The Writer's Handbook by Sylvia K. Burack

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Once you accept the waiting as constructive idleness—a gift of time when you are free to let your mind wander or compose—you may actually enjoy the journey as much as the destination. It is pleasurable to leave the driving to the bus or train driver, and to look out the window. If public transportation is not practical, then drive to a reasonable point and walk the rest of the way. You'll gain many impressions exploring the site on foot. Always bring a notebook to record them. Feeding your creativity Here is an outline for using an excursion to feed your creativity: 1.

Could be fun. Critic won't be up, and we won't ever have to show anybody what we've done. Now you understand why I have to burn this stuff before I die. My posthumous reputation as a sane person of more than moderate intelligence hangs in the balance. But living writers, in order to keep writing, have to forget about posthumous reputations. We have to become, quite literally, like little children. We have to remember our early griefs and embarrassments. Talk aloud to ourselves. Make up imaginary companions.

I don't know. Why don't we just get up at five tomorrow, come to the machine and type like fury for an hour and see what happens? Could be fun. Critic won't be up, and we won't ever have to show anybody what we've done. Now you understand why I have to burn this stuff before I die. My posthumous reputation as a sane person of more than moderate intelligence hangs in the balance. But living writers, in order to keep writing, have to forget about posthumous reputations. We have to become, quite literally, like little children.

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