I’ve got a cool idea I’ve been working on for some time. It’s an idea that came after getting input on another quite different idea. Yet at the core, it’s the same story because of the journey I’m wanting to go down.
At this point in my writing career, I think it’s time to stop playing around and experiment. Time to stop using some of these stories as cathartic journeys. It’s time to tell something epic and powerful that people will talk about and be moved by.
I’m learning what I do well and don’t do well. I’ve been learning that for ten years now. I’ve been telling stories about characters who refuse the call to adventure, who stay stuck in their own little bubbles. But no more.
It’s time for the adventures to start and the bubbles to burst.
I’ve had this idea for sometime, and it’s getting closer. It’s being honed and plotted and polished. God willing, I’m going to tell it.
The idea came years ago with a simple and somewhat cliched image of a boy chasing his dog into the woods. That boy is still going to do so, not having any idea where it’s going to take him.
I’ve been warming up by trial and a whole freaking lot of error. I’m still paying my dues and will continue to do so. But it’s time to accept the call and go on the journey.
I hope a few of you are excited to go on the ride with me.
Exciting! I know there are plenty of us who will be willing to take the journey with you.
"I've been telling stories about characters who refuse the call to adventure, who stay stuck in their own little bubbles. But no more."-T Thrasher. You are right, T, that is the ticket. Your Ghostwriter, to me, was very concrete…it was very visual, with papers flying in the yard at night, and Home Depot, and the girl over the dam, and the fisticuffs on 3rd St, and on and on. Visual. Every single chapter. SUre, it was psychological, but it was also so very visual. And your comment above makes me think you're going in this direction, and I know you have the goods to do it. Ever read Cormac McCarthy's No Country For Old Men? Grab it off the B&N shelf just to peruse sometime (it's not as good as The Road, which made your Best Of list, yeah!), it's visual as all get out. Coen brothers saw it and made the Academy Award winning movie. It oozes visual because it's essentially written in third person objective (not even limited or omniscient, but truly objective–like a camera) style.
I'm along for the ride (I have 40 on Kindle pre-order) with whatever you write. I certainly give you high fives for balancing your and craft with that harem of pretty ladies at your house. You're a strong man, T.
I loved No Country For Old Men (movie and novel). The novel impacted my novel BROKEN. I tried to emulate the style a bit (just a bit because Cormac is so literary and so Cormac). Thanks for your continued encouragement. Need to write a "Dennis Shore" novel. 🙂
Sounds exciting! I look forward to taking the journey with you!