First, I typed a one sentence idea for each chapter. It was exhilarating!
I was delighted with the story line, the adventure, the very concept of a
fantasy where the line between good and evil choices becomes increasingly blurred,
a series called Daoine Maithe (that’s Gaelic for The Good People) where it
becomes questionable who the good people really are, regardless of titles.
I went back to the start, and for each one-line “chapter”, I
expanded the text until it encompassed every idea I wanted to include in that
particular chapter.
Once I had this draft, I began writing The Guardians, Daoine
Maithe Book 1.
From that moment on, I entirely ignored my draft. The story rushed
from my head and raced across the pages. From the very first paragraphs, I
deviated so far from my draft there was no point glancing back. The story
itself flew forward at such a pace and in such unexpected directions that my
fingers were flat out keeping up. And the finished result, though a world away
from my original draft, was even more than the spectacular adventure I hoped it
would be.
What did I retain from my original plan? The concept. As the
series progressed through Books 1, 2 and 3, the characters only increased in fascination
and desirability.
Get Dan O'Sullivan's Trilogy on Amazon
Book 1 - The Fallen
Book 2 - The Guardians
Book 3 - Child of a Guardian and of the Free
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