Writing is such a weird thing! A lot of the time it feels strange to sort of claim that I 'invented' the stories I write, because it sort of feels like they're found objects? Suddenly there's just these PEOPLE in my head, having conversations and going places and doing things, and I don't feel I have much control over them. And maybe you should just write it all out of sequence and see what happens?
Yep, that's it exactly. And it happens whether I choose to write it down or not. I used to tell them to myself aloud as a child, while bouncing a ball against the wall. Drove my parents crazy -- so they bought me an electric type writer and told me to type it all out instead.
I was told by someone once that I was channeling the story --- which is interesting. I read that Tolkien had the same thing happen with him, at the age of 14 or so, he had the entirety of Middle Earth pop into his head. He wrote the books because he had to get the story out. He saw the world, the language, the characters all of it...as if it were a found object that just popped in his head one day and would not leave.
I considered writing it out of sequence, but I get lost. LOL!
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Yep, that's it exactly. And it happens whether I choose to write it down or not. I used to tell them to myself aloud as a child, while bouncing a ball against the wall. Drove my parents crazy -- so they bought me an electric type writer and told me to type it all out instead.
I was told by someone once that I was channeling the story --- which is interesting. I read that Tolkien had the same thing happen with him, at the age of 14 or so, he had the entirety of Middle Earth pop into his head. He wrote the books because he had to get the story out. He saw the world, the language, the characters all of it...as if it were a found object that just popped in his head one day and would not leave.
I considered writing it out of sequence, but I get lost. LOL!