Tuesday, June 28, 2011

The characters living in my head.

   Every day I wake up at 5:30 am to write. If I get enough writing done, I have a positive outlook on the rest of my day. This continuity fuels my craft  and turns on my inspiration. It is like a water fall connected to a river. It needs to flow, creating new paths, feeding on the rain at times, carrying whatever it finds on the way and making the most out of it.
   The interesting fact  is that even when I am not writing a story, during the rest of my day, the characters continue to exist within the boundaries of my mind, overshadowing my own existence. Sometimes they even enlighten my day, fueling it with new ideas and insights. So, in other words, while I am living my own life, there is an alternative universe, parallel to the real one, where my characters go on with their own daily lives in their own time and space.
   My characters may be imaginary or real ones. It doesn't matter because in both cases they are real to me. They are alive in my mind while a story is in progress, enhancing my own life and expanding it. Sometimes they even wake up during the night, and I have to get up to write a few lines about them.
    There is a dose of craziness in the art of creative writing, don't you think?

8 comments:

  1. Wow! 5:30am, and consistently? I am astounded and bow down to you, Time and Sleep Master!

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  2. Thanks, Ryan.Yes, consistently. It's a special time of the day. If I don't do it, I miss it badly.

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  3. Definitely agree with you. I get frustrated when I can't write and my characters are speaking. I wish I had the discipline to get up earlier, but I'm taking control again, so I'm reasoning that if I got to bed earlier then naturally, it'll be easier to wake up.

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  4. I'm glad that you are making progress with your plans. I totally agree with you:going to bed early is necessary to wake up early.

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  5. I love when I finish writing for the day, but I keep thinking about my characters. It gets me inspired so I can continue the next day. And who knows - your character may actually be real in another universe!

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  6. Maybe...That happens to me as well, Phil.

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  7. I talk to my characters all the time in my head. I dream about them too.

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  8. You dream about them because your brain does not stop working on your story while you are sleeping. And I'm sure the next morning you bring new ideas to your desk, don't you?

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