STORY SEEDS
By Jessica Haight & Stephanie Robinson
By Jessica Haight & Stephanie Robinson
It could happen anywhere: when you’re
talking on the phone, cooking pancakes, out with friends- time and place never
matter. It’s what happens in that space that’s important, and it begins with
your inner voice saying,
“Wait. What did I just think?”
The burst of knowing you had a brilliant idea for a story stops you in your tracks. You don’t want to forget
it, so you shift your sight from out to in- that’s the moment when light sees dark, and insight snaps a picture, like the flash of a camera lighting up a
room. When the image comes together, what was unknown becomes known,
and voila!
An idea is sparked.
Peering into the event horizon of
infinite possibilities, you’re likely to choose that which suits you- meaning
every story has an audience. If you
like the idea and it makes you excited, let it flow and the creative process
begins.
Words spring from the deep well of thought, lining up in rows, pouring onto blank pages.
When the clicking keys stop and the writer's eyes read over them, that flash of insight is realized, and a new book is born!
Cultivating story seeds is serious business though, and not for the faint of heart. As a creator you must be fierce in your conviction to bring your story to life, for a harrowing adventure awaits those who decide to birth a book.
 |
| Jessica Haight & Stephanie Robinson Co-authors of the Fairday Morrow Series |
Catch our feature articles on
WRITING MYSTERIES
Critique, Editing your MS
Working with editors, Collaborating using Google Docs
Skeleton's poetic interpretation on formatting a book
