{"id":672,"date":"2012-07-20T00:09:03","date_gmt":"2012-07-20T00:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/index.php\/2012\/07\/20\/blog201213\/"},"modified":"2012-07-20T00:09:03","modified_gmt":"2012-07-20T00:09:03","slug":"blog201213","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/blog201213\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding Time to Write"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; line-height: normal; font-size: medium;\">\n<div><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-670\" style=\"float: right; margin: 5px;\" alt=\"Writing123\" height=\"324\" width=\"350\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Writing123.gif\" title=\"\">If you are a high school student and reading this right now, you are on summer vacation. So what to do with the oodles of time in your day? Well write, of course!<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">But I know it\u2019s not quite that easy. There are summer camps, family vacations, and friends to hang out with. However, you do have some small gaps between these, and these gaps can be when your best ideas come to you. Jot ideas down in your phone or carry around a pen and paper.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Now we\u2019ve got an idea for a story. Next comes the hard part \u2013 expanding upon it. An idea can sound great, but without a full plot, it won\u2019t go anywhere. You need to think of secondary characters, backstory, and the range of emotions you want your readers to feel. Most of all, make this a book you would want to read. If you would read it, then others would want to read it.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">So now you have a full plot arc. Now it\u2019s time to write! Sit down at your computer and find some music fitting the mood of the scene you\u2019re writing. When you have your music, let the words flow out of you.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">The most important part of the writing process is not to let your outline rule you. If you want to end a chapter differently, then do it. Just don\u2019t make any huge changes without first consulting your outline to make sure it fits. It is absolutely key to not lose sight of where your story is going.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Oh, did I mention have fun? Well have fun! You\u2019re writing a story, and this is your story. Have a good time with it!<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-671\" style=\"float: left; margin: 5px;\" alt=\"zack\" height=\"147\" width=\"175\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/zack.jpg\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/zack.jpg 800w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/zack-600x503.jpg 600w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/zack-300x252.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"><strong>Zack Umstead<\/strong><\/span> is an honors high school student entering a busy sophomore year, but has still somehow found time to write and publish two stories. Shifter, the first in a young adult scifi novelette series, was published in June of 2011, and Entanglement, a quantum physics young adult novella, in April 2012. What little free time he has left, he&#8217;s spent earning his senior black belt in Kenpo Karate. Work is currently underway for the next in the Shifter series.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are a high school student and reading this right now, you are on summer vacation. So what to do with the oodles of time in your day? 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