Nerdy astronomy geek Marsha, M to her few friends, has never been anybody special. Orphaned as an infant and reluctantly raised by an overly-strict "aunt," she's not even sure who she is. M's dream of someday escaping tiny Jewel, Indiana and making her mark in the world seems impossibly distant until hot new quarterback Rigel inexplicably befriends her. As Rigel turns his back on fawning cheerleaders to spend time with M, strange things start to happen: her acne clears up, her eyesight improves to the point she can ditch her thick glasses, and when they touch, sparks fly-literally! When M digs for a reason, she discovers deep secrets that will change her formerly mundane life forever . . . and expose her to perils she never dreamed of. Yes, the middle of nowhere just got a lot more interesting!

This is the first part of our How To Write shinanigans and it's going to be exactly what it says- a simple step by step helper about how to start a story for beginner writers who need an extra push to get where they're going. We're not saying that this is the only way to write a story. We're saying that this is basically how we do it and that's really the only way we can help people, by telling you how we do it. So this strategy might not work for everyone, we really don't know, this is just what works for us. Okay, well thank you for reading and we really hope that this helps you!

The second part to our writing journey. Anything that you might need as you create your masterpiece! Tips, your questions answered, names, ideas, plots, and weird words that you would never stumble upon if it weren't for this!