La Vie Boheme

I said something extremely telling

I said something extremely telling to Julie this morning. First of all, I'm all geeked at myself. As a precursor to April, I wrote for an hour when I got home from work last night, and was amazed at how much I got done. Then, I managed to get myself up and out and at Starbucks with my laptop by 7:30, which gave me about half an hour or so to write, and again, I was amazed at my productivity. Now, as to the aforementioned comment. Last Thursday at Write Club, I randomly created a supporting character for "Midsummer" and threw her in there, just to give one of the main characters someone to play off. She was supposed to just be an outside witness to the events of the story.

Then this morning, the REAL ending of the story hit me, and I realized how everything ties together -- I cannot express how much I adore that moment. That moment is what keeps me writing. It's a high I can't describe, this great big glowing feeling of RIGHT that sits and shimmers in the center of my brain. The real ending, of course, makes my random supporting character a central figure and a symbol that fits right into the myth I'm working with in the story. While telling Julie about this, I said, "I should have known better. My subconscious knows what it's doing."

Julie called it a writer's mantra. I think she's right.