Part of what I am doing during my “sabbatical”–(what a lovely word for break from one thing to concentrate on another) is research, reading, and catching up on my other responsibilities. In my research or eternal quest for knowledge and inspiration, I came across this passage in the book, “Several short sentences about writing” by Verlyn Klinkenborg. On page 14 he wrote:
“A writer’s real work is the endless winnowing of sentences,
The relentless exploration of possibilities,
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The effort, over and over again, to see in what you started out to say
The possibility of saying something you didn’t know you could.”
So many times when I write I find myself coming to a realization that I had not consciously come to until the words worked their way from my brain to my fingers to the page. Do you ever find that by winnowing your sentences, getting rid of the parts that do not serve your writing, you naturally come upon something new?
Bliss is in the magic of discovery. What do you think?
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