A Few Terribly (Un)Important Thoughts On Writing…


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A Few Terribly (Un)Important Thoughts On Writing…

Posted in About My Books, About Writing by Helen Lowe

Jan 23 2014

… my experience of it anyway!

The more I write, novels in particular, the more I feel that books are like rivers: they know their course — and similarly may change it if and as conditions require. The role of the writer, then, is to chart the river’s course, from the headwaters to the sea, an experience that can very often resemble expeditions to discover the source of such mighty rivers as the Nile and Amazon. Yet when you get there, well—that’s certainly a moment.

Comments

Paul Weimer (@princejvstin):

Agreed. The topography of the subject matter influences the river, too.

January 23, 2014 at 11:09
- Helen Lowe:
  
  It does: But I didn’t want to overextend the analogy or the metaphor! 😉
  
  January 23, 2014 at 17:31
Robin Sutton:

Just LOVE the analogy… fantastic.
R

January 23, 2014 at 14:45
- Helen Lowe:
  
  Thanks, Robin.:)
  
  January 23, 2014 at 17:30
Mary Victoria:

Then there are the novel equivalents of Apocalypse Now… 🙂

January 27, 2014 at 23:56
- Helen Lowe:
  
  I couldn’t possibly comment… 😉
  
  January 28, 2014 at 20:43