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Nike Sulway's avatar

That’s so interesting re: having more of a gardening approach early on in the process—when everything is more fluid/open. And about how you’re increasingly resistant to the working becoming ‘too fixed’. I wonder if writer’s go through life and stages—like caterpillars or silkworms—rather than having a tendency that stays constant throughout our writing lives?

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D. C. Wilkinson's avatar

Hi. I love the notion that writers are gardeners architects. As a writer of fiction I plant and grow my thoughts and ideas in a magical garden filled with dreams and visions every time I write. I am also creating new landscapes with structures that are rich and diverse in their shapes, forms, textures and colors. So we're painters and sculptors, too. And, of course, we're explorers of new worlds populated by all kinds of characters that manifest our feelings and beliefs.

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