I do my best writing away from the keyboard

I’d forgotten how much I love this part of writing. Where I am just playing with the characters, getting a feel for them. When, to paraphrase Stephen King, “the men in the basement” are doing their work.

The subconscious is my most powerful writing tool. I have these two characters who’ve been knocking around in my head for years. Another one joined them a while ago. I had an old, cliched storyline.

And boom, this morning while I was cleaning the bathroom cabinet, a connection was made.

I now know what ties these three characters together, and it is something that fills me with glee.

My best writing, I think, comes from a place deep inside me. It comes when I go deep into the dark and light within and bring something out. Something that cuts, or glows, or makes me want to die inside.

Slice open your heart, smear it on the page.

This is how I like the books that I read as well. Books that have a sense of being more “real”. I am female, so perhaps it says something of my sex that I like deep emotion in books. But at the same time, I also like the “ooh shiny!” factor. And lets not forget the things that hide behind the darkness.

There is still a long way to go, and it’s going to be an interesting journey.

Mirrored from Stephanie Gunn.

I do my best writing away from the keyboard

I’d forgotten how much I love this part of writing. Where I am just playing with the characters, getting a feel for them. When, to paraphrase Stephen King, “the men in the basement” are doing their work.

The subconscious is my most powerful writing tool. I have these two characters who’ve been knocking around in my head for years. Another one joined them a while ago. I had an old, cliched storyline.

And boom, this morning while I was cleaning the bathroom cabinet, a connection was made.

I now know what ties these three characters together, and it is something that fills me with glee.

My best writing, I think, comes from a place deep inside me. It comes when I go deep into the dark and light within and bring something out. Something that cuts, or glows, or makes me want to die inside.

Slice open your heart, smear it on the page.

This is how I like the books that I read as well. Books that have a sense of being more “real”. I am female, so perhaps it says something of my sex that I like deep emotion in books. But at the same time, I also like the “ooh shiny!” factor. And lets not forget the things that hide behind the darkness.

There is still a long way to go, and it’s going to be an interesting journey.

Mirrored from Stephanie Gunn.