February 2026

Thoughts On My Painting "The Conductor"

Before a seasoned fiction writer starts to put their thoughts on paper, they’ve thought through things like character development, plot, all of those things, and have a pretty good idea of who these characters are and where they want the story to go. But I’m pretty sure there are times when the characters in their manuscript almost seem to tell the author where the story is going to go, and how they’re going to interact with each other. I can just imagine some author scratching their head and say, “Wow, I didn’t see that coming!”