Bullets of what I have learned about the writing process through Story #1
- That the process cannot be completed alone. If you allow yourself it to be in an echochamber of only your ideas, they will (likely) not flourish to their highest potential. Writers often think their ideas are clear to the audience but it is not possible ot know this unless you give your work an audience.
- The process is recursive. No one sits down and writes the worlds greatest short literary fiction piece in one sitting. It is somethign that needs to continously be re-approached and met with fresh eyes.
- The process must be intentional. If you sit down to write because you “have” to produce something, it will be enormously difficult to do so. You must take the time to explore your story world even before putting pencil to paper so that every sentence is a piece to a larger puzzle.
