Toss Me A Life Line . . .
I have posted this in the writers forum on Gaia, but I thought I'd get some help here too. So, those of you who may read this may find it rather humorous. Like many other fellow Gaians, I am writing a story. I have a plot, a rather good plot. I know what direction I would like my story to flow -- for the most party anyway. I even have a list of my characters and have even managed to write out a prologue (which is posted on WattPad). There are even a few twist and turns throughout my story that even shocked me as the writer. Now, where is this problem I am having?
- Wait for it .... - Don't laugh!
Chapter one.
You may laugh now.
** In a ball of word summary, I need a sentence or two to get the ball rolling. **
I know how I want Chapter two to go and how I want it to end. It's writing that first chapter that is always and has always remained to be my biggest hurtle. You may stop laughing now ;3
Well, Pixie, why can't you just keep writing and come back to chapter one later? Well, good question. I have OCD so my OCD I have to do things in order. One, two, three -- you get the drift. And so here I have been sitting for a couple days pondering on how to even get the first line out in this chapter one without completely giving up on my promising storyline.
Now, I have shared my Prologue with many of my Gaia friends and even my fellow military wives who I am close to. The response was, "Oh my. Have you written more yet? Please tell me you have written more?!" To their dismay and my own, my response is, "No. I have not."
Now to fill you in on my story, without giving too much away. --
My story is a werewolf story. Pause. Don't freak out. This is not anywhere close to a Twilight related bull honkie. Please continue. :3
There is action, mystery, violence, adventure, and a slow growing romance story. Nothing that happens on a fluke. Now the story takes place in modern times -- location I haven't decided yet. Thinking northern atmosphere of USA. Perhaps even starting in Alaska and migrating southward (see, there is adventure).
**Let's just start with where the prologue takes off. During the prologue, there is a woman, as my friends have named her, The Woman in Red. Although that is not her name, I do not disclose her name to my readers during the prologue. She and her tracker are essentially, beating and interrogating a man named Marcus who - you bet, is a werewolf. The Woman in Red is part of a werewolf hunting gang. There are a good fifty plus members to this gang, but I only really let five members play a big role in my story. This gang of werewolf hunters are mass murdering packs of werewolves all along the nation and are seeking answers to one werewolf that got away -- Marcus's son. He decides he would rather die than lead them to his sons death sentence and The Woman in Red kills him while Marcus and the tracker are fighting. After Marcus is dead, she sends the tracker to find the trail of Marcus's son.
**There is a bigger picture here, but I won't discuss that in much depth other than there is a hierarchy. A society, even. The Alpha of Alpha's. The royal bloodline that started it all so to speak. Then there is the High Council members or also known as leading members of the Noble families. Then there are of course various packs with their own Alpha's. In this story, there is chaos among the werewolf society. Thus when the society is at its weakest, the werewolf hunters strike and take down as many as they can, leaving no one alive in their path.
**So, where does that leave you in all this mess? Well, I would like to say that at the end of my oh so glorious chapter two, the main female character whacks the main male character in the back of the head with a cast iron frying pan. Why? He breaks in her families house in the middle of the night because the werewolf hunters (being human themselves), they will not engage a werewolf while they are on a mortals land. The werewolf society is a secret amongst the human society.
I do hope I did not make this confusing for anyone and if I did, please let me know.
If you could just shoot me some ideas on how to get the ball rolling with my chapter one (man this is depressing) that would be the biggest life saving ring ever :3
xoxo much love,
Pixie
P.S. I do hope I amused you with this. My piece sounded so much better in my head when I was trying to explain without revealing too much to the public. I want this to be inspiring to other writers like myself :3
P.S.S. I can always link the prologue in this post if I get request for it. But I just don't like posting it all over the internet!
- Wait for it .... - Don't laugh!
Chapter one.
You may laugh now.
** In a ball of word summary, I need a sentence or two to get the ball rolling. **
I know how I want Chapter two to go and how I want it to end. It's writing that first chapter that is always and has always remained to be my biggest hurtle. You may stop laughing now ;3
Well, Pixie, why can't you just keep writing and come back to chapter one later? Well, good question. I have OCD so my OCD I have to do things in order. One, two, three -- you get the drift. And so here I have been sitting for a couple days pondering on how to even get the first line out in this chapter one without completely giving up on my promising storyline.
Now, I have shared my Prologue with many of my Gaia friends and even my fellow military wives who I am close to. The response was, "Oh my. Have you written more yet? Please tell me you have written more?!" To their dismay and my own, my response is, "No. I have not."
Now to fill you in on my story, without giving too much away. --
My story is a werewolf story. Pause. Don't freak out. This is not anywhere close to a Twilight related bull honkie. Please continue. :3
There is action, mystery, violence, adventure, and a slow growing romance story. Nothing that happens on a fluke. Now the story takes place in modern times -- location I haven't decided yet. Thinking northern atmosphere of USA. Perhaps even starting in Alaska and migrating southward (see, there is adventure).
**Let's just start with where the prologue takes off. During the prologue, there is a woman, as my friends have named her, The Woman in Red. Although that is not her name, I do not disclose her name to my readers during the prologue. She and her tracker are essentially, beating and interrogating a man named Marcus who - you bet, is a werewolf. The Woman in Red is part of a werewolf hunting gang. There are a good fifty plus members to this gang, but I only really let five members play a big role in my story. This gang of werewolf hunters are mass murdering packs of werewolves all along the nation and are seeking answers to one werewolf that got away -- Marcus's son. He decides he would rather die than lead them to his sons death sentence and The Woman in Red kills him while Marcus and the tracker are fighting. After Marcus is dead, she sends the tracker to find the trail of Marcus's son.
**There is a bigger picture here, but I won't discuss that in much depth other than there is a hierarchy. A society, even. The Alpha of Alpha's. The royal bloodline that started it all so to speak. Then there is the High Council members or also known as leading members of the Noble families. Then there are of course various packs with their own Alpha's. In this story, there is chaos among the werewolf society. Thus when the society is at its weakest, the werewolf hunters strike and take down as many as they can, leaving no one alive in their path.
**So, where does that leave you in all this mess? Well, I would like to say that at the end of my oh so glorious chapter two, the main female character whacks the main male character in the back of the head with a cast iron frying pan. Why? He breaks in her families house in the middle of the night because the werewolf hunters (being human themselves), they will not engage a werewolf while they are on a mortals land. The werewolf society is a secret amongst the human society.
I do hope I did not make this confusing for anyone and if I did, please let me know.
If you could just shoot me some ideas on how to get the ball rolling with my chapter one (man this is depressing) that would be the biggest life saving ring ever :3
xoxo much love,
Pixie
P.S. I do hope I amused you with this. My piece sounded so much better in my head when I was trying to explain without revealing too much to the public. I want this to be inspiring to other writers like myself :3
P.S.S. I can always link the prologue in this post if I get request for it. But I just don't like posting it all over the internet!
