Stories Knocking

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Pst! *knock* Hey! *knock* I’m knocking! *knock* Don’t you hear me? *knock* You might want to pick up a pen now . . .

When stories come knocking, don’t turn them away. If you do, they run and tell their friends that you’re no fun, and you’ll find that knocking comes less and less.

Sometimes, that’s really what it feels like. I was reading a book and suddenly had a flash of a concept. *knock* I’d read a word or two and it would knock again. I got up to get a drink and the whole time, it shouted, “Hey! Hey, pay attention to me!”

. . . My stories may – just possibly – have a bit of my personality when they talk to me.

I didn’t want to take the time. The book was good; I didn’t want to put it down. But who know where that idea may lead? And if I didn’t write it down, it would disappear. Though only after thoroughly annoying me.

So I stopped. I paid attention and took notes – wrote them all down. Then I got back to the book – this time without that pesky idea going, “Mememe!”

That new idea may never become a proper story. It needs more development before it becomes a Project, but I have it.

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