In the beginning . . .
Thinking about the power of the image--and yet how no one can successfully control or predict it completely--got me thinking about the power of image. That is fundamentally important for us visual writers.
I riffed about it over here. I promise, it's short! I don't know how boring it might be since I am talking specifically about my experience, rather than ruminating on my experience of others, but if you read it, and you are a writer, feel free talk about your own process. Especially the asking of "Why" that can lead to a river of stories; I refer there to Katharine Kerr's post on series.
Many denigrate series, and I watch and think of my lifetime roman fleuve, and think uh oh! Well, we are what we are!
* the icon is used for writing, but those are actually two handwritten books, one from 1970 and one from 1985.
I riffed about it over here. I promise, it's short! I don't know how boring it might be since I am talking specifically about my experience, rather than ruminating on my experience of others, but if you read it, and you are a writer, feel free talk about your own process. Especially the asking of "Why" that can lead to a river of stories; I refer there to Katharine Kerr's post on series.
Many denigrate series, and I watch and think of my lifetime roman fleuve, and think uh oh! Well, we are what we are!
* the icon is used for writing, but those are actually two handwritten books, one from 1970 and one from 1985.