8th July 2016 | for Creatives | intuitive writing & pantsing, creative process, writing, creating in the moment, Rachel Carson |
"The discipline of the writer is to be still and listen to what his subject has to tell him."
"I try to write the first draft very quickly. I don't write the end. I don't write the last quarter. So I write my draft. And then ... my next draft is usually cleaning it up and seeing what's there: 'What do we have here?'"
"When it comes to the voice, if I'm consciously doing anything, I'm probably doing something wrong. ...There does need to come a time when you just have to let it fly."
"I know nothing at all. Nothing. The first line comes and I start. I always thought that I began with something talking to me, but I realized it's not true. I begin by seeing something and then it's translated into a voice talking to me and then I follow it and see where it will go."
"As a writer, it's like you're a fighter in the ring. You have to bob and weave and juke and move and change direction and tactics all the time based on what your instincts are telling you about what's happening on the page."
"I never really know what something will become when I begin. But once I am inside it, I am completely there."
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