Driving
along a snow-packed road – with crosswind buffeting the car with an urgency
that indicates it doesn’t like the idea that you’re filling up part of the
space through which it hopes to pass – has a way of “heightening” the driver's senses.
I
always start such trips with the feeling that this time the snow, ice and wind are
not going to be an issue; that I’ve learned from my past and know what I have
to do. But Mother Nature always has a
new twist or a few new tricks to make sure that the experience is not a repeat,
but instead a new “opportunity."
So
even if you’ve made the trip many times before, it always ends up as a
whole new adventure.
Writing
often is that way, too, especially when you’re using time-tested techniques or
concepts. You start out thinking you’ve
been along this path, and this will be an easy opportunity to fill up space
en route to your new story’s destination.
But, lo and behold, a new pathway emerges and you find yourself drawn in
that direction – “just to have a peek.”
And the
journey, while sometimes a bit harrowing, is always worthy of the effort. Once you
arrive, you’re glad you made the trip. Happy writing.
Reaching
the destination sometimes
involves an “interesting” journey
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