Love this! I completely share this sentiment- writing in this way is like building a conversation slowly over time. I have enjoyed watching your ideas evolve and develop and I recognize this in my own writing too. I set off to write a little blurb about something (say Sears or Radio Shack) and it ends up inspiring many more ideas later as I learn more and readers share ideas too. Well put!
So appreciate this reflection! I’ve been struggling a little with my own writing, stumbling a bit between the figuring-out-the-words-as-we-go concept and the don’t-speak-till-you-fully-know-what-you’re-going-to-say.
As a writing coach at mid-highschool level, I love to encourage this kind of writing process you’re talking about. There’s nothing like the energy and growth of ideas through writer-reader interaction! Yet I haven’t known for sure how acceptable it is to do this in a more public, published way myself. I’ve been following you long enough now to see exactly what you’re talking about in this newsletter. Thanks for this example to confirm what I’ve known in my gut but couldn’t pull out into the light without others’ input :)
Love this! I completely share this sentiment- writing in this way is like building a conversation slowly over time. I have enjoyed watching your ideas evolve and develop and I recognize this in my own writing too. I set off to write a little blurb about something (say Sears or Radio Shack) and it ends up inspiring many more ideas later as I learn more and readers share ideas too. Well put!
So appreciate this reflection! I’ve been struggling a little with my own writing, stumbling a bit between the figuring-out-the-words-as-we-go concept and the don’t-speak-till-you-fully-know-what-you’re-going-to-say.
As a writing coach at mid-highschool level, I love to encourage this kind of writing process you’re talking about. There’s nothing like the energy and growth of ideas through writer-reader interaction! Yet I haven’t known for sure how acceptable it is to do this in a more public, published way myself. I’ve been following you long enough now to see exactly what you’re talking about in this newsletter. Thanks for this example to confirm what I’ve known in my gut but couldn’t pull out into the light without others’ input :)