ratsy
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I just wanted to share this story with all of you. We take part in these fun challenges month after month, and use it as a way to have fun, hone our skills, and work on ideas.
I'd been doing the challenges for a few years when I wrote one in June 2015. The theme was Arrival - Science Fiction of Fantasy was the genre.
Here was my entry.
Dawn to Dusk
The ships came at dawn.
Thousands of them littered the sky, blocking the rising sun.
I remembered the words my wife whispered into my ear as the last breath left her body. I took her necklace and strung it around my neck. It hummed softly as the blue stone lit up.
The screaming soon started and I saw hordes of people helplessly floating upwards.
I was left behind.
It was dusk when they left.
_______
I'm not even sure if I got a vote or not (didnt dig that far) but @Parson did say this in the discussion.
Ratsy, I really loved your story. It sounds like a stunning beginning for a novel.
That resonated, and I thought...'hmmmm it might make a cool book'
The idea was there... now what to do with it? I worked for a long time on this book... then held on to it while I wrote book two, and 3 other books in between.
Fast-forward almost 3 years later, and I am currently sitting at the #1 spot in a couple Amazon categories.
I guess I'm just trying to say that every word you write is important. Keep doing things like these challenges, because they make us not only better authors, but more creative thinkers as well.
You never know when an idea you come up with will spurn you on to write a novel, giving you a kickstart to what could become a career.
I owe a lot to this place, and specifically to these challenges. The day I found them 7 (guessing) years ago, something changed in me. I found a passion that had been lying dormant in me, and with out that, I wouldn't have unlocked the dream I'm now able to live.
I only hope that finding them will do for someone else what it did for me.
Have a great weekend everyone!
I'd been doing the challenges for a few years when I wrote one in June 2015. The theme was Arrival - Science Fiction of Fantasy was the genre.
Here was my entry.
Dawn to Dusk
The ships came at dawn.
Thousands of them littered the sky, blocking the rising sun.
I remembered the words my wife whispered into my ear as the last breath left her body. I took her necklace and strung it around my neck. It hummed softly as the blue stone lit up.
The screaming soon started and I saw hordes of people helplessly floating upwards.
I was left behind.
It was dusk when they left.
_______
I'm not even sure if I got a vote or not (didnt dig that far) but @Parson did say this in the discussion.
Ratsy, I really loved your story. It sounds like a stunning beginning for a novel.
That resonated, and I thought...'hmmmm it might make a cool book'
The idea was there... now what to do with it? I worked for a long time on this book... then held on to it while I wrote book two, and 3 other books in between.
Fast-forward almost 3 years later, and I am currently sitting at the #1 spot in a couple Amazon categories.
I guess I'm just trying to say that every word you write is important. Keep doing things like these challenges, because they make us not only better authors, but more creative thinkers as well.
You never know when an idea you come up with will spurn you on to write a novel, giving you a kickstart to what could become a career.
I owe a lot to this place, and specifically to these challenges. The day I found them 7 (guessing) years ago, something changed in me. I found a passion that had been lying dormant in me, and with out that, I wouldn't have unlocked the dream I'm now able to live.
I only hope that finding them will do for someone else what it did for me.
Have a great weekend everyone!
grats 
