Merge

Once again, an idea came to me while I was out running, this time a couple of days ago on Saturday. I have two book ideas in mind for the sequel to First: the one I’ve been writing and the other I’ve outlined but not written anything yet. As I mentioned in my last post, the one I’ve been working on seems chaotic in that I’m writing from ideas rather a particular destination I have in mind. And I’m not sure it’s telling a story worth telling. As I jogged along the path the other day the thought came to me: why not merge the two ideas into one book.

Certainly, this isn’t a revolutionary thought. It might not even be a good one. However, my brain immediately started thinking of ways to make it work. That’s a good sign. When the brain is engaged in the flow of ideas, it starts spending cycles on those ideas. Maybe that’s called creativity, I don’t know. Whatever it’s called, I’m going to explore that possibility and see where it takes me. Maybe nowhere. I can take what I’ve written so far, merge in the story ideas from my outline of the other, and trim out parts of both, hopefully making a better whole.