Stopping the Characters from Talking to Me

So my amazing editor asked me if I was ever going to write a story that the two of us have been talking about for a few years now. And when she asked me about it, it got me thinking about the plot and the characters, and the conflicts…well, you know the drill. Of course, the story would actually be part of a trilogy if I do end up writing it (because apparently I can’t write standalone books).

A simple question from my editor started the voices in my head. My characters talk to me and now I had them all talking at once. I’m used to that, but normally it’s when I am writing their story not something else.

Remember, I’m writing a new story right now that is flowing very nicely and I don’t want to stop the momentum. But…the voices were there. So…I took a little detour.

I wrote the first chapter of the first book in the trilogy. And it stopped the voices for that trilogy, at least for now.

If they start squawking again I can always right a little bit more of their story. That would be a new experience for me, writing two books at once! In the meantime, we’ll see if I can keep the voices at bay