Biography of Natasha Rayne
Latest Update: 2/21/2015
Name: Natasha Rayne
Born: March 19, 1997
Hometown: Gilbert, Arizona
I am new at this, so I don't know where to start but why not with my story of how I became a writer:
I have always loved reading. In second grade I actually won an award for being the student who read the highest number of words in our school; the simple award made my day. With reading more and more I eventually came to the thought of.. "Hey? Maybe I could do this as well!" When I was in 4th grade I did a few fanfictions (one based off of the world of Pokemon the other off of the Warrior Cat series) but I wasn't writing anything seriously. In fact, I didn't write for the goal of writing a novel until I tried NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) in 8th grade.
It was 8th grade when a friend told me about the website. The idea is to write 50,000 words (a novel) in the single month of November! It seemed so daunting and out there, I just had to give it a go. What harm could come from trying, right? November was coming closer and a plot line was nowhere near my grasp. I fumbled around the forums of the site and found the "adopt a plot line thread". I read through, probably, ten pages of ideas for plots that people didn't have time to write or not enough drive. The tenth page and a plot sentence stuck out to me: A girl who is stuck in her dreams. One sentence which changed my life.
November started the next day and I wanted to try. I gave it a go. I failed. I reached 17,000 words before giving up for the month. My story was about a boy named Jon who was a member of a large family and in his dreams met a girl who, when he woke up, was on the news and reported as missing. The story never got far, but those 17,000 words are still very important to me. Those words made me realize just how much I loved writing.
November ended and I wanted to do NaNoWriMo again! I wanted to win next time, complete the daunting task of 50,000 words. And I did it. I planned and I created characters. I worked out a plot line and had fun. November came and I wrote the 64,000 word rough draft of The Dream Prison. The joy and accomplishment I felt knowing I wrote that was amazing. The grammar and the structure was horrible, but I was still proud of it. My creation... IN A MONTH!
Ninth grade was coming to an end and I decided to try and edit The Dream Prison... Maybe, it could get published? I could get lucky, right? If I didn't, well... It was fun. I rewrote that rough draft and came up with a version I lent out to people to read. From the Rough Draft to this version there were many scenes removed and a few new ones added. After passing it around to a few friends I did a line for line, word for word edit. Once completed my mom checked for typos and my final copy was done. I wrote a book. Now what?
Well, I used that NaNoWriMo thing I did. As a winner you get a free publishing offer through CreateSpace. Jamie Moul with my input created a wonderful cover and Miss Summers created a wonderful map of The Dream World. That March, for my 16th birthday. The book went on sale.
Education: I attended Gilbert Classical Academy in Arizona for High School before attending AFNORTH International School in the Netherlands. Currently, I'm embarking on the long progress of college applications (because of this Book 3 wont come out in Spring, but Fall 2015).
Family: I live with my amazing parents and three younger brothers who are very interesting and inspire some character traits and dialogue in my works.
Favorite Character: This is a hard question for any Author to answer and I don't really have a favorite, but if I had to choose I think I'm stuck between King, Marsha, and Aidan. Each of these characters are super fun to write!
Name: Natasha Rayne
Born: March 19, 1997
Hometown: Gilbert, Arizona
I am new at this, so I don't know where to start but why not with my story of how I became a writer:
I have always loved reading. In second grade I actually won an award for being the student who read the highest number of words in our school; the simple award made my day. With reading more and more I eventually came to the thought of.. "Hey? Maybe I could do this as well!" When I was in 4th grade I did a few fanfictions (one based off of the world of Pokemon the other off of the Warrior Cat series) but I wasn't writing anything seriously. In fact, I didn't write for the goal of writing a novel until I tried NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) in 8th grade.
It was 8th grade when a friend told me about the website. The idea is to write 50,000 words (a novel) in the single month of November! It seemed so daunting and out there, I just had to give it a go. What harm could come from trying, right? November was coming closer and a plot line was nowhere near my grasp. I fumbled around the forums of the site and found the "adopt a plot line thread". I read through, probably, ten pages of ideas for plots that people didn't have time to write or not enough drive. The tenth page and a plot sentence stuck out to me: A girl who is stuck in her dreams. One sentence which changed my life.
November started the next day and I wanted to try. I gave it a go. I failed. I reached 17,000 words before giving up for the month. My story was about a boy named Jon who was a member of a large family and in his dreams met a girl who, when he woke up, was on the news and reported as missing. The story never got far, but those 17,000 words are still very important to me. Those words made me realize just how much I loved writing.
November ended and I wanted to do NaNoWriMo again! I wanted to win next time, complete the daunting task of 50,000 words. And I did it. I planned and I created characters. I worked out a plot line and had fun. November came and I wrote the 64,000 word rough draft of The Dream Prison. The joy and accomplishment I felt knowing I wrote that was amazing. The grammar and the structure was horrible, but I was still proud of it. My creation... IN A MONTH!
Ninth grade was coming to an end and I decided to try and edit The Dream Prison... Maybe, it could get published? I could get lucky, right? If I didn't, well... It was fun. I rewrote that rough draft and came up with a version I lent out to people to read. From the Rough Draft to this version there were many scenes removed and a few new ones added. After passing it around to a few friends I did a line for line, word for word edit. Once completed my mom checked for typos and my final copy was done. I wrote a book. Now what?
Well, I used that NaNoWriMo thing I did. As a winner you get a free publishing offer through CreateSpace. Jamie Moul with my input created a wonderful cover and Miss Summers created a wonderful map of The Dream World. That March, for my 16th birthday. The book went on sale.
Education: I attended Gilbert Classical Academy in Arizona for High School before attending AFNORTH International School in the Netherlands. Currently, I'm embarking on the long progress of college applications (because of this Book 3 wont come out in Spring, but Fall 2015).
Family: I live with my amazing parents and three younger brothers who are very interesting and inspire some character traits and dialogue in my works.
Favorite Character: This is a hard question for any Author to answer and I don't really have a favorite, but if I had to choose I think I'm stuck between King, Marsha, and Aidan. Each of these characters are super fun to write!