The Why

I was sitting in my car on an eight hour road trip with my brother in the passenger seat. We were headed back from a relaxing family vacation at the beach, but I was tormented mentally by this dream I had one night while there. I was in the middle of writing the rough draft for the third book of a trilogy I had been working on for two years, but I could not shake this new storyline that had landed in my lap so gracefully. I had managed to outline (essentially) the whole book, from where it would begin, to where it would end, as well as how I would format it!

.…the only problem?

I turned to my brother and exclaimed in complete frustration, “I just need to know the WHY!? You know?” *Needless to recount, his face was one of mild shock and confusion.*

(This is not what you would call an accurate depiction of my brother -->)

Herein lays one of the most foundational truths of any story. There must be something that happens, or that was said that makes someone, anyone within the universe have an emotional/physical/ directional change. Another word for it would be “catalyst.” Every story has a catalyst that takes characters that were always headed in one direction and makes them do a u-turn. Then what happens? The main character meets others who are then changed/ influenced by him/her, and it becomes this string of alteration that begins to perpetuate the universe (or simply the universe of the main character).

So, why am I harping on this? Because the heart of RE:medy is why our characters take their journey. Why many of them leave (willing or not) their homes and face all sorts of crazy misadventures. Why they find themselves thrown together with people they don’t particularly care for. It’s the Why’s of this universe that carry the story and characters on their journey, and don’t get me wrong, sometimes the why changes. *smirk*

However, next week I intend to introduce you to the most foundational- albeit manic and slightly unbalanced- why of the RE:medy universe. The primary catalyst that spurs an unanticipated journey…

Why Muse? Why?

Lyndsay

Next week: Meet RE:medy’s most idiosyncratic character.