My Method of Story Development


MichaelD

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Given the number of people who have lamented the size of their hoppers, I rather think that the important thing is not how you start a story but how you *finish* it. Oftentimes I find that nothing works except forcing myself to sit down at the screen and peck away until something coherent emerges. Sometimes I get independent inspiration, but many times inspiration only arrives after I've spent a while writing aimlessly.

I don't know what the correct ratio is of inspiration to perspiration, but I've always believed that the latter is a lot more important.

Michael