I AM THE KNOW-IT NOTHING (new blog eeeek!)

So... Let's be real - this blog was a complete flop!

But what am I doing now? A new blog!

What is it about? Me and, well, LIFE

Will it be funny? Maybe. I try.

Do you post consistently? YES. Once a week and, if I'm lucky, sometimes twice a week!

What can we expect from this blog? Definitely something to relate to. I write realistically and try to make it something everyone can read and enjoy.

So you won't talk about writing and/or books? I am still a writer (obviously), but this blog is mostly about me, my life as a year twelve student in Australia and how I'm just trying to stay afloat! I do still love writing and reading! (If you haven't read All Fall Down by Ally Carter, check it out ASAP!)

Why didn't you use this blog site? I have loved this site, but I only just remembered my username and password. My new website is modern and easy, just like these sites! I'd recommend both!

Social media? Hello, stalkers! Yes, I do have social media but the only thing I put out to fellow bloggers/readers is my Twitter account - you can expect an expansion soon... Follow me @Jordana_Simone_

Argh, I just want to start reading! Post the link below? I thought you'd never ask!!
www.theknowitnothing.weebly.com

Writing from an image

In my opinion, writing a descriptive text from an image (either in your head or a photo/drawing) is much easier than trying to piece words together with no idea of what your surroundings are. For example, if I am describing a girl for a novel or short story, I'd either have a mental image of another character in my head written similarly by multiple answers - adding my own little touches here and there - or would go on Google images and look up England landscape if I needed to create a village with red rooftops and green hills in the background.
Here is an excerpt from a poem I once wrote:

Bright light shines into her room like crystals,

She sighs but does not stir, her eyes flutter,

Her chest warms at the feeling of the sun,

So brilliant and pure it makes her sad.

A new day has come, away with the last,

A different, strange world that awaits her,

Her dreams cloud, a familiar face shows,

Body tensed and ready, her body is afraid.

For this example, I had a woman laying in bed on a sunny morning feeling scared but relieved that time is still passing and she hasn't frozen in the middle of nowhere. She had flaming red hair in tight curls and wore a white and lace nightgown as she woke up underneath cream sheets in a king size bed. The quilt was red with gold stitching and the bed had a giant frame - something like what the Queen would sleep in.

I feel images are really important for aspiring authors because it gives us more of a chance to write down every necessary detail and some that maybe aren't so important to the description! That is what makes your readers laugh and enjoy the text more. Good luck!

Ideas

Hi everyone :)
It has been a while...like, a long while and I'm sorry. For a period of time, I wasn't sure whether anyone actually ever looked at my blog and I thought 'Well, maybe I should just stop.' But then something occurred to me that I should consider: if I don't post and get this blog cracking, then I should just close the whole thing down. I did this for experience and most authors I write to say that my blog is a great idea and that lots of successful writers began where I am now [fingers crossed]. So, I thought that maybe I should introduce a few things. I want to write book reviews here, do polls on which book you'd rather have made into a movie, which authors have the better and more interactive websites, whether the Twilight books are well written (I think they are) or people just say Stephenie Meyer "can't write" because they hate her series, and especially, really beautiful, sparkling vampires? All I can say is that since her books, I haven't lived a day without reading, reading, READING and would never regret having my nose stuck in her books or crying in the movie because I was in love with the whole world she had created. Isn't that an author's goal—to create an atmosphere for a reader to dive into and only resurface when they read the last word of the whole entire book? Perhaps even longer?

I have just finished reading Abandon by Meg Cabot—one of my favourite authors (there are so many!!)—and I could not get my nose out! I've also read three Cathy Cassidy books in the past five days and even though they're simple and for about twelve/thirteen year olds, I still love the romantic/drama tales she tells. Even though they're short and an easy read, I love them! She is an inspiration and I've loved every book of her's I've read...except for one :)

Despite it being hard thinking of what to write for this blog, it is actually quite fun. I didn't know what to write. I wanted to look up authors' pages from when they were thirteen to sixteen and see what they did in their teenager stage but if you type in Amanda Hocking or Ann Brashares into GOOGLE or Blogger search, you will get their current one and fan pages. If you know any, please comment the address below!

Changing lives

OK, so I'm the type of person who just launches into a story without even thinking about the characters or what the small things that happen here and there will be. Most of my stories have small romances in them but, at the same time, they are fantasy fiction. I NEVER write non-fiction stories. I figure, if the thing has already happened, and you think it's really important, why bother writing about it? I mean, if it means that much to you, won't you remember it in your mind anyway? How do you know that other people won't agree with you about how great or stirring the experience was or you wrote it completely wrong? I am not saying I don't like reading non-fiction stories because, as a matter of fact, I quite enjoy it but I would never chose to write it myself. Frankly, I believe that authors that write in this style are extremely clever because I think it is a really hard thing to do.

