Writing is awesome when you don't really write. How is that possible? Well, I'm not really sure but it happens. It is kind of like an out of body experience except you don't see yourself. I blame it on our inner muse. Don't get me wrong; I don't think it a bad thing at all. Actually, it is a great experience because some of our best writing is born from these small moments in time. Have you experienced the inner muse taking over?
It happened to me over the Memorial Day holiday. Speaking of that; I hope all you had a good weekend even if you did not celebrate the holiday. It was nice to have a break from work and enjoy the warm weather outside. Where was I? Oh yes, I had all intentions of writing that day. The strange thing about writing a sequel is that the closer you get to the end the more of your story spills over into you third novel (unless the sequel is it; then you just end it). My sequel will have a follow-up so I am moving rather slow toward the end. There are a lot of strings, characters and ideas that move from novel to novel when writing a series. I'm learning that notes are critical.
This is where my muse stepped in. I believe I wrote maybe five hundred words when out of nowhere I started making notes about how the novel would progress to the end from there and also what was to be in the third novel. I started a new file for the third novel notes and away I went. I was flipping back and forth as I added a note to the second novel that would impact the third and so on. The crazy thing is that the notes flowed so easily; even with all the jumping back and forth it felt natural. Even better than that, the story showed me something I didn't see before that makes the plot even stronger. I finished writing about an hour later. I went back and read over the notes I wrote and remember thinking 'dang, this is good.' The notes provided a path to the end for the second novel but also paved the way deep into the third.
It was exciting because my fingers typed in time with my thoughts. I really didn't have a moment to think about what I needed to write; I just wrote. Usually this happens when we are writing our manuscripts but this time it came as notes. I truly enjoy writing but when these moments come around it is a totally different experience. I'm sure many of you know exactly what I'm talking about but my question today is this - has your inner muse stepped in when you were doing something else (for example outlining, making notes, brainstorming an idea or just looking at something)?
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