Creating a story can become an emotional rollercoaster. One minute you are intensely carrying your people (characters) thru turbulent times. Soon you are laughing out loud at their antics. Then your heart fills to the brim with awe at the tender scene that has just sprung forth from the keyboard. Right now, I'm in the rewriting/ editing stage and I find myself missing my people.
They have become my best friends and I am concerned about their future. Having said that, I am also realizing how screen writers and novelist, poets and lyrisists form such a personal bond to their work. Having just finished, Inkheart, I sensed the imagery came from a love of her characters. I would love for each of my people to come off my pages and stay with me for awhile.
I would treat them like old friends and cook for them and laugh and cry at what they would say.
Since I am their creator, I would want them close to me. I'd set the camera on a ledge and we'd all stand together and have our picture made. I'd miss them terribly if they had to go back into the pages.
If I, being a word creator, love my people this much, how much more passionately does my
Creator love me. His passion for my company and welfare is more that I can imagine. So I now turn to Him and ask, "Can I sit with You for a while and I wish we could have our picture made together."