I don't believe there is a short-cut to writing because if there were one, how would readers be so interested in books as they are today? As writers, we have to document every single detail, clue and manner of speech because if we were to not do all of those things, what horrible world would be created?

I prefer writing in a world where I know I can let myself be free and make things real in the words that I wish I had in my life: like Hermione Granger and Hogwarts, or an Enchanted Wood with a Magic Faraway Tree or even fallen angels or "vegetarian" vampires. So, getting back to how I never plan and like letting myself go, leaving my imagination to do all the work. One of the reasons why I do not plan my stories is because many of the ones I do I end up stopping them, getting writer's block or telling myself I didn't write them very well. I know many famous authors say that they don't believe in writer's block but, in my opinion, all of the GOOD authors do. They believe that you can get stuck in a story either because you have no idea what direction to go in or you have too many ideas of which path to walk with your writing. But they always have a way out and that is what I try to learn every single day. This is why I listen to them so much, send fan mail and also follow them on whatever devices I can because I want to know how they get through those tough time. As young writers we all know that bummer feeling when you don't know what to write about or if someone else read it, will they think it is lame? Well, it all depends on us...the writers that make the worlds which the readers want to escape to. We have the potential to change lives. 

Think about J.K. Rowling: she made millions of childhoods all throughout Earth different and more magical. How would we be without Harry, Hermione and Ron? Would we be afraid of evil villains like Voldemort or would we be brave? 

Think about Suzanne Collins: she has broadened our minds to a place where we can actually see how poor people live and what they have to do to survive. I know, her circumstances are pretty tough and rough, but that is the life. Stealing, gambling and making bonds with people that you can trust will save your life - whether they be the rightful thing to do in the laws or not. You do what you can to make your life as successful as it could ever be and help your families everyday.

What I'm really trying to say is that although I don't plan my stories and what happens in the end can change in my mind hundreds of times before I actually write it down in words, I try to really think about what my reader wants and try to open the up to a world where they can be educated and taught at  least one lesson. So what if it is to date a vampire or not, or to give up your body to your enemy because you are the thing that will be the last jigsaw puzzle in his evilness. At least you've taught the reader and possibly your fan something and that truly matters...to me.

I don't want to sound all smash and posh and act like I'm the best writer in the world...because I certainly am not! I read the websites of almost every author I've ever read a book of and this is what I've come up with. I am not some special girl who is overly gifted with writing talent and think I've got so much experience in life because that is another thing I certainly don't have and am not. I just wanted this to be inspiring and to also see if you guys agree with me. Is this what you think? How do you go about your stories - plan or launch straight in? Everyone is different and this is just one out of many ways to go about writing your stories :)

Icebreaker

As an icebreaker for this blog, I have posted the first two paragraphs of a story I wrote a few weeks back. Feel free to keep up the trend. Whether they be short stories, poems or the start to  novel, helping people out with their writing is what this blog is about!! Also, vote on the polls :)

The water burned like a fire down my dry and closed up throat. My flailing arms thrashed about in the water like the tail of a drowning dog and although my eyes were open and fresh, salty water rushed up against them, I saw everything and nothing was unclear. The water was cold and icy, small fish swimming at my feet with rainbow scales, which caught the afternoon sun with a blinding light. As I continued to freeze from inside out, my organs gradually giving up and shrinking into something small and less useful, I watched as a giant humpback whale burst out of the water. The sight was definitely something I thought I’d never experience – the water spouting out of its blowhole as it leaped, flipped and crashed back down on its head. But even the beauty of that favourite creature of mine didn’t overcome the fear closing in on my hopeless swimming style and me.

There was no sound around me, only strange clicks, and no light – only the shadow of a very big figure behind me. I gazed in awe as three dolphins swam directly underneath me, their swim so fast I nearly missed shifting my feet from in front of their mouths. They danced with their mouths open, their call the only sound I could identify when I dug my head through the separating line between safety and the pure unknown – air and water.

Hey!!

Hi guys,
So, yeah, the other day I went to Meet the Writer's festival and saw Lili Wilkinson and she said that many authors start out by creating a blog so that is what I have done :) I have made it so that my friends can see it but there is no way to individually select who I want to view or post. Feel free to post your short stories or poems on here and also we can trade writing tips or something...if you are a writer. If you feel uncomfortable doing this on my blog I understand. I just thought this would be cool. Please tell me if this is a bad idea :) Ok, by now. J.