How A Psychic Writes Fiction

 

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An interesting thing happens when I write fiction. The characters talk back to me. Well, they aren’t belligerent or anything like that. They just have opinions about things. I spent part of this morning talking to Gloria, my lead female character in the piece of fiction I’ll be writing in November. I suppose you might call this the equivalent of a vacation for anybody else, but I am looking forward to it. Will it ever be published? I don’t know. I’m tending toward doubtful, but you never know. Why am I doing this? Well, I love reading fiction. Old fiction, contemporary fiction. Just all kinds. I’ve not written much of it, though. So, this will be mostly new for me.

Anyway, I was asking Gloria’s opinion on the story, on names, on possible settings. The idea, with this book, is to have two people who keep reincarnating together. It’s like they can’t get away from each other. They also love each other, but in this story, they’re going to be coming back as married folks. I think.

I’m wondering how much of the story holds water before the writing begins and how much of it is invented on the fly. Are there any hard and fast rules, or rules that mostly work.

I did write a piece of fiction many years ago, long before I ever started channeling. There were a couple of spots where the characters got up and walked around on the pages. Not literally, they just had opinions of their own. I’d never, in my life, heard of something like that happening to a writer.

Turns out it is a thing.

Maybe I need to do the big piece of paper thing. That’s where I state the story's premise in the middle of the paper, then draw a circle around it. This becomes the middle of the flower. Then, I begin adding things that might or may not end up in the story. Like I could have a woman go west to start a new life. Then, branching off that thought are ideas related to her. Like one might be stranded in a snowstorm on a train in the middle of the prairie, or another one could be building a sod house. Or another one could be alone in the world with three children. These vines that trail off from the center may or may not be included in the finished story. It’s just spit-balling. So, today I was spit-balling with Gloria, my main character. Much more so than I’ve done before. Here is an excerpt from my notes:

This is me talking: Okay, Gloria, now’s your opportunity to speak up.

This is Gloria: Me?

Yes, of course.

Nobody has ever invited me to be part of the planning process before.

Well, I am. You are going to be doing some heavy lifting in the story, and you should have some say-so.

In the past, I’d have to sneak in.

No sneaking necessary. You are welcome to contribute.

I like that better than butt in.

Well, I figured I could be polite. We’re just now meeting. So, what do you think? What would you like to see happen in this story?

Let me think. There needs to be some humor. Lots of it. It can’t be all serious all the time. Life is funny. It’s also scary, but having fun and being funny in your life is good.

Okay, I agree.

It can also be odd. Like you are.

Excuse me?

Well, you are odd. Not many people go around having conversations like this with fictional characters.

Which reminds me. Did you like the idea of similar traits between lifetimes?

Yes, that’s good. I like that. Also, somebody should have some villainous qualities.

Okay. Like people sometimes have to work through patience, like I do, for more than one lifetime.

Sweetie, you’ve been working on patience for the last 2,300 years.

Okay, don’t get carried away.

No, I mean it. You’ve gotten a lot better at it. Patience begins with yourself. Once you’ve got it down pat, it is easier to apply it to others.

Okay, we can come back to that. What about times? If there are four stories. I don’t know how long people have between lifetimes. I sort of think it’s long enough to get some studying done in Heaven, but it’s been suggested that folks who have violent demises come back sooner rather than later. Also, babies sometimes come back quick.

Anyway, that’s a sneak peek at how I put together the rough outline of the next book I’ll be writing.

If there are enough stories and what I turn out is good enough, I might be able to turn it into a series. If not, it’s going to be good practice for me as a writer of fiction.

I’d love to hear your comments. And thanks for reading.

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