A writer is always searching for an organic tale that is complete in itself, compels the writer to spin it as finely as they can, and which, on completion, requires nothing more to be said. The organic tale's narrative grasps the writers imagination and will not release it until the tale has been written.
The best organic tale is a narrative in which neither character, setting, nor plot can be altered without destroying the story. It is a tale of change that progresses from a state of disequilibrium that suggest possibilities that evolve through elimination into probabilities that eventually yields a resolution revealing how the protagonist or situation has changed. Throughout, the reader (and admittedly, the writer) is ever eager at every stage to discover what happens next.
While the fervor of writing the organic tale is often high at the outset this feeling diminishes as the writing progresses and the possibilities offered dwindle into mere probabilities as choices narrow. Only when the resolution finally comes into sight does the writer's enthusiasm return. It is the dreaded middle is where most writers falter, stumble, change their mind, or quit, sometimes for a brief while and worst, forever. The middle is where doubt creeps in with its tiny claws, or imagination fails, or hours of staring at a demanding screen frustrates any attempt to lay down sentences that make sense. Only the strongest or most stubborn continues to the bitter end. But mere persistence does not guarantee success. More often than not persistence simply perpetuates a failed concept beyond the writers ability to handle.
But when the proper narrative presents itself a writer must apply their mind to the task. The writer may fail on the initial attempt simply because they lack the experience or skill at that time. Later, after gaining more of each they may return to recast it with a better narrative.
Such is the dream when one starts any narrative.
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The best organic tale is a narrative in which neither character, setting, nor plot can be altered without destroying the story. It is a tale of change that progresses from a state of disequilibrium that suggest possibilities that evolve through elimination into probabilities that eventually yields a resolution revealing how the protagonist or situation has changed. Throughout, the reader (and admittedly, the writer) is ever eager at every stage to discover what happens next.
While the fervor of writing the organic tale is often high at the outset this feeling diminishes as the writing progresses and the possibilities offered dwindle into mere probabilities as choices narrow. Only when the resolution finally comes into sight does the writer's enthusiasm return. It is the dreaded middle is where most writers falter, stumble, change their mind, or quit, sometimes for a brief while and worst, forever. The middle is where doubt creeps in with its tiny claws, or imagination fails, or hours of staring at a demanding screen frustrates any attempt to lay down sentences that make sense. Only the strongest or most stubborn continues to the bitter end. But mere persistence does not guarantee success. More often than not persistence simply perpetuates a failed concept beyond the writers ability to handle.
But when the proper narrative presents itself a writer must apply their mind to the task. The writer may fail on the initial attempt simply because they lack the experience or skill at that time. Later, after gaining more of each they may return to recast it with a better narrative.
Such is the dream when one starts any narrative.
#SFWApro
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