Writing The Enchanted Ones

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The basic concept of this story came together a long time ago but it wasn't until other elements fell into place that I felt I was ready to write it.

I've always been interested in werewolves and shapeshifters but the two things which formed the central idea were, what if an animal turned into a human every night? and what if that animal was a unicorn.

The pieces slowly started to fall into place like a white witch being cursed to age quickly unless she was in close proximity to a unicorn and the enchantment of the unicorn so that it became human in the evenings, allowing them to spend time together.

I needed a protagonist so created a back story with a wicked sister who starts the whole plot rolling and returns to cause mischief.

I normally get ideas about horror and sci-fi so it was nice to be able to explore something completely different from that, which I hope to able to do again.

Until next time.

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