Sarah Z. Creates

You guys. Have you ever had that moment when a story just clicks, and suddenly the flow is there?

I had that tonight. I’d been toying with this story idea for a few weeks now. It’s an idea that spun off from some of the characters in “In the Shadow of Secrets” (which comes out tomorrow … woot! Check that story out here). I knew the characters, I knew the general idea of what happened, I’ve even got a few snips of this story crafted.

But starting this story was like pushing through sludge. I could put words on the page, but they weren’t the right ones. Those come easy. These words were work. Dull, dead and boring … even to me, and I’m the one writing this thing!

So tonight, I was just ruminating. I’d reverted to trying to come up with a working title, something that captures the gist of the story. And you guys … “Broken Promises.” It works. It work! Because “promise” has a meaning in my world that doesn’t apply in the real world. You can both make a promise and be a promise.

I haven’t sat down to work on “Broken Promises” yet this evening, but as soon as I realized that “Broken Promises” was it, that muse spark was there. When I sit down to rework that intro tonight, I know the story is going to slay. (Yep, totally stealing slang from the kid.)

Which doesn’t mean I expect drafting this thing to be easy or quick, but it will feel so much better than it did!

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