If I sit and wait for inspiration, it arrives in a particular shape
Yes, definitely part of the problem with this advice. It suggests that we, as authors, have no active control over the essentials of our stories. I'm only beginning to discover the joy and power of telling my imagination, "I'm going to start out by specifying X, Y, and Z -- now give me the set of great stories that include those."
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Date: 2014-05-16 05:19 pm (UTC)Yes, definitely part of the problem with this advice. It suggests that we, as authors, have no active control over the essentials of our stories. I'm only beginning to discover the joy and power of telling my imagination, "I'm going to start out by specifying X, Y, and Z -- now give me the set of great stories that include those."