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RE: The Miner's Cabin

in The Ink Well2 years ago

Thank you for that lovely comment, @samsmith1971! I aimed to see if I could create and maintain suspense from beginning to end. It's not the type of writing I usually go for, but I thought it would be a fun challenge. One of my favorite things about writing, which is also the most unnerving, is that I often don't know where a story is going to go when I start it. I had no idea the miner was going to be under the house... and then that was how the words came out. Ha ha.

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hahaha isn't that the truth... not knowing where a story is going to go! Sometimes I have the beginning... ONLY the beginning... no idea where to take it... and I just start. Other times I have an ending and I have to construct the story to get me to that conclusion... I often write out of sequence... When the idea or flow comes, then I write that piece of the story, be it beginning, middle or end !LOLZ ... and slowly over a week usually, it comes together. I like to research and sleep on it in between too... it's amazing how many writing issues resolve themselves over night 😅Stepping out of the comfort zone can be scary and fun haha - I think you did a fabulous job! !LUV

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Yes, I think writing issues do resolve themselves overnight, @samsmith1971! In fact, sometimes I will work on a story and then let my subconscious work on it for a while. I have learned to trust that doing so will ultimately yield results in moving a story forward — more so than click-clacking away when it doesn't seem to be working!