I just realized how long it's been since I've made a post, let alone one that contains part of my novel. I'm a little ashamed really. I promise to have some writing up asap, maybe even this weekend.
On another note, I had something unusual (for me) happen just a few minutes ago. I'm in a fiction writing class for my major and I am in the process of revising a short story for this class. My story is about a woman who is a paramedic and she is struggling with the grief of losing her little brother in a drowning accident. What makes it more heartbreaking is she was the paramedic called out to the scene, so she was the one working on her brother when he died. Her family life is now in shambles because of all the grief. Her mother, devastated by the lose of her young son, blames her daughter for not being able to save him.
Well, tonight, my iTunes was on shuffle and the song "Fly" by Celine Dion came on. This song was written about Celine's niece, who died of cystic fibrosis. She even died in Celine's arms. This song always makes me cry, for obvious reasons. It inspired me to revise my paramedic story some more and while I was writing, I could not stop crying.
I know that my story is sad and I have always felt sadness while writing it, but I have never actually cried because of it. It's a little unnerving that I could not stop crying while typing.
Any similar experiences with this?
