Sharing Stories
Have you ever read one of those books that you simply can't put down? You know, the ones where you become just a little obsessed with it. You pick up the book whenever you had 5 minutes just to get in one. more. chapter. You walked around the house with it. You read it while you were drinking coffee, eating lunch, walking on the treadmill (aka in my case: falling off the treadmill....!!) You felt like you were totally living this character's life -- feeling their happiness, sadness, excitement, relief. These books are the best, because the author knows how to write to encapsulate empathy -- you feel with AND for this character in your novel. Stories are powerful. Sometimes it's good to reflect on the stories we tell ourselves. The good AND the bad. We tell ourselves stories about who we are. Who we were. Who we want to become. Sometimes (like a game of telephone) the stories we tell ourselves can get a little distorted. We often tell ourselves things that simply