Taking You to the Coast, Part Five

November 10, 2010

Part five of a seven-day meditation, today's installment including a sea beast and some transmutation . . .

Today, I want to share with you what happened when I approached the free write I posted yesterday in a new way.  For me, it felt magical, and I recommend you try it with a piece of your own writing.

Basically it involves rereading what you've written, looking for what's juicy, taking those lines or words, and making something else.  I love this approach because rather than trying to take the weak parts and "fix" them, this exercise is about taking what's already singing and making it into a rock opera that Freddie Mercury would endorse (okay, that's my idea of a pinnacle; feel free to insert your own pinnacle here).