Naomi Dawn Musch

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Following Ghosts - How Do YOU Choose Your Next Writing Project?

Posted by naomidawnmusch on January 25, 2012 at 10:30 AM

How do you decide what to work on next?


Don't you have stories flitting around in your head like ghosts in an attic-riddled mansion? I do. They all beckon me to follow down this passageway or that. But which one will lead to a dead-end, or trap me in a closet, or shake me to bits? Stories do treat a writer that way.


And which one will lead me to a big reveal, a treasure of untold proportion?

I dunno. I can't make up my mind. Should I edit the fantasy that's been sitting for year? Should I shine up the romance for submission?


Yeah, yeah, I'll get to those. But what about the voyageur skirting the shore of Lake Superior in his canoe, bringing the Indian bride to the unscrupulous trader at Fort William? Will he ever get there if I don't start writing? And what about the young fellow caught in the liquor run to Al Capone's hideout in a tiny northern town? How will he ever break free of the mob's grip to marry that sweet girl-next-door if I don't help him?


So give me a hand. Tell me how you pick "what's next". When there are so many ghosts to follow, how do you choose?



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