Writing

Learning How To Ride An Idea

And when to get off

Image by Bhakti Iyata from Pixabay

For me, writing, or any creative work really, is kind of like riding wild horses. Most of my time is spent standing around, waiting to catch a good idea as it hurtles past. They come pretty regularly, fragments of thoughts, a catchy opener, 50% of something that might turn out to be profound. Sometimes they’ll spin into two or three lines in…