LINKFEST/LINKTOPIA/LINKAPALOOZA + Sit & Write #115
Greetings, friends!
Last week's Sit & Write concluded with a rousing discussion about scaffolding. No, not the the kind permanently attached to half of NYC, but rather, the diagrams, maps, outlines, and other components of creative writing that, with rare exception, never see the light of day. For me, it was a helpful reminder that this behind the scenes work isn't (exclusively) a procrastination method, but rather an integral part of three-dimensional storytelling. How else can one remember where the frying pans are stored in a fictional kitchen, or what the main character's partner's roommate is deathly allergic to? Most of this stuff will live and die in a filing cabinet, unseen in the final product, but some will work its way into the plot in a manner that suggests an all-knowing author cleverly triggering the Rube Goldberg machine that is cohesive fiction.
Jessica Treadway made a guest appearance at my fiction class last night and confessed that many of the seemingly serendipitous …