This getting to your personal connection/personal why is important and challenging and meaningful. Sometimes I don't think I feel feelings big enough to write the kinds of powerful things I like to read. But the mining proceeds and the "real real" is in there!
This is awesome Elayne! There is always a why to a story and a personal connection to a story— even if it may not seem like it on the surface! Which I think is especially the case with humor stories and non-human stories. But they are still based on something real, come from something real. And I love the author connection note at the top of your manuscripts— I think I might just start doing that too. I’m sure it is definitely helpful when revising— keeping you abreast of the heart of your story at all times, why you wrote it, why you are writing it, and why you want it out in the world.
This getting to your personal connection/personal why is important and challenging and meaningful. Sometimes I don't think I feel feelings big enough to write the kinds of powerful things I like to read. But the mining proceeds and the "real real" is in there!
This is awesome Elayne! There is always a why to a story and a personal connection to a story— even if it may not seem like it on the surface! Which I think is especially the case with humor stories and non-human stories. But they are still based on something real, come from something real. And I love the author connection note at the top of your manuscripts— I think I might just start doing that too. I’m sure it is definitely helpful when revising— keeping you abreast of the heart of your story at all times, why you wrote it, why you are writing it, and why you want it out in the world.