Do You Know Where You Are Going?

Sunday, July 12, 2009

A conversation held earlier today, at church:

"So you when decide to write a story, is the whole thing already there in your head? Is it, then, just about writing down all you've already dreamed up?"

"Oh, goodness. No."

"No?"

"I have no idea where I am going. I live my life lost."

Or maybe it's just that I feel that way now, with this new book, so unknown, so demanding. Every line a tangle and tussle. Every line that I actually keep the next day a miracle of strange proportions.

(For a leavened moment, for something refreshing and new, take a starship ride over to Daniel's Daily Drawings, where earlier today he had a surprise awaiting me.)

7 comments:

Q said...

Oh, gracious. I have to know where I'm going or I can't get there.

Anonymous said...

Some writers do. I have a friend who can't bear to start writing until she's worked it all out in her head. Others don't. I have no idea until it's written down. Sometimes I think I have the idea and it changes as I write it down.

Priya said...

Usually when I start writing something, I'm too lazy to outline. I wrote a Harry Potter fanfic in third grade which was meant to be a short, 5-10 page story, but eventually became a crazy, hilarious, random 177 page work. But at other times, I have a vague idea in my head and the story turns out quite wonderfully despite minimal planning.

Sarah Anne said...

I know where I'm going, Beth. Cawazy.

Daniel said...

i'm glad you like the ghosts

Emily Ruth said...

I should think it would be rather dull if I knew where I was going :)

Unknown said...

Just another day at the office 'round here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP95btX8NJE

just made me think of that song.

Enjoy...

Peace - Rene

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