The Willow Tree

behind the scenes

fictional stories are
interesting
entertaining
exciting
inspiring
but no one really knows how they were born
or if it was a difficult labour
or an easy one
did the author spend all day racking his brains for an idea?
or did it just come to him, pop in his head?
did he have writer's block?

is it all fantasy?
or is it based on real events in the life of the writer?
was he thinking of what could have been?
did he feel any satisfaction writing another ending,
knowing he was in control of how things would turn out?
did he think of someone he knew
when he was writing that despicable antagonist?
did he like knowing that a lot of people are going to hate that character?