The Making of Unstoppable Sammy · Chapter 2

Over the next month, I worked on Sammy every day. Most days, by the end of the day, I had another stanza. I would write, think, and the lines came pretty easily.

But then, everything stopped.

I didn’t know where to go. I didn’t know how to finish the story. And trying to force lines felt inauthentic, like I was pushing a boulder uphill and getting absolutely nowhere.

So I quit writing.

I told myself, This isn’t really my story anyways. I’m not going to force anything. I’ll wait until it flows again.

Then, a few weeks later, something incredibly strange happened.

That morning, I sat down to meditate, and halfway through, I had to stop.

I heard lines. And yes, I realize how bizarre that sounds.

The only way to describe the sensation was, I could “hear” stanzas forming in my head. They were crystal clear.

It was the rest of the story!

I was so excited. I quit meditating and raced to my journal, hoping I wouldn’t miss them or forget them. Over the next two hours, I wrote. The words flowed easily.

However, it didn’t feel like I was “writing” anything. It felt like I was “listening”, and writing down what I heard.

To this day, it remains the most magical creative experience of my life.

It took me about a month to write the first half of the book.

It took me two hours to write the last half of it.

I remember getting to the end and sitting back, staring at it in amazement. It was finished. My first children’s book.

I assumed I’d have it ready to print in a few months.

I couldn’t have been more wrong.

Discover the book here.