"Dolphin Princess" was 3rd-times the Charm

Now, Dolphin Princess wasn't my first stab at writing a novel. In fact, I had tried my hardest to come up with a really good story to tell. However, there were many setbacks in my life, and a lot more learning to do.

Besides writing parodies and fan fiction (fiction about favorite characters from movies, TV shows, etc.), which I'll never use because they weren't original, and they were for personal use only, I was working on some kind of novel back in high school. The book was going to be called "Dark Monster," and I had spent countless hours before and after school working on it. Unfortunately, that book never saw the light of day, because the story wasn't coming together--there was no thought process, no planning, or anything that went into that story.

Another book that I had worked on during high school was a story about a girl that got bullied for much of her life, and she tells this to a vampire in a graveyard. (By the way, that story had no working title.) That story didn't work either, because again, like the first failed book, the story wasn't making any sense.

Both stories didn't work, because they reminded me of myself. The main character in "Dark Monster" was perfect--friends, popularity at school, and a love interest--she was everything that I wasn't. She was everything that I wanted to be--she was too perfect to be a good character. And in the other story, the main girl gets bullied--I've been a victim of bullying, so this character was like a mirror to me, and that wouldn't work either.

During college, in my writing workshops, I learned that some writers would write characters that were similar to themselves. Professors would always say that we needed to write characters that were well-rounded and relatable. With my character Silhouette, I was able to make that happen--I was able to explore my character, give her feelings, give her a sense of existing...

So, after gaining more knowledge, and following the advice given to me by various teachers: "KEEP READING," I was able to bring to life Dolphin Princess, my third attempt in writing a book. Now, as for the other two books, I might inspiration from them every once in a while, but they won't ever see the light of day, because if I was to go back to them now--more knowledgeable than I was before--then they would just go straight into the trash bin.

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Veronica Gonzalez