I always get stumped
when others ask me, what is your writing process? Why? Because
honestly, I’m not sure I have a process. I sometimes feel more like
someone who just has this crazy idea out of nowhere that drives me
crazy. It could be just that I wish they would make a story like this
and then my crazy imagination goes off on a tangent of the main
character would be perfect like this and so on. And then the story
kind of tells itself. At least until I finish it, then I go back and
make magic happen. I say magic, but what I really mean is tons of
un-fun editing.
Stories, in
written form always have come easy for me. Since I was a little girl,
I would fall asleep to a story that I dreamed up inside my head or I
would sneak a light in the night as I finished a new book obsession.
I would like to say I always wanted to be a writer, but that’s not
true. I wanted to an artist and a teacher. It wasn’t until I
decided to start putting the stories that were in my head down on
paper and bravely had someone read- and they didn’t hate it, that I
finally found my passion. This was finally the creative outlet I had
been searching for.
For those of us
that are creative, it’s almost like a need. I have to create, I
have to make things- stories, or paintings. Otherwise, I am would
probably go crazy! Or maybe I am and I don’t realize it. Either way
that was how I found my love of writing. All of the beauty I hind
inside my head began to stream out onto my computer as if there was
finally a sigh of relief. I have found what I truly was meant to do
in this life.
So, no I don’t
have a particular style. I follow the story and the characters
journey. I record it, and I let them reveal to me what they want as
the story unfolds. Then I go back and make it something people want
to read. Hopefully, people actually like. So far so good. I do in my
stories prefer strong female leads. I lean towards my stories having
a romance in the story, but at the same time I don’t want my
characters to be reliant on their love interest in the thank you for
saving me with your love kind of way. I like my female characters to
just choose love, and maybe even save the guy for once. I also like
to find out what my readers like and try to write (using also the
things I love) and try to incorporate them into my writing.
If you read my
first book, Acceptance you will notice that they all have super
natural powers they have to learn to use and come to terms with.
Sometimes their powers even create tragic events unintentionally. The
reason for this is I am a huge fan of Marvel. Since I was a child and
before it was cool to be a comic nerd, I was toting around Marvel, DC
and Top Cow comics. My most prized possessions are a Wizard signed by
Chris Claremont and my photo with Stan Lee. I’m still fangirl-in'
all over it.
Yet,
we can’t be successful floating around on a whim with our fan girl
(or boy) loves and sheer luck. So, I have for the production of book
three incorporated a lot of Derek Murphy’s tips for writing from
his Dot Plot, which can be found on his website creativindie.com. And
I think it is helping to focus the book more and leading up to a nice
epic battle, that even I’m looking forward to! But the characters
in my crazy head are still driving the bus and at times scaring the
shit out of me in the process! I’ll let you be the judge of if it
ends well.
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