Just as there is more than one way to bowl a strike, there is more than one way to write a story. In fact, we ought to seek to write our stories in a unique way. As I was considering the adjustment bowlers need to make to the lane's changing oil patterns, I realized that writers also need to adjust to the current trends and patterns within our chosen genres. If the writer before us writes a novel about magicians, we better come up with a new spellbinding story. That path has been taken, the pattern has shifted, and we must adjust or we will lose our grip and find ourselves going in the opposite direction of our intended target. Our trajectory may follow the original idea or theme, but it must be our own form, rhythm, and speed that makes it to our mark.
More Than One Way to Write a Story
More Than One Way to Write a Story
More Than One Way to Write a Story
Just as there is more than one way to bowl a strike, there is more than one way to write a story. In fact, we ought to seek to write our stories in a unique way. As I was considering the adjustment bowlers need to make to the lane's changing oil patterns, I realized that writers also need to adjust to the current trends and patterns within our chosen genres. If the writer before us writes a novel about magicians, we better come up with a new spellbinding story. That path has been taken, the pattern has shifted, and we must adjust or we will lose our grip and find ourselves going in the opposite direction of our intended target. Our trajectory may follow the original idea or theme, but it must be our own form, rhythm, and speed that makes it to our mark.