She wrote about interstellar space travelers who arrive on a hostile planet. They have taken a one-way trip away from Earth. So what do they do next? Rather than answering that question, Octavia decided to imagine the origin story of these far-flung earthlings.35 While test-driving methods for improving her writing process, Octavia also began writing snatches of poetry to incite her creative flow. These small poems, affirmations and admonishments, would eventually become the Earthseed scriptures.
