I've decided to get serious about writing. And I mean REALLY serious. I'm about a quarter of the way through my first real life outline! It's pretty detailed, and I am excited about where I'm going with it.
It is a fantasy story. Which I'm a little nervous about because you never really know how people will be about fantasy. Some people are totally into it. ("I believe in fairies!") And then other people are not so forgiving. ("Uhm, I only read about real life, kthnxbai.") And who knows what publishers are interested in.
But this is my story. I can feel it.
Ever since I realized that I wanted to be a writer, I've been waiting for the story. Not just one I can stand long enough to actually finish it, but the story I fall in love with. Other writers out there know what I'm talking about. The one that hovers just beyond your conscious mind. You see them in your dreams, the scenes of your perfect story. You wait and wait, going through countless other ideas. You may even write a few books before you hit your story. But when you do, its perfect. It oozes out of your fingers from an imagination you thought you had lost long ago. The characters are like the many shades of you. They become your children in a sense, and almost seem to take on a life of their own. The scenery is picture perfect and the plot line flows as easily as a river.
Yeah. I've found that story.
Now, its a matter of staying focused, and getting it all out before it slips away like a fish, to sparkle and tease me from just below the placid waters of my imagination.
With love,
Mara.
go for it!
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