I have been neglecting the much needed work that my YA Novel needs! But not necessarily because I want too. Lately, I have had a mix of writers block and a lack of inspiration! So, yesterday I took a trip to the park that started it all!
Peter Pan Park is a town park with a history as big as the park itself! The story is that William Allen White dedicated the park to his daughter, Mary, who was killed in a accident. She had told her father many times that she never wanted to grow up, which is why he named the park after the famous and whimsical story of Peter Pan, the boy who lived in Neverland and also did not want to grow up, so he didn't!
I fell in love with this park the very first day we came upon it. It was over a year ago and my two friends and I were on a ride to find a place to eat in the new town we had just moved too. Needless to say, with three different girls with three different opinions as to which direction we should go...we got lost! But in the process of getting lost, we found the park.
At first the park comes off as any other park; big with lots of toys. But as we continued to walk we discovered so much more and the further I walked the more thoughts popped into my head about a story that would take anyone for a ride.
The park is approximately 51.7 acres and that includes a 4 acre lake. There is a wading pool for children under 6, and a variety of toy structures that model various children's stories such as the The Little Old Lady Who Lived in a the Itsy Bitsy Spider. The lake is open to fishing within certain regulation and there are tennis courts, horse shoe posts and so much more. But among it all is the most beautiful scenery that I think I have ever seen in a park and numerous older structures that leave the imagination wide open!
My story started the fist time my foot hit the path that lead into that park. Since that day I have been working on the novel that brings the park to life and that I hope will one day bring others to the park with the intent of exploring it all!
Re-visiting the park yesterday was a huge help in getting me back in gear. I took a few pictures (to be uploaded on here soon), and even discovered a few new places that inspired new chapters!
I am sorry but I will not be posting any of the story on here as I do not like to reveal any of my work early and of course to protect my ideas! BUT, I hope to complete my manuscript soon and then the fun begins! Hopefully we can get it published before I "grow-up" too much! :0) Though I highly doubt that will happen completely for a really long time!
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