Dos Scribblings Weekly -- Inspirations, imaginings, good literature... and other matters. =]

Well heelloooo!!

Welcome to the first post of Dos Scribblings Weekly. For now it's just one this week, but on Monday I will do another one and then on Friday again.
I decided just to do something simple and talk about some of the things that help me become inspired to weave a great story. But where to start?
Where it all starts. A spark. An idea. An exciting incident to spur the start of a story.
This is what has happened to me time and time again whenever I see an enchanting movie or read a great book woven by a wonderful storyteller. Or in some other not so-common-cases for me is reading other young writers work with a combination of the above.
The combination of other writers work and movies like Lord of the Rings, Terabithia, and Narnia inspired me to write one of my books called The World Within. I am editing the second draft currently, and if I remember correctly I finished it back in 2008 sometime.
This is the book I hope to publish someday soon... it would be fantastic. I am in love with the characters, and I'm lucky enough to be able to have such a strong world to build the story on.
 Everything about stories comes from a spark of inspiration at one point or another. The Hobbit "an Unexpected Journey" was one of the bigger reasons I got into editing my second draft of The World Within. 

There is always something so exciting about being inspired to write a new book... a new story. I love it. Unfortunately for us writers though, not every story idea may have a good storyline ahead of it. Maybe wonderful possibilities, but sometimes it just doesn't work out.
Though I still hold out hope for some of my own personal ideas I've had, (Like my Jack Frost story I got inspired to write after I saw Rise of the Guardians) not all of them are very easy to find conflict within the story.

Inspiration is what keeps writers going though, and thinking up ideas is one of the most fun parts about writing. The only problem is to keep on going once you've started to write this wonderful idea. And that's a whole other story for another time...

I'll leave you to think about this, and I hope this was entertaining enough for you to read so you'll come back on Monday to read the next post. Ta ta! :)

Love,

Jazmine




**Disclaimer** I do not own either of these images. All credit goes to the companies and people affiliated to these movies.

Determination = New blog posts

Hello blogger people's! 

This'll be a really short post since I really need to go to bed... it is exactly 4 minutes until 1 AM where I live. And I'm going on an 18 hour road trip on Wednesday, can we say... STUPID? Bahahaha.... okay. Enough chit chat. Let's get down to business.
I'm going to be on vacation, but I'll still be able to use computer. On Friday I'm going to start what I'll be calling "Dos Scribblings Weekly" (a.k.a. Two Scribblings Weekly). This will be writing related and this will be a constant thing as long as I can keep thinking of subjects to write about about writing.... if that makes any sense. 
I'll probably have to get some ideas for what I'll write about. But this is my new determination; to blog at least twice a week. The days you can expect to see a post will be on Monday - to read a post during the week - and on Friday - so you can read a post over the weekend. 
Now that I've written all this... I am terrified I won't write anything interesting. I suppose if worse comes to worst, I'll just write a ramble. ha-ha. 
The last thing I'll say is that I will possibly post book reviews in the future, and maybe a video review. Or both at the same time. I'm not quite ready to give up my video reviewing that I've tried. 

SO. Check back here on Friday and there will be a post up and ready for you to read! 

... and I'm off to bed, so g'night! And lots of hugs and kisses and blessings to you. 

Love, 

Jazmine

My Secret Life: Some of my pieces of artwork...

I felt like sharing some of my artwork that I've done in the past and recent times... so here ya go!

My Secret Life: The people you don't think about

      Well... it's been quite a while since I've written a blog post. I guess I've just been experimenting with different things. I thought instead of writing book reviews on my blog that I would just do them on youtube, which someday I'll get back to and I did have fun doing them but I've been having some deep issues with some things in my life... so I figured I was lying when I smiled on camera. And I need to work that out before I start doing videos again. Anyway... 
      I was writing a history report for my schoolwork this night... and I kept thinking to myself about the lonely things I've felt in the past, and the lonely feelings I've had even now. And I found myself wandering to the fact that there are other girls and guys just like me that feel all alone and spend their days alone by themselves in their room at home with nothing but themselves and their family to have company for. I suppose it just made me sad, of course I do have some friends, and I am thankful for them very much. :) They are wonderful people. But even so I feel lonely almost all the time on occasion. 
      It makes me wonder why people don't make more of an effort to reach out to those who are sitting alone or don't talk to people all that much. Why don't people reach out to someone who doesn't have any friends? Instead of sticking to your own that you already have? You could change someone's life by doing that.
    Unfortunately I don't really have the chance to do that to often haha... considering I am that person most of the time. But I think I'm fortunate enough to have been able to do that at least one time and chat with a new girl to the area, unfortunately she moved away again, but I was happy to talk to her and I found we had a lot in common. 
      My heart aches for teens like myself who don't have anyone to talk to or spend their time alone wondering why there's no one to be friends with them. And why they always have to be the one to reach out if they want friends, though it is a good thing in order to get out of your shell, but it's nice to know that your wanted when someone says. "Hey, come on over, you wanna go hang out at so and so's house? Or at the park?" 
Or "Hey, have you watched this movie? or read this book? Or heard about this?" 
      This was just something that has been on my heart lately... as I find myself lost in my books and writing to escape the reality of sadness and loneliness around me and in my own personal life. As I'm writing this I'm actually getting a little choked up thinking about the teenagers who are feeling depressed... I don't even really care about my social life actually, I just ache for the kids who may not have one whether or not I do. I wish I could reach out to them even though I don't know them.
      I'll finish writing this post since I have to head off to bed, but maybe we should all start thinking about reaching out to that girl or boy sitting by themselves... instead of just saying "Nah, they're ok. They probably want to be alone." Maybe you should stop and realize that you're wrong. 90% of the time you are wrong when you see this person. 

The next time you see someone like that, stop, consider them, and realize that they are craving love and friendship because they don't have any. Think about how happy you are with your friends, and think about how they don't have that!

Don't even think about walking away and moving on with your day until you talk to them. If you don't know them introduce yourself... if you do know them, than say hello and strike up a conversation.

YOU MIGHT JUST MAKE SOMEONE'S DAY!

And perhaps if you are friends with someone, but they don't talk very much, and they smile all the time and act like everything's A-OK... chances are they aren't. Maybe they need someone to talk to. Invite them out to coffee or lunch, or just over to your house to hang out. 

YOU MIGHT JUST MAKE THEIR DAY!

Think about that the next time you tell yourself that sad looking thing in the corner just wants to be left alone.  

Think about that the next time your friend says that everything is OK. Even if they don't say anything about their problems, just telling them that you are there to listen helps them feel happy that they can confide in someone if they would like.


THINK ABOUT IT.