The nine stages of writing your novel

There’s nothing quite like a cat to illustrate what writers really look like while writing a novel.

Be warned!!

So at the very beginning, you usually wake up in the middle of the night with the idea of a life time…

idea cat

It doesn’t take long before you’re super confident and eager to get your story down on paper, sweet!

confident cat

But… you don’t quite get why it’s so hard

confused sad cat

And then it hits you.

Where the f*** are my words??!!! Someone f***ing help me!!

hanging cat

Then comes the descent into madness at even the mention of a ‘night out with friends’

angry cat

When someone tries to encourage hygiene, it may take a moment or two to remember the purpose of water

weird cat

 

You will (thank god) eventually emerge into the light with a finished manuscript.

But… well…

funny-cat-gif.gif

Once the initial excitement wears off, you take a closer look and realise that you need to start editing

run away.gif

And finally, because you’re generally pretty insane, you’ll start the whole process again ASAP

cat-runs-into-a-wall-o

Good luck!!

🙂

91 thoughts

  2. The U.S. government is investigating the case because there’s evidence that the hackers are linked to the Russian government, although
    particulars are still sketchy, in accordance with two sources aware of the probe who were not authorized to publicly talk about the matter.

    Like

    Reply

  3. hello millie schmidt its dennis the vizsla dog hay my sister pooh bear the kitty yoozed to sit on my dadas lap wile he wuz riting so i gess he did all his staydjes of riting with cats wunse!!! of korse pooh bear went to the rainbo bridj almost ten yeerz ago so no wunder he is slower to git things dun now he has no kitty to help him ennymore!!! ok bye

    Like

    Reply

    1. Awesome to see I’m not the only one! Cats seem to be the perfect avatars to demonstrate the perplexities of the #writinglife !! I’m not sure if this should be concerning to me or not…

      Like

      Reply

  9. Wow! This blog looks exactly like my old one! It’s on a entirely different subject but it has
    pretty much the same page layout and design. Superb choice of colors!

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

  10. Last year I saved a little cat… I took care of it, I weaned it and after my cousin adopted it… Now the little cat is like a tiger ahahahsh big, fat and aggressive 🐯🐾 but we love it😍

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply
  12. Pingback: The nine stages of writing your novel – with cats | Ceres Station

  17. Millien So glad you liked Reasons Why i Have summer Blues because then i found you!! Coffee, chocolate & wrinting but also Cats! in this house the majority says Cats should get top billing as they did in this post. I really needed a laugh today, so thanks.

    Liked by 2 people

    Reply

    1. Yay! I’m so glad I found you too! I’m so tempted to add cats to the title of my blog hahaha I just got a new cat actually, as my little Moët went missing back in March and I was finding it so hard without a cat in the house!
      I’m stoked this post made you laugh! I’m looking forward to writing the next one haha 😊

      Liked by 1 person

      Reply

          1. Lost my Tony to cancer at the beginning of April. He is the one snoozing on Shinki’s but in We Miss the Sun. Does not matter how they go, we miss them.

            Liked by 1 person

  19. Hi Millie, great and amusing post, so right with the cats except mine do not allow lack of hygiene one in particular gets quite upset if I do not shower in the morning. Very interesting way of presenting. Bless you

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

    1. Thank you! Haha that’s very true about the hygiene !! My new cat Sven is quite vocal in the morning, he is always the reason I get up earlier then I would normally like haha *sigh* cats

      Like

      Reply

  25. What an unexpected gem! Clicked randomly after your lovely follow and immediately collapsed laughing, but sort of crying too because yeah you get it! Sorry to hear Moet is missing, what a cool name and I hope he finds his way home. xxx

    Liked by 2 people

    Reply

    1. Thanks!! Oh and you have cats too!! My little Moët has been missing for two weeks now and im pretty devastated (reason why I haven’t blogged). Seeing this post constantly on my website makes me sad 😞

      Like

      Reply

    1. Thanks 🙂 I had so much fun finding the gifs, cats are hilarious. I found the gifs from various sources, though I think I may have found some on gifsoup (then I saved as & uploaded to WordPress)

      Like

      Reply

      1. Then comes the descent into madness at even the mention of a ‘night out with friends’- I thought that was just me. I don’t want to go anywhere or do anything when I’m in my mode. As for cats, mine use to sit on the desk as I typed away. One day I went to use the bathroom and the little critter, Lord knows how he did this, pressed select-all and delete and somehow managed to save it. How’s that for paws of destruction? I guess he just wanted to tell his story, but when it got to the crunch, he suffered from writer’s block.
        Tigz, sits on the floor now, he has been booted out of my circle of trust.

        Liked by 1 person

        Reply

        1. No way!!! I can’t believe that happened to you haha I’ll make sure never to leave my laptop unattended with my cat. He gets a bit moody sometimes, and no doubt wants revenge for all the times I reduce his caloric intake because I’m worried he’s getting fat. Thanks for the warning!

          Liked by 1 person

          Reply

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

Gravatar
WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Cancel

Connecting to %s