follow your hunches

"A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something." ~ Frank Capra

I think a hunch, a gut feeling, is your inner writer trying to point you in a direction of interest. The reason we don't listen to our "hunches" is a matter of self-doubt. That inner critic that says, "You're not good enough" or "You don't have enough experience." Don't let anyone, even your own inner critique, cause you to stop listening to your hunches. The worse that can happen is that you try something and it doesn't work, so you try something else. There are an abundance of learning opportunities in failure. When you hear your inner writer whisper, "I have a hunch that ...", stop and listen ... at least give it a moment's consideration. There may be honesty and genuine inspiration in your hunch. Self-doubt is a killer. Killer of ideas. Killer of inspiration. Killer of good fiction.

Keep the literary faith, friends. And keep writing. And listening to your hunches.