Last night, a stranger introduced himself to me while I was washing my face. Seemingly out of nowhere -poof- this entity that did not exist before was fully formed in my head. He’s a quiet one, but he has big presence. Between the time I dried my face and applied my moisturizer (it has snail goo in it—don’t ask), I knew enough about him to run to my notebook and jot down some notes about him.
"The pressure to produce pages is strong, and sometimes I forget that research and daydreaming bear their own sort of fruit." I most likely need to have this tattooed backwards on my forehead.
So true Jaye! Sometimes I'll find myself having a dialogue with a character that's completely different from what I thought I would write. That's when I know that I've been forcing the story instead of letting it come naturally to me.
I have experienced everything you wrote in that post. I shared my experience with my husband and he said, "Don't go telling everyone that it you'll end up institutionalized." 😂
Honestly, sometimes I'm to quick to write, I'm not patient enough. I need to take a breath and let the ideas ferment before they become the story and then go to my computer.
The Craft of Manifestation
"The pressure to produce pages is strong, and sometimes I forget that research and daydreaming bear their own sort of fruit." I most likely need to have this tattooed backwards on my forehead.
So true Jaye! Sometimes I'll find myself having a dialogue with a character that's completely different from what I thought I would write. That's when I know that I've been forcing the story instead of letting it come naturally to me.
I have experienced everything you wrote in that post. I shared my experience with my husband and he said, "Don't go telling everyone that it you'll end up institutionalized." 😂
Honestly, sometimes I'm to quick to write, I'm not patient enough. I need to take a breath and let the ideas ferment before they become the story and then go to my computer.
Good post.