Vivienne, A Collector

 


Do you ever have those nights where you wake up from a dream and can't go back to sleep? I don't often, but over the weekend I got home and was super sleepy, so I decided to crash early. I woke up 5 hours later, after a really interesting dream that sleepy me figured would probably be a cool story idea. But then I couldn't go back to sleep lol! So I wrote down the story idea, modifying it slightly for less chaos ('cause dreams are Weird) and tried again. 

Point is, story ideas for me, come from everywhere. I see the world in terms of stories and story ideas. It's an interesting way to view things, sure, but I like it. As a writer, I kind of need this ability. I have so many story ideas, I don't even know what to do with them all. Some little tidbits never go far, and some (sometimes the weirdest) get turned into their own books. I am constantly entertained by the variety of interesting facts and descriptions and names that I collect. I'm even more excited to see where this most recent story seed ends up!

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