The thing you know you want to say is probably the thing you will write most poorly about.
The thing you don't know yet but feel is the thing that will come out best.
At the deepest level writers don't enjoy the craft because it allows them to express. That is a side effect. But the everlasting fuel is that of discovery.
The writer who writes to discover is the one who will never question "why am i doing this?" or "what should I write?"
Before facing the page this was the idea that I wanted to discover. I've discovered it already earlier this week, but I discover it again after trying to think what creative fiction snippet I should write. Once you begin thinking too much is when you know you're not actually writing the thing you actually want to write.
The thing you don't know yet but feel is the thing that will come out best.
At the deepest level writers don't enjoy the craft because it allows them to express. That is a side effect. But the everlasting fuel is that of discovery.
The writer who writes to discover is the one who will never question "why am i doing this?" or "what should I write?"
Before facing the page this was the idea that I wanted to discover. I've discovered it already earlier this week, but I discover it again after trying to think what creative fiction snippet I should write. Once you begin thinking too much is when you know you're not actually writing the thing you actually want to write.
