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Move Me – Father

by Teri

book.jpgSo did you write a list about your dad – or a dad-like person in your life? A paragraph? Or did you free write about fatherhood? Remember – at this point in the writing process, just getting ideas down is what counts. I like to think of this as the Jackson Pollock part of the writing process – just splatter it all over the place and when you finally stop, step back and look, you may just see the makings of a masterpiece. But you have to start. There will be time to clean up later.

So take your list, your paragraph, or your free writing and start isolating the ideas that could be developed into something bigger, something greater than the original blob of paint you flung at the canvas. I made a list about my Dad, and when I’m done refining the list, I should have about seven or eight different scenes or starts to short stories that I can further develop into something I can be proud of.

So – how did your writing go?

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Posted in General, Move Me on June 12th, 2007

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One Response to “Move Me – Father”

  1. meleah rebeccah Says:
    June 12th, 2007 at 10:58 pm

    I am new-ish here, and I just found THIS blog TODAY…

    Excellent. Post. That is my problem, sometimes I forget there will be CLEAN UP time later. to just write …anything.

    I like the list approach. Hmm.. I think I will try to write a DAD list and see what develops.

    (perfect for fathers day this sunday, maybe a personalized letter / card / story….)

    THANKS!

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