Sometimes Good Stories Scare You

I don't typically talk about my story ideas before I write them. I don't know why it just makes writing lose a little bit of its sparkle if I tell about it before I get it on the page. But with NaNo coming up, I've been trying my hand at basic outlining.

I was sitting at McDonald's while my mom working online, and I had an outlining workbook laid out in front of me. I didn't really know what I wanted to write about. I normally literally go into my writing with a vague idea of a character, maybe a mental image or two and go from there. I sat down and tried to convey the mental image in my head onto the paper.

After two hours of writing, I felt shaken. I had just put on paper the extremely basic outline of a book that scares me. Not like a ghost story or anything. It's about a topic very near and dear to my heart and is probably a little too autobiographical to make a good story. I got home and sat for a while, praying, really wondering if I actually had to write a story that made me mentally quake. The answer: Yes. Sometimes good stories scare you. I think they were meant to, to remind me that writing isn't just about what makes me happy, it's about what God wants to do through me.

I don't know how well this story will turn out, but I am excited and nervous to dive in. Last night I made a Pinterest board for it, so if you want to hop on there and see what I've got so far, go ahead.

>>Pinterest board<<

Have you ever written a story that scares you? How'd it turn out?