Now, if you spend as amount of time as either a reader or a writer, you’re going to realise that Writers writer about Writing a lot. Probably even too much.
Though, of course, they do say ‘write what you know‘, and, well…
And, for reference, I’ve established that Amara has taken to writing. And also that Dunstana likes dragons. And, of course, Kat and Dunstana are sisters.
“Katherine,” Amara groans, wearily laying her head on Kat’s shoulder. “Avenge me.”
“Is this because they sold out of handbags again?” Kat asks cautiously.
“No, Katherine,” Amara answers. “I’ve been quite content with the Handbag District lately.”
“Did another wrestler call you inelegant? You do know they’re just acting, right?” Kat asks.
“No, Katherine.”
Amara sighs wearily.
“It’s just that writing is the hardest thing in the world,” she says. “My ideas just aren’t coming like they should be.”
She sighs again.
“I’ve been staring at a blank page for hours!”
“Okay, so,” Kat ventures. “You don’t actually need me to do anything. And there isn’t anyone to get revenge on, since… you’re the one who decided to become a writer in the first place. So… there isn’t really anyone to blame but yourself.”
“I didn’t choose this life,” Amara insists. “It chose me. It’s not my fault the Muse has set her sights on me and refuses to let me be.”
Kat stares blankly.
“It’s an allegory, Katherine,” Amara says.
Kat stares blankly.
“Never mind,” Amara mutters.
She desperately clutches Kat’s Amara.
“Tell me I’m a good writer, Katherine,” she pleads.
“You’re a good writer, Amara,” Kat answers.
“Thank you, Katherine,” Amara says.
“Now, I’m just thinking out loud here and I don’t really know anything about writing,” Kat offers. “But, hear me out here, what if you had Steel-Grey Saoirse fight a dragon?”
“Oh?” Amara says, her long, pointed ears perking up slightly.
“Yeah. Fighting a dragon seems like it would be right up her alley,” Kat continues. “I mean, you’re basically writing the next Krimson Katja and Krimson Katja fights dragons, like, all the time.”
“Isn’t that a little played out?” Amara asks.
“Are you kidding?” Kat replies. “The only reason people are always writing about dragons is because dragon fights are awesome! Give your readers what they want, Amara. It’s like a fish-on-a-stick stall. They only sell fish-on-a-sticks because they know that’s what people are going to buy from a fish-on-a-stick stall.”
“Well, I do suppose I’ve never written a, as you say, ‘dragon fight’ before,” Amara admits. “But I couldn’t very well just have a dragon wonder do from the hills.”
“Well, you could,” Kat notes. “Just call them the Dragon Hills, or something.”
“That would work,” Amara concedes.
“And, I don’t know,” Kat continues. “Just have Steel-Grey Saoirse, like, steal something from the dragon’s treasure pile. So, the dragon is chasing her to get it back.”
She shrugs.
“I’m not a writer, or anything. But that’s how I’d do it. And, like, I guess the actual writing is the hardest part, but it seems like a pretty simple idea from my point of view,” Kat offers.
Amara nods along eagerly.
“And then what happens, Katherine?” she asks.
“Um,” Kat stammers. “The dragon… is… actually her, um, long-lost brother?”
“Katherine!” Amara exclaims, surging to her feet.
Kat instinctively flinches back.
“Oh no, what did I do?”
“You are a genius!”
“Yeah,” Kat says, grinning happily once she realises she has not, in fact, fallen afoul of Amara’s wrath. “I am.”
But, seriously, Writers do write about Writing too much…
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Writing every day will make you a better writer! That’s a lesson I learned from so many helpful people!
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Yeah, even if these stories don’t go anywhere, it’s a good excuse to just sit down and write.
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