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I have always daydreamed stories, even as a child, and thought that was a natural thing to do. If my eyes close, like as not I start imagining something. It doesn’t always become a full-fledged story with a beginning and an end, but sometimes it has. That’s how my stories started. One scene or character would get fixated in my mind and then another one would pop up. I don’t create as I write; I describe what I’ve already imagined.  This doesn’t mean that I don’t change things–I do that a lot. This is just how the stories start for me.

Even as a child, I loved fantasy, and I don’t mean fairy stories as much as other worlds, like Narnia and Middle Earth. I think I loved them because they delighted my imagination with beauty and put good vs. evil conflict into a story I could identify with but not be dragged down by. It was escape, yes, because it was fun, but it also expressed for me my hurt and anger and heartache, as well as my delight over what was good and beautiful.

It’s still my favorite type of story. What about you?

 

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