The Moment a Story is Birthed http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/asia-philippines/threads/44511 GinaMarieRich For the past 35k words, I've been writing this Chick Lit set in Manila. Expat falls in love, has to return home, blah blah blah. I couldn't get a plot formed, I just kept slogging away hoping something would eventually happen. Then it did. IT DID. During a word padding dream sequence, my book changed from Chick Lit to Fantasy with the main character being a deity who guides people on the passage between lifetimes. The love interest? Turns out he's the archangel Michael. Wow. Now I feel like I have something here! Things are flowing. My story has birthed <3 What an amazing moment. And I would never have kept pushing myself to keep writing, even 35k into a story I hated, I'd never of found this. So happy :) :) :) Mon, 28 Nov 2011 03:32:24 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/asia-philippines/threads/44511?page=1#forum_thread_comment_872826 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/asia-philippines/threads/44511?page=1#forum_thread_comment_872826 kuyerjudd That happened to me, too, last year post-NaNo. And way to go, Gina! :D You're almost there. It's just 15K; you can do it! Mon, 28 Nov 2011 03:43:20 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/asia-philippines/threads/44511?page=1#forum_thread_comment_872869 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/asia-philippines/threads/44511?page=1#forum_thread_comment_872869 tinamats Haha, see, 35k is the magic number. :) Go Gina! Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:36:39 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/asia-philippines/threads/44511?page=1#forum_thread_comment_873261 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/asia-philippines/threads/44511?page=1#forum_thread_comment_873261