Recently, Jenna Glatzer wrote a post about what she would do with an extra hour a day to write on whatever she wanted to. She coined the term "heart project" and I thought that was very fitting.
I too have a "heart project," a fictional novel I would be typing away on if I didn't have paying assignments to complete first, a household to run and two children to care for. It's a story inspired by a tragedy that happened in my hometown when I was in high school. I have the main characters developed in my head, as well as the beginning, middle and end of the novel. I have Hollywood actors picked out to star in the movie adaptation of it. I even have a playlist on my iPod called "Renee's Novel," and I listen to it when I'm at the gym and envision scenes from the book played back in my head.
It's sad really, that it consumes so much of my life and yet I can't seem to make the time to write it. I guess I'm afraid once I get started it will completely take over my time and I won't be able to get anything else done. I'll get to it one day, I promise! It's a story that begs to be told, really.
So what's your "heart project?" What would you write if you had extra hours in the day to work on it and you didn't have deadlines to meet? I'd love to hear about them!
2 comments:
That is a very good question!!! Hummm I would write probably right a fictional novel about a mother who has super powers and takes over the world. LOL No kidding aside it would an inspirational fiction novel.
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I'm at heart a creative writer, and I used to write a lot of poetry. Lately though, I'm all about trying to break into online writing, and it definitely eats up all my computer time.
I have notebooks filled with research on Agrippina, the Roman emperor Nero's mother and Caligula's sister, and one day I'll turn it all into a novel or a collection of poetry.
Sigh.
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