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For years I’ve held an image in my
head of a plant growing toward the light as a way of understanding the writing
process.
It was an image that a
beloved writing teacher shared with me years ago, and the image of my work
growing toward the light--drawn to
the light--helped me through some dark
passages in my life as I tried to sort out which direction to follow in terms
of what I wanted to
Each stroke that you take in the water propels you forward into the unknown, and all you have to guide you is your instinct, a sense of where you’re going, a sense of where you might want to go, or maybe where you need to go.How do you develop that oh-so-elusive instinct which serves as a guide?How do you learn not only to notice when your instinct is guiding you but when to trust–and follow–it?
One of my favorite books on writing is <i>Techniques of the Selling Writer</i> by Dwight V. Swain. I got recommanded the book by the author Randy Ingermanson (the inventor of the Snowflake Method - http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/).<br />And I have to say that it's a great resource.<br />Randy is also writing a Dummy book on fiction writing that will be published in November this year,
I love Georgia Heard, Anne Lammot, and Natalie Goldberg. Elizabeth Berg also wrote a book about her writing process as well--Escaping into the Open. It's wonderful! This is a timely post for Studio kids and teachers, Theresa. We've been discussing perseverance, and during conferences over the last two weeks, some of them discussed how studying the process of other writers helps them