So true. I was saying just last week that I'd rather hand in to my editor a manuscript where I've tried out a few different things--knowing some of them might have to be deleted--than to have never tried them out and always wondered if they would have made the manuscript better. My lazy self tries to steer me away from doing that but my writer self knows that we should really be called rewriters, as that's what we spend most of our time doing!
Love this! Yes we should definitely be called rewriters! I think I was subconsciously writing this to myself as I’ve come up with a bold plan for the book I’m outlining and now I need to be brave and try it!
Oh yes, I can relate to this. I can't plot, it gives me writers block. I have to write my way into a story and as I write I start to figure out the story I want to tell. I know it's there in my subconscious but as you say, I have to dig for it. Love these insights, thanks Sara!
"...it’s not my job to create the story, so much as to locate it!" YES!!!! I feel exactly the same way. Such a lovely piece on the creative process, Sara. I nodded, A LOT. Thank you.
So true. I was saying just last week that I'd rather hand in to my editor a manuscript where I've tried out a few different things--knowing some of them might have to be deleted--than to have never tried them out and always wondered if they would have made the manuscript better. My lazy self tries to steer me away from doing that but my writer self knows that we should really be called rewriters, as that's what we spend most of our time doing!
Love this! Yes we should definitely be called rewriters! I think I was subconsciously writing this to myself as I’ve come up with a bold plan for the book I’m outlining and now I need to be brave and try it!
Oh yes, I can relate to this. I can't plot, it gives me writers block. I have to write my way into a story and as I write I start to figure out the story I want to tell. I know it's there in my subconscious but as you say, I have to dig for it. Love these insights, thanks Sara!
Thanks Lauren, I'm glad you agree - and happy digging!
"...it’s not my job to create the story, so much as to locate it!" YES!!!! I feel exactly the same way. Such a lovely piece on the creative process, Sara. I nodded, A LOT. Thank you.
Thanks Lisa! It’s great to know you feel the same too!