When I sat down to write today I felt incredibly blocked. Some mumbo jumbo about british royalty, time travel, and lost siblings- blah blah- was basically slamming the breaks on my WIP.
I keep thinking over and over- how am I going to make this all work. I've brainstormed in the car, in the shower, during many a day dream, etc... I've been waiting for some kind of epiphany on the matter since 2004- and I just can't (and I hate the word can't- in fact I don't even believe it exists) figure it out.
And then after almost five years of trying make something work I realized- why does it have to be that way. Why contrain myself to specific fictional parameters that I made up? Isn't this all imaginary anyway? Does it really have to be the 1480s? Or that specific prince? No it doesn't.
So I turned the prince into a pirate and voila-I'm back in business folks.
Oh my gosh I love that! I think I'll remember that the next time I'm stuck. "Just turn the prince into a pirate!"
ReplyDeleteThat's the great thing about being writers.
ReplyDeleteWe Are God.
Super cool. Love success!
ReplyDeleteIt may be cool in theory. But now I have to research pirates. The only thing I know about pirates is from Pirates of the Caribbean. Sad.
ReplyDeleteHey, Johnny Depp's one pretty slick pirate.
ReplyDeleteI did masses of research into pirates for my first novel. It's all a bit hazy now but feel free to fire questions at me -- I might even be able to answer them:)
ReplyDeleteMy core text was this one:
http://www.amazon.com/Under-Black-Flag-Romance-Reality/dp/081297722X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1258577938&sr=1-1
Let's make it 26. :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining Ghost Folk and making it a whopping 26! Woot! Woot!
ReplyDeleteAlso, Thomas THANK YOU so much for recommending that book about pirates! I need some help fo' sho'!