". . . talent is a dreadfully cheap commodity, cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work and study; a constant process of honing.
Talent is a dull knife that will cut nothing unless it is wielded with great force – a force so great that the knife is not really cutting at all but bludgeoning and breaking. Discipline and constant work are the whetstones upon which the dull knife of talent is honed until it becomes sharp enough, hopefully, to cut through even the toughest meat and gristle." - Stephen King from DANSE MACABRE
Talent is a dull knife that will cut nothing unless it is wielded with great force – a force so great that the knife is not really cutting at all but bludgeoning and breaking. Discipline and constant work are the whetstones upon which the dull knife of talent is honed until it becomes sharp enough, hopefully, to cut through even the toughest meat and gristle." - Stephen King from DANSE MACABRE
Consider the talent you bring to your life. When did you first discover a way with words? Did it involve curiosity, a love of words that collided, meshed, and made their appearance into sentences, paragraphs, and stories?
Did you watch people and tell their stories? In what ways did you pursue ideas with all your senses? What pushed you in a variety of creative directions?
Who recognized your propensity for writing and showed you ways to study other writers?
With your mentor’s assistance how did you work at writing . . . really push past frustrations and dead ends to gather the words that shouted your ideas?
Develop a metaphor that defines your writing process.
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