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Tag: scene study

December 3, 2023Xochitl Bentley

Scene Study for Idea Development

Honoring the in-between–those stretches of time between reading a story and writing about it–requires respect for how idea inspiration may arise.  Conditions that advance the writing life involve elements that nurture the “seeds”: nurture prewriting time. Soil: space and time rituals for turning over the memory fossils in the ground.   Air: room to let the […]

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