What have I done?!
Recently I did a bit of writing that took me by surprise.
The inspiration came with a jolt and it continued to flow in a steady stream. After about 7.3 pages of writing I stopped and just stared. I was amazed. Usually I did not write so much so soon after a new idea had been concieved yet – there it was.
What was the most disturbing about this was the genre it was in. I had written the beginnings of a romantic story. There was no cosmic horror, no lurking creatures. And I enjoyed writing it.
This doesn’t mean I’m going to make a ‘romance’ catagory or whatnot, don’t worry. And writing romance isn’t something alien to me – but making it the sole focus of a story, making romantic goals the main motivation behind the characters – I hadn’t done that before.
I’ll be writing some more of it as time goes on. I’m still surprised at myself at this point however.
June 7, 2008 at 2:05 am
I’m assuming you’re referring to the unfinished piece I read earlier in the week. I must say, I really enjoyed it, and therefore, await more. What was great was that in the end, I got so sucked into the story instead of giving some sort of critique and/or pointing out mistakes because it was a damn good piece of writing.