Love this share. So en pointe for creatives. Great reminder, especially for those who are prolific. Everything we write is a shiny toy, but the best advice and takeaway is - 'learning' to realize NOT all story ideas you play with will become a marketable book.
Such great advice! I find that I can get excited about an idea, and write the whole story down, and I think it is great. So I’ll put it away, and then revisit it after some time has passed— it could be as little as a few days or as much as a few years! All the while I’ll work on something else, then go back to that other idea/story and reread it, and it will either still be really great, or I’ll read it and it will be awful! So definitely everything needs time to work through, and revise and rethink, and experience other things that add to your story!
Great advice! And if you’re an author and illustrator, you are forced to slow down to create characters, thumbnails, story structure and arc, and of course, the dummy!
Ha ha, I love (and relate) to the idea of how tempting it is to share a half-baked book! :) So many great reminders and points here.
This is such a great description of the writing process!
Love this share. So en pointe for creatives. Great reminder, especially for those who are prolific. Everything we write is a shiny toy, but the best advice and takeaway is - 'learning' to realize NOT all story ideas you play with will become a marketable book.
Great read!
Great advice. Thank you.
So helpful - will share this with my students!
Such great advice! I find that I can get excited about an idea, and write the whole story down, and I think it is great. So I’ll put it away, and then revisit it after some time has passed— it could be as little as a few days or as much as a few years! All the while I’ll work on something else, then go back to that other idea/story and reread it, and it will either still be really great, or I’ll read it and it will be awful! So definitely everything needs time to work through, and revise and rethink, and experience other things that add to your story!
Great advice! And if you’re an author and illustrator, you are forced to slow down to create characters, thumbnails, story structure and arc, and of course, the dummy!