Remembering who I am

I got stuck again last week, unable to move my book forward.  I typed and re-typed and erased and thought.  The thinking was a very smart move.

Because while I was thinking about it, I remembered who I am.

I am a storyteller.  I'm not an author.  I tell character's stories.

And those characters are part of families, and those character's stories become family stories.

And those families live in communities, and those family's stories become community stories.

My world view is people based.  I believe the most important thing we have in life are the people who we interact with and our relationships with them.

Because this is how I see the world; stories that celebrate people and their interactions are the stories I like to read, and the only stories I know how to write.

Every time I forget that and try to write big, I get stuck.

I just need to remember who I am, and listen to my characters, and let them tell their stories and I'll be fine.