Sunday, May 24, 2020

Directions & Reality

Re-post from Author DW Beam's blog - Originally posted Nov. 2018

There are so many directions a writer can take while writing a story, or even telling a story for that matter. For instance, when you're writing a story like I'm writing right now, every little thought can be changed by another thought, an interruption to the main part of the story, giving you direction that you didn't intend to go. As you figure out a way to get back to it, you lose more directions with the new directions that you started with in the first place. Sometimes the original direction gets completely replaced by the new thoughts, leaving us reading back over the information to regather the story that we started with in the first place. 
Creative writing. A good writer can throw down anything. There are a lot of good writers out there. But making the story come alive is up to your own imagination as you put your new thoughts on paper. Be generous. After all, it is fiction. We often try to limit ourselves by judging reality with things that are not real. I urge you to get past reality and bring it to life as you do in your thoughts so that others can experience what you're feeling and not just words you're putting on paper. Have a wonderful time expressing yourself!
Hope you're having a nice day,
DW Beam

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