Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt.
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What are your triggers for writing? (For instance, what gets you hyped or starts the story in your head). What chills your drive to write?
Way back, it all started with a dream, one that kept repeating. I dreamt it every night, until I couldn’t ignore it anymore and had to write it down. Then I dreamt the next chapter. Over time, once I was writing regularly, the dreams stopped. Instead of them, I started seeing and hearing things in my head while I was awake.
Which was a bit confusing. And slightly worrying.
At first, the new ideas were connected to the last thing I wrote. Once I had my first complete story, I thought that would be the end of it. Instead, different characters appeared and started to tell me their stories.
Now, it can be anything that sets me off. A word I see written down, a conversation I overhear or a fact I discover. I will suddenly see an image in my head, connected with what I’ve just heard or seen. Then a voice starts telling me what’s going on.
And that’s it, I’m away. As I write, I see more and more, the story always develops in chronological order.
What stops me is apathy. But not mine. For example:- I spend a long time crafting a short story or article for social media, and it makes me wonder why I bother when nobody engages with it. Or, I announce a new novel and nobody pre-orders or buys it.
It dents my enthusiasm for writing more, for a while.
It doesn’t last forever. There are simply too many ideas flowing through my head. I have to let some out, to make room for others.
I’m ever hopeful that the next one will be THE one that everyone notices.
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P.J. MacLayne
I’m the same way. The absence of an audience bothers me more than it used to. I was told that if the first book didn’t sell well, move on the the next one and your audience would eventually find you. But at some point, an author gets tired of waiting.
Richard Dee
I was told the same thing. Twenty-five books and I’m still waiting.
Samantha
It can dull the joy when it feels like no one is reading/appreciating your work, but I’m glad you keep going! @samanthabwriter from
Balancing Act
Richard Dee
Thanks, it’s like my brain is caught in a current, I can’s stop getting the thoughts out, as more crowd in.
Kelly Williams
I’m on the same page with you in both instances. Someday, I hope we will find our readers. We deserve that for all the hard work.
Richard Dee
They must be out there somewhere.