{"id":129,"date":"2011-01-02T16:42:37","date_gmt":"2011-01-02T21:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnhocking.net\/wordpressdemo\/?page_id=129"},"modified":"2024-12-27T12:52:08","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T12:52:08","slug":"the-inspiration-for-waiting-for-a-wish","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/janetgover.com\/?page_id=129","title":{"rendered":"The inspiration for Waiting For A Wish"},"content":{"rendered":"

The question writers get asked most is – where do you get your ideas. My answer is anywhere and everywhere.<\/p>\n

“Waiting For A Wish” started with an embarrassing moment on a railway station platform.<\/p>\n

It was a chilly morning, with just a little light rain and I was listening to my iPod as I waited for the London train. Apparently I was also dancing, which I didn’t realise until I noticed a man watching me.<\/p>\n

I cringed with embarrassment, then realised I had no reason to cringe. Dancing is not a crime. More people should dance – particularly when facing the morning commute to work.<\/p>\n

This got me thinking – could I write a story about someone dancing on a railway station platform?<\/p>\n

Suddenly, she was there. In my head. Dancing in the rain at the end of the platform. I don’t know how I knew she was a fairy. I just knew.<\/p>\n

I don’t know where the sad lonely little boy came from. Maybe he came into my head because he needed to meet a fairy.<\/p>\n

I wrote their story on the train.<\/p>\n

It remains one of my favourite pieces. For many reasons. But mostly because I like to believe that even on cold rainy mornings, fairies sometimes dance at railway stations.<\/p>\n

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