Several Short Sentences About Writing by Verlyn Klinkenborg

Author:Verlyn Klinkenborg [Klinkenborg, Verlyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
ISBN: 978-0-307-95849-5
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 2012-08-06T16:00:00+00:00

But you distrust your memory.

You’re afraid you’ll forget the sentences you’re imagining.

Why would you?

They’re important.

Write them down, just in case.

And then go back to thinking—imagining sentences and their possibilities,

Feeling your way into each new opportunity.

But imagine the sentence in its entirety—and the next one too—before writing anything down.

Sit back from the keyboard or notepad.

Sit back, and continue to think.

That’s where the work gets done.

You may glimpse where the piece might go.

You may even see your way through to the end.

If you do, you’ll feel a fresh anxiety about forgetting,

As if the forest were closing in on the path you see before you can reach

The warm, welcoming cottage where writing is over.

But thought isn’t as fleeting as you think, nor does it come completely unbidden.

If the thought was worth having, you’ll rediscover it or find a better one.

The fear of forgetting and the rush to be done are closely related.

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