Most of the ideas I’ve had for the novels I’ve written started off as short stories, something I could type in a day or two. But for some ideas, they evolved and grew beyond the confines of a short story, branching out to layers of detail that require hours, weeks, and months of dedication to rummage through and explore.
It begins as a seed that soon grows into a tree that encompasses a universe of imaginative events, bringing forth twists and turns and character arcs and pivotal moments where more mysteries lie. It blooms into something we couldn’t have imagined unless we tended to it overtime with care and passion.
Although we can have dozens of ideas for stories, a small portion will catch our attention, won’t leave our thoughts until we tend them again and again, watering them with our time and research and labor until they stand tall in a field of finished works while others bask in its shadow.
Fallton Havenstonne 