ROW80 – Page 33 – Linda Nelson

What can be so hard about writing a romance?

Girl likes boy, boy likes girl they both go to the dance together, happy ending and all – end of story.

I don’t think so…

I need plots and lots of conflict in my stories.

So what happens in our high schools today? I just hope I won’t be too far out of touch with my readers on this topic.

My first book sort of covered hazing, the second book dealt with runaways and drug addiction. What kind of stuff can I come up with for the next book, “Along came Neil”?

Things can’t be that different than it was when I was growing up except for the internet and cellphones. Ooow… now there’s an idea, I can try and tackle the issues of the cyber age.

We have Facebook and cellphones and lots of goodies to get these kids into hot water.

Speaking of hot water, it is time to start cooking this plot.

Karla and Maggie can take their battle into cyber space besides the one they are having in school. But in the end, the romance has to happen, it just has to.

ARE YOU A SINGLE MOM AND YOUR TEEN IS DRIVING YOU CRAZY?

Oh what a topic for discussion…

I have been there and done that and for some reason, I don’t know why, I’m still feeling the craze.

Why oh why won’t my teen grow up. For heaven’s sake he is in his mid-twenties and still thinks that his mom is supposed to be responsible for his welfare.

Last time I checked – MOM does not mean Made of Money but for some reason our children seem to think that is what it means.

I have been a single mom for the past ten or so years. It was just this past spring, when my son moved in with us. He has had crisis after crisis dampen his mood. This is almost to the point that I want to say to him – Get out and Get your own life.

Sometimes I want to scream…

What do you do when you go into their room only to find a dinner, a whole meal, secretly stashed away in a sock drawer?

Why bother washing the socks if you want them to stink?

Needless to say, I once again had to put my foot down and demand some changes.

ROW80 Check-in:

Not much to report since the last check-in. I haven’t added anymore words to Along Came Neil.

This story is kind of like a puzzle to me. I know how it starts and how it ends but what goes in-between is another story. Someone mentioned that I should try plotting with the W approach.

So back to plotting mode I go in order to learn how to write a teen romance.

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