This entry comes from off the coast of Italy on what is actually a dark and stormy night. I’m posting this entry using a BlackBerry Z10 so the editing is a bit tricky. I’ll do my best.
I’ve been thinking about the nature of the writing process in terms of Yin and Yang.
The Yang of writing is the fun part of the process. It’s the creative, generative, searching for substance part of the act of writing that places demands on writer. It’s the out there, upfront energy that emerges from inspiration. It is the Yang element that results in the first draft.
The Yin of the process is that of editing. The writer take his or her draft from a stage of a work of a less substantial form to one that is more dense with greater substance. By carefully shaping the syntax, grammar and word choice the work takes on a more substanti
al form. Even though you are likely condensing the work, it is actually growing in power
I’ve a few more thoughts on this topic, but I’m struggling with the pace of text entry
on a small virtual keyboard. I’ll need to practice a bit more. I’ll attempt another post next time I have Internet access.
Until then. . .
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