creativity
I love moments in writing a story when pieces fall into place in my head. Sometimes it causes me to re-write everything because my understanding of characters and situations shifts. Sometimes loose elements fall together and I realize they’re part of the same story. Sometimes the plot falls together and I can suddenly see my way clear through the end. That moment of synergy is wonderful. It happened with Bethan’s Garden. I was half way through the story and I still didn’t know why Hanna was even in the city other than that I needed her to be so the story could happen. Then a realization unfolded in my head I knew why she was there and the whole story shifted in such a way that it was stronger.
I had another such moment this evening. I’ve had a new story brewing for weeks now. But mostly I had random elements, I didn’t have a plot, I didn’t have a character arc. Now I do and I can actually start putting words on paper. Hurray for that creative, synergistic process that goes on in the back of my brain when I’m not paying attention.