Chapter VII: Be Careless, Reckless! Be a Lion! be a Pirate! When you Write

Posted on 2008-Jan-3 at 12:29 - Post Comment

"Now I WANT to tell some things I've learned about writing from my class.

 Though everybody is talented and original, often it does not break through for a long time. People are too scared, too self-conscious, too proud, too shy. They have been taught too many things about construction plot, unity, mass and coherence. ...They have been taught that writing is something special and not just talking on paper.

I found that many gifted people are so afraid of writing a poor story that they cannot summon the nerve to write a single sentence for months. I helped them by trying to make them feel freer and bolder.

Let her go! Be careless, reckless! Be a lion, be a pirate!"