Ten Voices

Good morning and welcome to Sharing Saturday. Today, we’re talking about those voices in your head. Not the kind you visit a psychologist to deal with but the voices telling you where to go next in your book and just how the action should play out.
I’ve often been asked what it’s like writing a book. Most non-authors don’t understand how I can hear ten voices in my head, telling me what to do, or how to make this secondary character into a new viewpoint. I’ve even had these darling voices startle me awake in the middle of the night, where they demand that I sit in front of my screen and plot out a chapter or five based on their thoughts.
No, I really don’t need to talk to someone about these voices. They truly are my characters and they are out of control. Hence the name of my blog. They’ll kick me awake during the wee hours, when the rest of the house is happily slumbering, so that I might disturb them with the clattering of my keyboard keys whilst I’m setting a new plot point that must happen. These characters own me, and they know it.
How this usually goes is that I’ve got a story plotted in my head, with sufficient space to add in necessary information as I go along. I’m a hybrid author, both a plotter and a punster. It’s what works for me. But, inevitably, at some point in the book when everything is going to plan, here comes the monkey wrench.
Oh, what a monkey wrench it is. It always involves major rewriting, eyelids propped open with toothpicks, and lots of coffee. Coffee is a rather important author tool when the characters are in charge.
This is why I am awake at odd hours, sleeping at even odder hours, and never seem to take a break from my writing. In addition to the dozen or so stories currently in production, which have grudgingly allowed the others to interrupt their flow, I have folders of notes about other story ideas, names of characters, pictures of things I want to include, and sometimes a rough synopsis lined out.
I’m not alone in this affliction. There are many authors living with this plague. It has no cure, except lots of time on the keyboard. We wouldn’t have it any other way!


About K.C. Sprayberry
Living a dream she’s had since she first discovered the magic of books. K.C. Sprayberry traveled the U.S. and Europe before finally settling in the mountains of Northwest Georgia. She’s been married to her soulmate for nearly a quarter of a century and they enjoy spoiling their grandchildren along with many other activities.
A multi-genre author, K.C. Sprayberry is always on the hunt for new stories. Inspiration strikes at the weirdest times and drives her to grab notebook and pen to jot down her ideas. Those close to her swear nothing or no one is safe if she’s smiling gently in a corner and watching those in the same room interact. Her observations have often given her ideas for her next story, set not only in the South but wherever the characters demand they settle.

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