The object in life is to find that undertaking, that occupation with which you have infinite patience. - John Ruskin
When you think about writing projects, which approaches have you discovered work the best when confronted with setbacks and frustrations? Do you wait with patience and drive the words with persistence? Or, do you relent and turn the ideas into fodder for use elsewhere?
Do you notice that the writing returns to you in a different form when left alone? Each piece of writing has its time to bloom.
What writing have you abandoned you might return to today? View the writing in a fresh light. Push away judgments. Let yourself play.
Find a story, essay or poem hiding in a file or molding in a drawer. Search your computer files for one also. Look for the most deserving culprit; one that has defied you for too long.
Print one of its pages or shuffle hard copy and choose a page. Read through the page and begin a new train of thought. Circle the sentences or words that appeal. Do a freewrite and see where it travels.
Discover a fresh metaphor or add sensory imagery like sound and taste.
Explore the sentences from upside down. Transmogrify. Translate into them into another language. Throw the words in the air and laugh when they land in a heap. Tease them out for rejuvenation.
Share your insights with us. What results did you achieve?
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