Sometimes when writing, you are required to go back to some point in time in your own past to recall a scent, a touch, an emotion, or perhaps a scene, in order to convey an experience your readers can relate to.
When you do that, it can be difficult to relive a moment that evokes the gut-wrenching pain of an emotionally draining event. There are also the memories of embarrassment or shame that somehow have to become a series of words forming sentences on a page, which draw your readers into another world.
In reality, it’s a black and white sketchbook of word-pictures drawn from the author’s most intimate life experiences.
This grueling process could explain the far-away stare emanating from that dreamer, whose morning beverage is getting cold next to their laptop perched upon the corner table, in the coffee shop where you stop every day on your way to work.
Don’t try to disturb them. You can’t. They won’t hear you. They are not in this world. They are creating new ones for you to enjoy.
(Featured image: Memory Extraction Spell – Harry Potter)
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Thanks, Marie!
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You get deep into thought and find your hot drink is now tepid. That happens surprisingly often.
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Make that every morning, Harry! Thank God for microwaves! hahaha
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Microwaves sure are a gift from God.
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Oh yes! Single mindedness doesn’t even begin to describe the feeling!
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Reblogged this on Karen's Book Buzz Blog and commented:
This so true, I really it, so thought I would share it with you.
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Thanks for stopping by Karen! I’m flattered by the reblog!
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My coffee is cold right now. I WAS staring off into some new land. 😉
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Hope you weren’t driving at the time, Vanessa! lol
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This is so true…
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