Jane Watson
asked
Alexander M. Zoltai:
Do you have any rituals associated with writing - i.e. to help you write?
Alexander M. Zoltai
Fascinating question, Jane...
The one overriding "ritual" I've developed is to fall into the "Space" where my writing comes from...
Doesn't sound very specific, I know, but it's a very clear and distinct part of myself...
I know it was developed by my willingness, for many years, to "talk" to people (characters, you might say, but not often those for a story...) in my mind---talk while letting my mind create environments, even adventures with these various folk...
So, even if I don't create any specific "place" in my mind before I write, I've nurtured the "meta-space" where all those inner escapades happened---where I write "From"...
The one overriding "ritual" I've developed is to fall into the "Space" where my writing comes from...
Doesn't sound very specific, I know, but it's a very clear and distinct part of myself...
I know it was developed by my willingness, for many years, to "talk" to people (characters, you might say, but not often those for a story...) in my mind---talk while letting my mind create environments, even adventures with these various folk...
So, even if I don't create any specific "place" in my mind before I write, I've nurtured the "meta-space" where all those inner escapades happened---where I write "From"...
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