WARNING: Back Brain at Work!

[queenoftheskies]

My back brain is jumping up and down and whooping and waving its hands in an effort to distract me from my current novel, Phantom Song.

It started whispering to me quietly, the end of last week, I think it was, assuring me it was working out the problems of the universe.

I told it that was nice and yes, I liked the ideas it was coming up with. They'd work nicely.

This week, it grew more insistent, until yesterday, I actually had to start jotting down notes and some new plot points for a new opening to one novel. (The old opening will be shifted to another novel.)

Today, it's jumping up and down, screaming, "I'VE GOT IT!!!! I'VE GOT IT!!!"

You know what? It's got it. It really does and I can't ignore it any more.

It's worked out a new flow in the portion of my universe that includes Out of the Darkness/Xanali/Guardian Force. And, it all totally fits together, answers questions I hadn't quite worked out yet, and even flows forward to work out other things down the line.

I actually think this has to do with finally revealing Keiko's true name and past in Phantom Song, which led back to details in Xanali, where Lilli meets her in the first place, where she's actually in her true form and commits the "sins" and the act of redemption (in Guardian Force) that win her the second chance at life in a different form. (That's making a long story short.)

Now, suddenly, OMG, every new idea leads to another and another and another.

And, brain says I have to write it NOW, or it's going to go on strike and not speak to me until it's good and ready.

I don't usually abandon projects mid-stream, but maybe I can just take a small break to get this stuff out.

We'll see. Brain and I are going to discuss it more later.

(Good brain. Nice brain. Keep on working brain.)

Comments

[aeriedraconia.livejournal.com]

Hooray for the creative brain! See, it was just percolating. :-)

I like the.......

[dracschick.livejournal.com]

"I've got it" feeling. yep, feels good:)

have fun writing!

[queenoftheskies.livejournal.com]

It loves to percolate.

However, it wasn't percolating on what it was SUPPOSED to be percolating on. :)

Not that I'm complaining, mind you. Progress is progress, after all.

[queenoftheskies.livejournal.com]

It's just been difficult to keep it from dwelling on unhappy things lately. I can't decide which part of the brain is responsible for that.

But, I'm glad muse is cooperating a little more.

However, I have much plotting and I'm having a hard time making it actually put the plotting into words.

When I start to write, I say, no that sucks, and delete. Start again, say no that sucks, and delete.

Sheesh! Will I ever be normal (or what passed for normal) again? Sometimes I wonder.

Re: I like the.......

[queenoftheskies.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

I LOVE writing!

[aeriedraconia.livejournal.com]

"However, it wasn't percolating on what it was SUPPOSED to be percolating on. :)"

*laughs* Of course not! It hardly ever does and that's why we all have several stories going at once. :-)