Writers know what so many photographers have yet to discover: you don’t think of an idea, figure it all out, then write it down once you’ve got it all sorted. You write in order to think. The ideas come, not before you write, but as you write. One thing leads to another, which is the nature of creativity; unexpected things happen, and soon you have written things you didn’t know you knew. If we let fear of that uncertainty hold us back, we’ll never begin, and it is in the beginning where the magic is. Beginning is the hard part. It just takes courage.
