Craft Wednesday #16 Sitting in Corners

This blog needed a place for talking about writing. "Craft Wednesday" will be me talking about all things writing: how to write, why to write, and my own craft journey. I hope to learn and to share experiences with you.  

Sitting in Corners

     I like finding a nice corner and sitting  cross-legged on the floor. At those times I feel that the world has an anchor in time and place and that I am planted in it; I can see things "better", without distractions from the sides, up, or down. All there is is up.

     Writing a story is kind of like having a quirk of sitting in a corner. Initially, an author enters the room of the story. When they choose where they will sit, an author chooses a perspective from which to tell the story . Sometimes there is not much choice, but a necessity to sit in the only vacant place. 

     Then the author looks up in the room and watches the others, who are the characters of the story. Actions are noted, reactions are followed. Time and energy is not wasted by trying to look down because the author feels the floor beneath them. Understanding of what is happening rests on the intuition of supporting and previous action.

     The author does not speak, but lets others in the room speak to them. They might ask a polite question now and then, but other than that an author sits, watches, and documents until closing time for the room arrives.