Friday, November 27, 2009

Panning for Gold

The only disappointing part of my Highlights Workshop was my inability to write anything decent during the writing exercises. Sam said spontaneous writing is either great or terrible. There’s no gray area.

I think that’s right. Ad lib writing is like panning for gold. Either you find a nugget or you end up with a plate full of mud.

1 comment:

Ann Finkelstein said...

Jacqui:
Maybe that's why the nuggets seem more valuable.