Sunday, October 25, 2009

Words for the wise writer

"Close your eyes and think deeply. Then when you think deeply you can make up a story. Sometimes this even happens when your eyes are open."

--Neal Woodward

A wise, wise story writer, Neal is. He envisions his wildest most unique stories with his eyes shut and can make up some equally great ones with the eyes open. He told me this in the car today, I thought I needed to get to a pencil and paper right away before I forgot. Then I remembered my blog. My poor neglected blog. I want to write here and don't. I need to remember this is my writing tool, just like my journal.

I'll be back. After I shut my eyes. After I think deeply. I'll write.