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Friday, October 13, 2006

Did you ever ...

Did you ever have an idea you thought was so great that you weren't sure you could pull it off?

This week DH and I have been out of town. We went on our annual apple picking trip - mmmmmm, apples :0). While we were gone, I worked a little bit on my MG every day, even if it was just a few lines, or notes on what I wanted to do with the plot or characters.

Then on Wednesday, I got the most amazing idea for my book (well, at least I think it's a cool idea). The kind of idea that you think should be given to an amazing writer - one that can actually pull something like this off. But I decided to go for it anyway and see if I can write it.

I've had ideas I didn't think I could pull off before with ideas for paintings. When they've worked, it's usually some hybrid of my original idea, morphed into something even better. When I can't do it, it's usually awful (but sometomes worth starting over and trying again).

So, I'm thinking that even if my first draft of the MG is awful, maybe I can make it better in revisions so that it works.

Crossing my fingers!!!!