tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934041490878801751.post2618740367893831902..comments2024-03-17T12:30:03.009-05:00Comments on Teaching Authors--6 Children's Authors Who Also Teach Writing: VCFA Blog Initiative: What Happens Next? Inch Forward in the Dark, by Sion DaysonCarmela Martinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15543808551988338496noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934041490878801751.post-91594421187898062092011-06-20T11:04:30.938-05:002011-06-20T11:04:30.938-05:00Thanks for all your comments, everyone, especially...Thanks for all your comments, everyone, especially you, Sion.Carmela Martinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15543808551988338496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934041490878801751.post-59094934169423917512011-06-18T05:15:49.890-05:002011-06-18T05:15:49.890-05:00Thanks everyone, for such great comments!
@Pen an...Thanks everyone, for such great comments!<br /><br />@Pen and Ink Blog - Exactly! I have no idea what "forward" looks like, either, but just have to keep moving. It's fantastic when it starts coming together! I'll look forward to reading what my fellow VCFAers have to say on your blog!<br /><br />@Lyn - Hilarious. I loved your line about finding the box with the dynamite. Yes! I mean, ka-pow!<br /><br />@Patrick - What a great way of putting it. That *is* how it feels: serendipitous and yet like it's been there the whole time for the finding.Sion Daysonhttp://parisimperfect.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934041490878801751.post-11575316066401314092011-06-17T14:53:55.810-05:002011-06-17T14:53:55.810-05:00Great post, Sion!
What I like about this approach...Great post, Sion!<br /><br />What I like about this approach is that it allows for serendipity while also accepting the idea that you've already manifested what you're going to find. That's a lot less scary than entering a dark void, and thus a lot easier to undertake when writing.<br /><br />PatrickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934041490878801751.post-41861396273014545342011-06-17T13:53:22.939-05:002011-06-17T13:53:22.939-05:00I tend to outline, but then I get bored because I ...I tend to outline, but then I get bored because I already know where I'm going. So I throw away the outline (actually I lose it on my desk, which is not hard at all to do), and then I'm inching my way through the dark just like you are. Writing is more fun that way. The biggest thrill is finding the box where the dynamite is kept.Lyn Miller-Lachmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01939121876262433495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934041490878801751.post-37768338303835350562011-06-17T13:51:36.150-05:002011-06-17T13:51:36.150-05:00Thank you, Sion. What a great comparison. I disc...Thank you, Sion. What a great comparison. I discovered inching during NaNoWriMo. I had to move forward even though I didn't have the vaguest idea of what "forward" looked like until I got there. But when I did get there, it was the most amazing feeling. My fellow Pen and Inkers and I are looking forward to our time hosting VCFAThe Pen and Ink Blogspothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01709195512534318571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934041490878801751.post-51740582115020189672011-06-17T13:19:54.104-05:002011-06-17T13:19:54.104-05:00Hi Andrea. Thanks for commenting! That's exact...Hi Andrea. Thanks for commenting! That's exactly what that advice encouraged me to do. Instead of feeling like I had to know what would happen already, I learned that just starting to write and allowing myself to see what happened was the way to go. Some writers work with an outline or already have a plot in mind. Not me! It was very liberating to think of this notion of inching forward in the darkness because it made me feel it was ok not to know what lay ahead...but to keep moving slowly but surely forward. As you say, the path gradually emerges.Sion Daysonhttp://parisimperfect.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934041490878801751.post-55480561469500039412011-06-17T08:44:19.027-05:002011-06-17T08:44:19.027-05:00I often find the best way to know what is going to...I often find the best way to know what is going to happen next in my novel is to just start writing a little bit. Then it gradually emerges.Andrea Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15250681746122381149noreply@blogger.com