If someone had told me that Fatal Visions would have turned out as it had, I probably would not have believed it. Especially not if they'd included the different plot lines and characters. Why? Because my story has changed so much over the years. When I first began, the story was a smidgen of an idea based on the Final Fantasy game and Medal of Honor.
That was it.
That first draft, I would never even recognize today. I was thinking about it earlier today at Williams with a friend and I can't believe just how much I've done on it. It's not that simple idea anymore. It's so weird how writers can take a seed of an idea... and then go with it and come out with an entire story or even more... a series. Everytime I start something new, it's just a smidgen of an idea. Nothing more.
But then I write as it unfolds. I don't plot. I can't. So ideas come to me as I write... and those ideas branch out into more ideas. And from there, entire chaos can occur. It's fun in one of those-- I don't know where I'm going but it's an adventure-- kind of way.
And when you finish that story? It's a high. So maybe all writers are just story addicts, out for their next hit as they search for ideas. :p
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It's crazy how that happens. I had that experience when I finished a project I had been writing on and off for more than five years. What I started changed so much by the time I put the end (it's still going to change once I get around to truly reworking it, ha).
ReplyDeleteCongrats on finishing Fatal Visions!