Books pick the right people to write them.

Earlier on the NaNoWriMo forums I happened upon a thread where an author was embarking on writing a picture book story about a fart-prone flying donkey. Fwis, a  professional book cover designer saw it and designed an adorable cover for the novel based on the fact that he liked the 'flying fartdonkey.'

In the last comment on the thread I saw 'Books pick the right people to write them. ' I thought about it for a while. It's something that provoked me to think and consider the truthfulness of what was being presented.

What if that was even partially true? That books and ideas for novels picked us to write them. For the sake of argument, let's say that it is quite true. How does the idea know the right author? Are we measured up and have to meet certain criteria?

I guess it could explain why many writers are unable to give much (if any) explanation where their ideas are derived from. And it certainly could explain why a mystery writer comes up with a fantasy or litfic plot idea. It's not our choice, we were chosen. And if we were chosen and were 'meant' to write these particular novels, then we posess the the ability to see them out to a satisfying ending.

Despite the doubts we might have (thanks to the evil inner critic) we were chosen to write it and we have the abilities to do it no matter how much Inner critic may say otherwise. The next time you find yourself doubting your ability to continue on with an idea, think of this. The idea chose you because you were the right person to write it. Now get out there and write that story and show it why it chose you out of all of the other writers out there.

So, what do you think? Do they choose us or do we choose them? Just something to ponder for those of us embarking on a challenge - whether or not it's a NaNoWriMo challenge.