The Writing Skill
Originally published at Grasping for the Wind. Please leave any comments there.
Elaine Cunningham has written many books for the Forgotten Realms shared world. I was reading her blog today and came across this thought from a post she wrote as an open letter to someone with an idea but no finished product.
“I used to teach music before I began writing, and I firmly believe that music provides a good example for how to approach writing. Very few people expect to learn a Rachmaninoff concerto in their first week of piano study, nor do students believe that the first piece they learn will be something they