Transformation

If I had to say what my writing mostly is about, I’d say transformation. I love exploring the small seeds of change hidden inside each character, their thoughts shining through like stars across the page. And when they finally explode, what a firework display it is!!

Depending on the project I’m focusing on, I may proceed by walking on a straight line, following the events as they unfold chronologically, or I may choose to walk side by side with one character at a time, hearing their skin spitting, shedding, then splitting and finally becoming brand new, perhaps tenderer or harder, as their mind.

I’m currently working on the sequel to My Heart is The Tempest; although when I started in 2021 (while still editing book one of the trilogy) my attention was primarily focused on the protagonist Sycorax and on her discovering more about herself while discovering the island, later I realized that in order for me to understand her presence on the island better I had to make a paradoxical decision: deflecting my attention from her quest to somebody else’s – what I’ve been doing for the last month, since July 2022. Sometimes, it is only through leaving the hero(ine) behind that we can truly find what we were looking for: nuances, motivations, weaknesses, sense of purpose, and even a more fulfilling and breathtaking bigger picture. At least, that’s how this new quest feels like: a transformation of a sort, pouring from the most unexpected place imaginable.

Do you ever feel that way while dealing with your writing?