I’m an Explorer, not an Engineer

“I am not an engineer, but an explorer. I discovered Earthsea.” – Ursula K. Le Guin

“Stories are found things, like fossils in the ground… Stories are relics, part of an undiscovered, pre-existing world.” – Stephen King

I wish I could write an outline and stick to it. I wish writing one didn’t kill the story for me. My process would be much smoother.

Instead, I have to go digging, searching, exploring, and discover the story somewhere in the unknown parts of my subconscious. The beauty, though, the joy I get from writing, is in that exploration. When the right words, the right worlds, emerge through my fingertips, it feels like magic.