Tuesday, December 27, 2011

 Just finished watching The Dawn Treader. I honestly love the Chronicles of Narnia stories, I know it is supposed to be for kids, but, the thing is adults can learn a great deal from these stories if they pay attention, or better yet read the books. They really are great reads, and can help people better understand the lessons the bible tries to teach us. Any way that's just a thought on that and if anyone is interested in picking up a copy here is a quick link. http://www.abebooks.com/Chronicles-Narnia--an-OMNIBUS-Volume-Lion/3354215099/bd         Ok, on a more personal note. I have had a few stories rattling around in my head lately, nothing concrete yet, but I am slowly fleshing some things out. I'm going to try to fill you guys in a little more as I work on them.
  The thing is, unlike most of authors, I don't really plan out my stories. There are a certain number of ways to do this of course. Thought trees, notes things like that, but I have personally never found them to be of any use. I just start writing and the story seems to shape itself, even when I do try to take it down a certain path.
   Infact, when I do try to consciously shape the stories that part usually seems forced to me. the reading of it loses cohesion, well in short it never works out well for my story or my characters. I know alot of Authors would truly love to crucify me for saying these things, but that's just simply how the process works for me. Write the story, correct the story, add, remove, do whatever it takes to make it sound better, the re-write it.
       The whole process takes an eternity, and by the time I am ready to publish im so sick of the whole story that I cant stand the thought of writing for a while, but it's pretty much inevitable that I will start writing again, I love the stories, I love watching them unfold, seeing what each character does, and how they handle the situations they find themselves in. In short  I am telling myself the story, I just write it down so others can enjoy it too.
  Well, thats enough for now, I need to get to doing some things, and I really need to at least open my word processor. It might actually prompt me to get to work.
  And don't forget to check out my  other book The Secret of the Sword.