More writing lessons.

More lessons from the book What If:
Consider what has happened to your character before the first sentence happens.
Think about the history of your characters and story and how they affect those people.
That's easy for me.
Next lesson:
Write two sentences to start your book.
Now write sentence pairs for opposite subjects.
Birth sentence pairs, Death sentence pairs, etc.
That was fun.
Now write two sentence pairs for subjects that AREN'T complete opposites, like for spring and summer.
That was fun too.

I'm finding that I'm GREAT at ideas and some details, but getting lots and lots of words on a page is hard. duh, right? I have TONS of ideas for books... but, getting right down to writing lots of words to describe that idea in more detail.... hmmm, maybe that's why poetry is so easy for me?
Well, that's why I'm practicing my writing skills!
(Hey, if ANYONE reads this blog, please leave me a little comment.)

Thanks for the book!

My friend Pixiechick_SW gave me a writing exercise book for my birthday titled, What If?
I'm taking it slowly and really doing the exercises.
The first lesson is to write a First Line to a book every day. And while doing that remember that a story takes place with a past and a future... a first line is really an introduction to the middle.
I end up writing the first few lines to a book. It's been fun.
I'll move on to the next lesson soon.

My story is rambling around in my head

I have a basic premise for my first novel. I have a beginning and a middle but the end is a little fuzzy. My husband keeps adding in his thoughts and it changes the story a bit or at least it changes my thoughts about the story.
HOW to write the story is what I'm trying to figure out.
Back and forth from chapter to chapter? Like, one chapter it's one scene and another chapter is another scene and back and forth?
Or write it in a linear way? Even though it's not exactly a linear story...
I have a point to the story, but, does it have to end in sorrow? Can't it end happily?
I'm not sure it CAN end happily... darnit.
I just need some time to sit at the computer and type type type. I'm sure I can rely on some flow of my conscious and subconscious. I've been thinking about this story so much that I've started waking up SAYING to myself what some item needs to be in the story.
I also have quite a bit more research to do about ADD and my hometown and my past.
So, here I go. Just need to make myself sit down and type.

I think I might have ADD... because I am having such a hard time sitting down and doing one thing. I am even having a hard time sitting still Unless I'm exhausted.
I'm going to ask about it at my next doctor's appointment in a week. I hope she has an open mind. I'm tired of doctors that don't believe me.

I read pixiechick_SW's new book coming out in 2010 called, Palace Beautiful and it was a wonderful book. Really Wonderful! Of course, I can't compare her with me at all because she's written at least 3 or more books and this is my first one and we definitely write in different genres. I'm happy I got to read it before it comes out... and I will be buying a copy in 2010 and I will have her sign it. : )