Write on, Wednesday: Imagine a Better Writer
By Leslie Lindsay (image retrieved from http://katacomb.blogspot.com/2012/05/revising-book-2.html on 7.25.12) Last week on “The Teacher is Talking” (Tuesday), I shared with you the wonderful new book Imagine: How Creativity Works (Jonah Lehrer, 2012). Well, if you read this book like a writer, you may actually gain a few insights into your own creativity. At least I did–specifically as I work through the tedious task of editing and revising my novel-in-progress. And here’s why, as explained by the author: You need to become an outsider. Imagine: How Creativity Works by Jonah Lehrer (Mar 19, 2012) (image retrieved from Amazon.com on 7.25.12) But I wrote this! This is part of me!” you claim. And if you remember the good Tennessee Williams, “if the writing is good, you cannot seperate it from the author.” Yeah, I feel your pain. Trust me, I do. When one goes back to edit/revise he really needs to know nothing. This is the whole idea of reading the work as though you know nothing about it. This is what your agent/editor will do. They …