Writing blocks

Writing is like putting a stonewall together. You start with an idea.

We need to put the wall here.

The idea twirls around. Thoughts become words.

Let's use these stones.



You play with the sentences. One flows to another, or doesn't, and you try again.

You need something to fit here and look over the pile.

That sounds better.

This is starting to line up. Now we need to curve here.

What do we do to finish this off?



Step back to check it out. How does it look?

Sometimes you put it aside and come back to it later.

Forget about stepping back, just go with it. Need to do this now.

Sometimes, you do go with the flow.
Sometimes if you put it aside, you forget about it for a long time.

Sometimes, you just need to do something physical to get going.


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