PROJECT: Now What?

Let's face it: We're all selfish in some way or another. Some -- admittedly -- more so than others, but that's beside the point. We, as human beings, are selfish. Now, I shall explain.

In our minds, we are the hero. We are the main character of our own stories. We authors tend to make our characters a bit like us. A similarity here, a shared favorite there, etcetera. It makes it easier to connect to that character, make him/her more real to us.

In some way, we're writing about ourselves. And that's fine. The best authors don't write for the audience, they write for themselves. It's hard to do sometimes, especially if writing is not just a hobby, but a way of putting food on the table. But as much as we write a out ourselves, we rarely, if ever, actually write about ourselves. I mean actually do it, make ourselves one of the characters. Oh sure, there's autobiographies, but that's nonfiction. (Allegedly, in any case.)

I'm thinking The Dark Tower, when Stephen King makes himself one of the characters.

So I have put together this little project thingy here that is just for authors to practice being the selfish people we are. ☺

Have fun! Enjoy! (Look both ways before you go to bed and brush your teeth before you cross the street!☺)

Sincerely,
Lizzy-Mae Corbell