Do writers have another way of looking at life? I think so. A couple of years ago I read an article about a writer, I even think it was Stephen King. Anyway, it was about how this writer looked at life, the difference that made him able to create stories the other of us do not create. This particular writer could go to the store to buy the newspaper, and someone could enter the store with mud on his shoes. Everyone can see it is mud, but he did not see mud. He saw blood. And then his mind started to run. Why does this guy have blood on his shoes? Who have he killed? Or is he running away from a killer? He looks a bit stressed... And the story is there!
My question is if this ability to see life from a very different point of view is something good or bad. We are all living life with all its pain and conflicts, and sometimes when I am in a conflict my mind really runs away with me. It creates huge games people are playing against me. Suddenly my partner are betraying me, my enemies are in secret understanding with each other and I become the big drama queen. You are all against me!
This is great for my writing! I am using conflicts, life and all it involves in me writing. I am writing about my life as it is, but then I am also adding my fantasies, my own dramas I just created by myself to the story. No problem, it is just a story. The problem starts when the story I just created starts to run my life. And it does.
Is this the price good writers always have to pay for a good story?
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