"The most efficient writers learn not to give up too soon in searching their memories, in forming associations between memories and new ideas, and in forcing novel arrangements of ideas" (49).
I love how patience seems to be a recurring theme with Boice. I'm noticing that I'm getting better at being patient. I remember when I was outlining my story in my first BDS, a lot of little fears and anxieties crept up on me - what if the story wasn't right, what it was too short, what if I couldn't convey it properly, etc - I had to command myself to just be patient and try it out.
So whoever said "patience is a virtue," they really knew what they were talking about!
Other things that Boice brought up that I'd like to try out was his steps on page 45 for building imagination. For this story that I'm working on, I don't think I'll need to do this since I'm pulling from a life experience and just telling that story for my own personal benefit. However, as I'm rekindling myself with the pleasure of writing, it will be good to practice these steps of filing ideas, collecting, organizing, etc. That way when I write again, my imagination bank has plenty of things to choose from.
I have also been really anxious about writing my memoir. I have written one before but I didn't like how it turned out at all so I was nervous to start this one. I brainstormed some topics and when I found one that I thought I wanted to do I was still aprehensive to start writing it because I was kind of afraid of how it would turn out. Yesterday during our in-class BDS I started writing it and I am actually really excited about how it's going to turn out! I think being patient and waiting until I was ready to start it really helped me get some good words on paper.
ReplyDeleteThat's fantastic! Congrats! Sometimes I think it's funny how we get ourselves so worked up over nothing.
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