So, I haven't written anything new in a while (no shocker there), and the total number of my posted stuff from the whole of last year turned out rather dissappointing (I'll probably post about this soon). So, taking a short break from my last project Garden of Time, I decided to attempt one of the many projects I've been thinking about for ages, yet done nothing about... It's not rewriting the 2 year old story Dreams of Charlotte, but it's all about taking that concept and that story to the next level. Let me explain.
So, Dreams of Charlotte is a story about a girl who has visions/dreams all the time, and she believes every one of them to be real. I won't spoil it if you haven't read it, but her constant dreaming and claiming of it to be real soon gets her in trouble with her parents and her concerned friends.
So my new idea is to use this story (an expanded version though), to wrap-around other short stories. It's gonna tell about Charlotte and her everyday life, and how the dreams influence it. In between, the dreams will be presented either in Charlottes notebook or in her retelling of them. The dreams are supposed to be old stories of mine, rewritten if they have to be (so that they suit the story). This way, I get a somewhat more interesting way of presenting a short-story collection, and I get to expand and improve a story that I believe has potential to become a lot better than it is. My goal (or, perhaps rather, dream) is to self-publish this as a book in the end... Either the kind that is made as it's sold, so that I can try selling to my SW-friends, or merely as a craft I can finally own that I can call my own, perhaps with copies to give to friends and family... A fun and cheap project in other words ;)
So, happy new year, and sweet dreams everyone!
Tis the year for dreams to come true!
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