Out of chaos comes...?

By jpeter03 · Aug 24, 2011 · ·
  1. The notes I've scribbled down have become almost unmanageable. Even within the framework I've set down for myself I can see exceptions to my rules and deviations that will be hard to resist. Lines of dialogue and internal monologues are interspersed with abstract ideas and short descriptions of time and place. Must organize, but I suppose I have to allow for time to act on impulse and inspiration. Still, since my primary conceit is a cyclical

    The narrator keeps pulling me in, but I have no idea if he will do the same to the reader. My opening narrative is so dark and heavy, but it lifts away like a storm cloud to reveal a story that I hope possesses some of the lightness that Calvino values so rightly.

Comments

  1. Radrook
    Suppose impulse and inspiration takes a year to kick in?
    I have seen it happen. The writing just sits there. Sometimes ten years might go by. That's why it's important to force ourselves to sit down and try to write something. The effort itself might trigger the spark of inspiration. You see if we had eternity, then hey! No problem. What's a few years? Unfortunately we are finite creatures and each second is irreplaceable
  2. jpeter03
    Very good points all around, especially the fact that just the process, something that can seem so dead and laborious, can provide the spark we need to break new ground. I guess I take comfort in the fact that some of my favorite novels took years and sometimes decades to write. Thanks for your comment :)
    Jesse
  3. mugen shiyo
    I'm the same way. And since me and you are, probably a lot of writers do the same thing. Even if it doesn't wind up being in the story you intended it for, they can be used for other things also.
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