{"id":2051,"date":"2011-12-23T09:00:59","date_gmt":"2011-12-23T13:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/?p=2051"},"modified":"2011-12-21T14:52:10","modified_gmt":"2011-12-21T18:52:10","slug":"following-the-stream-of-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/?p=2051","title":{"rendered":"Following the Stream of Thought"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Stream.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2052 lazyload\" title=\"Stream\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Stream-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Stream-300x201.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Stream.jpg 400w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/201;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2052\" title=\"Stream\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Stream-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Stream-300x201.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Stream.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Where do the streams of our work lead us? Where do they come from, and where are they going?<\/p>\n<p>These are truly random questions, drawn from the myriad of random thoughts that are flowing through my mind today. They are questions without answers, as all the best questions are.<\/p>\n<p>I do not know where my work comes from, or where it is taking me. That is part of the joy of the journey: not knowing. Always following the stream of consciousness that leads to the next story, to the next character, to the next world that has yet to be born.<\/p>\n<p>I love following that stream. I have been doing it all my life, during all the years when I wrote only for myself and my Muse. Now that I write novels for others to read, I\u00c2\u00a0 do it still. There is music in the stream that leads me onward. I can&#8217;t see where the stream will end, if it ever will. I follow it through dark forests, through deserts where the stream dries to a trickle.\u00c2\u00a0 I follow the stream of my thoughts, the stream that runs through my life, knowing that I will find the next character along its banks. Another world to enter, another life, another story to tell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where do the streams of our work lead us? Where do they come from, and where are they going? These are truly random questions, drawn from the myriad of random thoughts that are flowing through my mind today. They are questions without answers, as all the best questions are. 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