Intervals of reckless welcoming of ideas must be balanced by a more critical approach that turns ideas away, keeping only a few. This alternating between seemingly irreconcilable forces can feel like waging war against your very self. How are we meant to navigate this peacefully and complete works that benefit from both ways of looking at things?
Tag: narrative
The Shape of Story
For a long time, I mistook nitpicking over individual words and sentences for substantive editing of my own work. But the task of managing the whole is an entirely different undertaking and the wide view can be overwhelming. There is so much to consider and the great stretches of seeming to be doing nothing can feel discouraging.
Debbie Bateman 