Well, I've been at this Visionary Fiction thing for about eight months now; trust me, it's truly an emerging genre I've latched on to. As I've spent weeks and months so far searching, not only to put my work in a knowledgeable position where I am comparing other writers and titles to myself to, but to also get a feel for what readers of the genre want, I'm finding that there are only a handful of successful, working writers engaged in this art form. But what Visionary Fiction lacks in numbers she makes up for in creativity, heart, and determination.
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When I first started writing Lady Agape's story back in August, it was the result of an idea that came to me in April. See, Agape and Connor were enemy warlords. Agape even had assassins! There were eight women on Agape's council and Connor was going to die from one of Agape's assassin's bullet after he wiped out nearly everything Agape, including Agape. But that, like a lot of other storylines didn't feed me. As I created beyond the initial thrill, I became drained.
I think that by the time I first conceived Agape, I should have known that for my soul's caged bird to be free and sing I would need to stay in spiritual expression. But how would I, could I, feed the desire for and bliss of storytelling? I mean, the spiritual books that were successfully published and selling were a couple hundred pages long at most. I, on the other hand, have always had dreams of writing either a series or a collection of stand alone tomes of fantasy. Even though I knew that my area of natural knowledge and wisdom was with Spirit, I decided to follow my bliss and write Epic/High Fantasy. Well, I tried to write Epic/High Fantasy. The job of writing was so blocked. My attempts of sharing stories with themes of Laws of Spirit expressed by my elves, dwarfs, and daring human men and women following the Hero's Journey formula was a failure, major bust. I even gave up the idea that I could communicate my thoughts in a coherent manner. I stop writing and went deep into my depression. My friend told me that I should stick at it because it was my purpose and that writing would help me with my illness. Years passed without me doing anything and soon we were in 2017 and I made a promise to myself- I would just follow my joys , whatever they may be. Long story short; I discovered that I could still write the elements of good stories which were fantastical or/and totally fiction while staying true to the new truths of life within the illusion of reality. Plus there was an emerging genre that was being recognized as such: Visionary Fiction. Still, I haven't found anyone who is attacking this genre the way I do, it's okay. Just mean that I've in fact found my genius and my contribution to the collective consciousness. This means, I made it! I hung in there until a new island was found for me to explore. Now that I have a foundation's history and an audience's expectation for a spiritual story, a story with spiritual vision, a metaphysical vision, to guide me along the way. Patience and divine timing has paid off for me as I'm able to recognize the landmarks and translate the overview map titled: New Mythology for the New Spirituality. An ode to the Spiritual Journey that has been birthed out of the Hero's Journey of the past 2,000 years. Thanks for Listening -Sabrina Louise Holloway Andielle |
AuthorOne of those writer folk telling stories, reviewing the writer's adventure, and presenting the hero's journey. All wrapped in Spirit, the Kingdom of God, the Sanatana Dharma, the Tao, the Way, or the Absolute. Archives
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