BelleCanzuto
Professional Sloth
- Joined
- Mar 19, 2019
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I had a very nice and ego boosting PM conversation a few weeks ago (thank you steelyblue73) in which someone who'd read and enjoyed a few of my stories asked for my recommendation as to which one to read next.
And they framed the question in a way I found interesting and thought provoking.
He wrote: "Do you have a favorite that perfectly painted the story in your head as you intended?"
I said no, that the act of writing altered it from the fantasy version, that making it have a plot that held together, and believable action by the characters, and decent grammar inevitably blurred some of the edges.
But I've thought about that framing a lot since then.
So, I'm asking, fellow writers: do you have a story that, as written, perfectly captures the idea in your head when it started?
If you do, which is it (link, please, if you will)?
And how'd you get that to happen?
And they framed the question in a way I found interesting and thought provoking.
He wrote: "Do you have a favorite that perfectly painted the story in your head as you intended?"
I said no, that the act of writing altered it from the fantasy version, that making it have a plot that held together, and believable action by the characters, and decent grammar inevitably blurred some of the edges.
But I've thought about that framing a lot since then.
So, I'm asking, fellow writers: do you have a story that, as written, perfectly captures the idea in your head when it started?
If you do, which is it (link, please, if you will)?
And how'd you get that to happen?