Most people who read the blog already know how much I love books and how I love to talk about the writing craft.
Recently one of my new subscribers asked me what I was currently working on — so I thought I would share what I’m currently writing.
I’ve always been intrigued by the paranormal — my first novel was a middle-grade (MG) ghost story sparked by an event I had as a kid. Growing up I read a lot of science fiction and horror so I tend to be attracted to those areas as well. Basically you can hook me in a novel if it involves the supernatural.
My current writing project is a young-adult (YA) paranormal with the working title THE TWIST IN KNOWING. It originally started out as an 3rd POV MG but gradually the voice kept evolving and it turned into a YA novel.
One of the basic premises of the book is fate vs. choice. I’m a plot chick so my book ideas always come in this form first — the characters come later. These were the questions that sparked my current novel project:
- Is everything preordained or is it by your choices that set the course of your life?
- What if you could change your fate or the fate of others? Would you do it?
- How would you choose what to change or whose life is worth changing?
- How do you know what you should change? What is the right life for a person to lead?
- What are the consequences of changing fate?
This idea spark is not new nor are the questions new, but the originality comes in the answers and this is how an unique story emerges.
It has taken brainstorming and lots of drafting to come up with the structure and the rules of this novel world, but I’ve had some major breakthroughs with this current revision round and my goal this summer is to connect the dots to those discoveries.
Since I create my plot first, it’s been very rewarding creating my characters and watching them grow and tell me things that I would have never guessed when I first started. One of the things I love about writing novels.
So that’s my current writing project. What are you currently working on? I love hearing from other writers about their novels and idea sparks.
This novel sounds great! I love the premise!
Oh, I just love books that ask big questions like that! Which is, of course, why you and I have such similar reading tastes.
Happy writing!
I think those are the same questions that the writers of Lost followed too!
Cynthia: Thanks! The premise is not new but what I love about this particular one is there are so many angles to make a unique story.
Anna: You already know how much I love stuff like this so it’s probably not a surprise for you that this is my current writing project.
Laura: LOST is definitely one of my muses since it has a similar premise. I love that show!
Sounds like a very interesting idea. I’m currently busy finishing up my second novel, the definitive story about a character I created back in 1992 named Excelsior. It’s a sci-fi young adult story that I’ve had a lot of fun working with and I’m really excited to see it in its final stages. Even the cover’s finished, which you can kinda see on my Twitter profile @ghwriter1976. If you want to hear more about it, I’d gladly share…