And then Stuff Happened: How to Figure out the Middle

Hello humanoids. Have you ever started writing something absolutely brilliant and get a few chapters into it and then realize you have no idea what to happen next? You have an idea for the ending and you've written the beginning but you have no middle. This problem happens to me often. Its annoying. Over the years I've figured out how to fix it. My suggestions may not work for you but they might help.


1. Make an outline. This is something I hate doing. I find outlining boring and I rarely end up using it but sometimes it can help. If you like planning it might do wonders for you. Even if you don't end up using the outline it'll at least give you ideas for a middle.

2. Ask yourself, does the beginning work? Do I really want it to end that way? How many Red Hots can I stick in my mouth at one time? That last question isn't really necessary. Sometimes when you write you need to rewrite. Maybe your beginning is the problem. Maybe you need to change something. Reread what you've written so far and see if there's anything that should be fixed. If you change somethings you'll get ideas for your middle.

3. Be evil. Grab a piece of paper or open a new document and just write down awful things that you could do to your characters. Figure out what obstacles you could give them to make their goal harder. Don't be afraid to hurt your characters. Maybe getting shot in the leg forces your main character to go to an underground city to get help where they run into their evil twin. You don't have to use everything you write down. I definitely don't. I'm never going to have my characters get abducted by aliens, drowned in coffee, and then revived by a group of magical bunnies. I have used some of it though, such as the main character getting arrested (she totally had it coming. I'm amazed she went as long as she did without getting caught) or finding out their best friend is an assassin. Have fun with this. You never know what might happen.

4. Do you need to just shelf this idea? Sometimes that does happen. Its happened to me several times. You may not want to put away this idea but it might be for the best. Maybe you'll get a new and better idea. Maybe one day you'll return to it and know exactly what you need to change. Or maybe you just need to take a break from this idea for a little while. So if you've been struggling with this for a long time maybe it is time to move on. Find a new idea. You never know, your next idea might be the one you publish.


Hopefully one of those helps you. If not I'm sure that if you watch cat videos long enough you'll get a brilliant idea to fix everything. This is all I have to say for today. Hope all you readers have a great day. Good bye, humanoids.

Personality Quiz of Doom!!!!

Ever asked yourself "if I was one of Katie Rose's characters who would I be?"? Well, today you can answer that question. I created a quiz thingy because of boredom! So, who are you?

https://www.playbuzz.com/katierose10/which-ravens-trilogy-character-are-you

The Last of the Unicorns

Unicorns, the most endangered animals still alive. Only a few still live in the wilds today. We’ve hunted them down, murdered them. Those who we don’t kill we imprison and throw away the key. We are the reason most people don’t believe that unicorns exist.

Hundreds of years ago knights hunted unicorns for sport. They existed in large numbers back then. You could take a stroll through the forest and spot one. But back then if you saw one you’d probably try to kill it. Unicorn horns were worth a great deal. Murder one of the beautiful creatures and you’ll have money to feed your family for months.

Very few unicorns live in the wilds. Actually, there probably aren’t any still living in the forests of the British Isles today are we are the only ones to blame for such a crime. As far as I know all the unicorns we still have yet to murder live in Scotland. They live in labs. We experiment on them, torture them. We do it in the name of science, forgetting that they are living breathing creatures. Not
all unicorns live in labs though. Some of them have been imprisoned by the rich for their zoos. They live out their lives in cages, never having the chance to gallop through the forests.

Everyone loves horses and ponies. There are a lot of people who own horses. But we forget about the unicorns. We have stopped believing they exist. That isn’t true. They are real. They do exist. We just refuse to believe it. We’re fine with our horses, we no longer care about their majestic cousins.We don’t care what the scientist of Scotland do to the unicorns. We do nothing to stop the violence against the magical creatures.

After reading all that you probably still don’t believe in unicorns. You think this is just the ramblings of a crazy person. But some of you might believe again. You might feel sorry for all that has happened to the unicorns. You want to help them but you don’t know how. Well, by donating five dollars to unicornsarerealbutthiswebsiteisnot.com you can save a unicorn. You can be a hero.

I'm a Unicorn Now

Yes, you read the title right. I'm a unicorn. How am I an unicorn you ask? Remember that time I told you I was a Time Lord? Well, I broke my neck while playing broom ball and regenerated into a humanoid unicorn. It's kind of weird.

This is what I look like now