Some Really Good Advice

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

--Robert Frost

I didn't write this. Nick did.  It's just some general advice--I was talking to him about my story.  It pretty much speaks for itself:

Look, stories aren't supposed to just magically appear (pun by accident). We have to create them with are own minds, and even if we plan, the journey is gonna change some things. I originally knew a plan of Summer With Potter (Go read it! ♥PL). Then I introduced Selina, and Sirius became much more important, and suddenly it wasn't just a Lily/James story. It was MY story, something that had just happened when I was writing. I put myself into it, with my own humor, not someone else's. It was supposed to be longer, but when does length matter? When does anything matter except the story? The words don't, the people don't (usually), but what we receive from that story is what matters. If Jo changed Harry's name to James II, and made it six years instead of seven, or shortened some parts off, I doubt people would love it less.

What I'm trying to say is, you have the ending. And you have the basic plot and the "big" events. Ignore everything else, just let the story take shape itself. You might just skip some events to create better ones, you might add some, delete some, possibly create ANOTHER character. Life changes. You think Jo began the entire series knowing the plan? She knew the beginning and the end. she just needed the middle. And everyone knows the middle is always in the midst of change. Let the story write itself. When you're writing it, don't take anything back, don't add anything. JUST WRITE. I don't get why some people don't understand that to make a great story, all you have to do is write to your best ability with all your soul. POUR everything into this, and you won't be disappointed.Writing. . . well it's just Life. . . or something like that. Everything good (at least in my opinion) I've written has a small, or large, imprint of me in it. Love the story, and it will love you back.

Pretty amazing, huh?

Love Always,

Kayla