If you're ready to enter the mind of someone who hears voices, come on in. I became a writer when characters started telling me their stories. In meeting with other writers I've learned I"m not alone. We sometimes argue with the voices and often have to fight so they won't take over.
Imagine what it's like to live with someone who's always plotting murder! One day, my best friend and I, along with our husbands, were walking in the city park for exercise. The guys were a few paces ahead of my friend and I and we were discussing a problem with the latest work in progress (WIP). We knew the girl in the story couldn't get married if her dad was alive because he wouldn't allow it.
The story was an historical, you see, and the dad as all alone in the world except for his young daughter. So as we walked along it occurred to us that the old man had to die. When we began to plot his death, other people in the park took notice and our husbands abruptly walked a little faster and both at the same time said, "We're not with them."
While you might think writers are terribly strange people who talk to imaginary friends, I submit to you that, at least we have a viable, legal, harmess outlet for our anxieties. Can you say the same?
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