Writing without Distractions

I love writing sci fi. I love world building and creating new places, new people, new customs that I get to explore. I'm working on one right now that is so much fun it's crazy.

But when I wrote This Love I got rid of that. I got rid of all the extras--the fun distractions--and boiled it down to what I write, the essence of all my stories when the distractions are stripped away. I wrote relationships. And it was challenging--I had nothing to hide behind, it was just a love story. No dead bodies, no near death experiences, no new world and cultures. It was HARD.

And I realized, I actually liked it. I still love my extras--the retellings and gods and undersea kingdoms--but it's also a lot of fun to focus on nothing but the relationships. You can go deeper, that way (pun intended ;) and really create a connection with the character for your readers.

I'll probably always write with the extras. I love those stories too much to not. But I've got a new love of writing without distractions, and I fully expect I'll be doing more of it in the future. :)


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