Selena

I know there are lots of different methods for planning a book but I haven't found one that works for me yet so how do YOU plan a book (or a novel, if you want). I know you don't HAVE to plan it but for some reason if I don't have some sort of plan I never finish it. Thanks :)

Stagecoach is a theatre school with dancing, singing and acting lessons and the kids there probably do a performance at the end of each term. If anyone has ever been to stagecoach, do you only perform in front of parents or a larger audience? Also, are the lessons good quality? Is it worth the money?

The Red Pyramid is a book by Rick Riordan and the auditions for the movie have probably already gone, but just in case x x x

A book called the red pyramid by Rick Riordan is apparently being made into a film.

On Friday in music, we're going to get into groups and perform a song...that we made up. Some people will go on the guitar, some on the keyboard, maybe one on the drums and either one person singing or the whole group singing. Naturally, they're going to make me sing because for some reason, I can't say no to people. I don't mind singing, in fact I'd love to sing. But the problem is that we need to write our own lyrics...How do you write song lyrics?

The theme is 'the blues' (notes like c, e flat, f, g, b flat, high c, etc.)

There are twelve bars and 48 beats in total.

How do you write song lyrics?

I'm writing a story and a character in it is really shy but is still quite calm and I guess she's kind of a peace-maker. Do you have any ideas for her name?

I'm going to post a video on youtube of me singing one (or a few) of her songs and I want to know which song(s) you like best - thanks!

And which one(s) is the best in your opinion?

Thanks!

In cooking at school, we're making pizza's next week and...well...my teacher's a bit...I don't know how to describe her. Anyway, she gave us this homework and it's really weird...

We need to find Important facts about pizza's. 'Important'? The only vaguely important things I can think of about pizza's is where they originated from and what ingredients they have.

Can any of you think of anything?

I'm trying to write a novel and I think a good name for one of my characters would be Jack.

But the problem is there's a boy in my form at school called Jack and knowing the people in my form, they'd say things like:

Do you fancy him?

Or

Did you base the character on him in the book?

And I really don't want that but the name just sounds right.

What should I do?

Ok, so they aren't lessons, you just go there and do your own thing. I'm asking because the people there are quite old (who am I kidding? They're ancient!) and I've seen their art exhibitions and they are amazing! They must have loads of experience - I'm only 13 and I want to prove to them that I can be just as good. What kind of things should I draw and are there any good techniques I could use there?

PS. I'll be using watercolour paints

Two starring characters in my book are called Alison and Lola. I need to think of two different middle names and they're sisters, so they've got the same last name.

Alison something something

Lola something something

Yeah...I'm bored.

I want to sort out all of the main characters names before I actually start writing it.

Tell me as many of your favourite names for boys and girls and you can.

PS. Most characters are younger than fourteen.

Thanks x

Ok, so I don't NEED to. But after tomorrow, I get a weeks holiday and I believe that holidays are for holidays...sadly my teachers don't think the same thing. Anyway, I got four pieces of homework (all from today), Maths, Science, RE and History. The work's pretty easy but how do I do it in a night and still have free time?

I can play the guitar and sing quite well now but I'm tired of singing other people's songs so I want to write my own. So I just want to know...is it easier to write the music first or the lyrics first?

Being really specific, I need dry pastels NOT oil pastels.

My mum seems to be a lot happier when she gets homemade presents and as I'm quite good at art, I'm going to draw something for her (outline in pencil, coloured with watercolours) but I don't know what I draw for her. Any ideas? And don't give me all that rubbish about trees, potted plants, babies and animals - I've heard it all before.