea, because I’m afraid I will forget them. I sometimes change my storyline, because when you are writing, you get new ideas.

A story must have some things in it.
First, you must have a good beginning. If the first chapter is boring, people stop reading, because they think the rest will be the same.
Second, you must have some exciting things in your story, a shock, something unexpected. You can build it up, slowly prepare them for the shock, or you can write it at an unexpected thing, so it will be a real shock. When you have written a storyline, you can start writing your story.

4. Begin to write
Write your first chapter, than write your second…
Try to write every day at the same time. I write almost every night at 11:00PM till midnight, unless I’m tired. Some people like to write in the morning, some at noon, some at night. Later at the day, I get more creative. I get most of my ideas when I want to sleep, so it takes some time to fall asleep for me.

5. When you don’t have any inspiration:
1. Try to find it
If you want to write, sometimes you can’t find inspiration. What you can do is try to find it. Search online for other stories, for pictures, songs, anything that can give you inspiration.

2. Wait a few hours
If you really can’t find any inspiration, take a break. Have a snack, go on a walk, do something else besides writing. When you think you’re ready, try writing again.

3. Wait a long time
Sometimes it helps to take a long break and just forget about it. A few days/weeks later, you read what you have written so far and you can continue better than before. I once waited two weeks, went on vacation, and when I got back, the chapter was finished with just one sentence.

6. Let others read it
I post my story on Wattpad, an international website where you can post and read stories. You can follow other people, so when they add a new chapter, you get a message. People can post comments on your stories, and likes. Some comments say they love it, some give tips, or ideas…

I sometimes ask a question at the end of my chapter, example: when I end my chapter with a cliffhanger (an open end), I ask: what do you think will happen? And sometimes people react. I like to get the opinions of my readers, because I write for other people, not for myself.

Here are the links to my wattpad stories:

http://www.wattpad.com/story/5863442-safe-a-spencer-reid-criminal-minds-fanfiction
Safe (a Spencer Reid/Criminal Minds fanfiction)

http://www.wattpad.com/story/6434606-pretty-boy-fell-for-more
Pretty boy fell for more (a Moreid/Criminal Minds fanfiction)

http://www.wattpad.com/story/7095996-pretty-boy-can%27t-get-more-moreid-fanfiction
Pretty boy can't get more (sequel to Pretty boy fell for more)

http://www.wattpad.com/story/6586591-it%27s-not-about-winning-a-hunger-games-story-by
It's not about winning (a Hunger Games fanfiction)

I hope that this was useful.

bye xxx