The Stages of Agony when Starting a New Novel


I don't believe in letting more than one month go by without another one of these, so here we go! The stages of starting a new story.

 Idea. Hooray! 

You've got a beginning, an end... but where's the middle?

You have the main character, the villain and... nobody else. 
Your protagonist rn


Creating 48375838 unnecessary side characters. 


Why are outlines so hard?? 

Staring at the blinking cursor until insanity sets in. 

Once you've created a crappy first page, all goes well... until about twenty pages in, when your brain goes... 


*immediately diverges from outline*


Get distracted by the internet.


Relatable? Did you laugh? Tell me about your writing woes in the comments!

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Comments

  1. MaddieOctober 15, 2019 at 8:10 PM

    Haha so relatable. I am writing a novel for a project and I’m suffering the pain.

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  2. Tannera KaneOctober 16, 2019 at 7:28 AM

    LOL. You described me except for one difference: In the writing chart above, I'd have a black swirly crayon line that represents solitaire.

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    1. BethanyOctober 16, 2019 at 9:48 AM

      Lol accurate!!! I need to make a chart of that!

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  3. Rebecca RiveraOctober 17, 2019 at 5:43 AM

    I like your simple lines and pictures style with this one. Easy to read and had a good chuckle. Thanks, Bethany. The graph at the end was my favorite, the confidence line, especially. Lol!

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    1. BethanyOctober 18, 2019 at 6:03 AM

      Glad you liked it! U totally stole that graph from someone on Instagram, but I aspire to be that funny someday. 😂

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