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In the world of cooking a chef "seizes" the meat before putting in the oven. What this means is that a chef takes a pork chop or piece of beef, sautes it in a pan on top of the oven on each side, thus keeping the juices inside. He then puts it in the oven where the actual cooking takes place.
He could bypass the seizing process and just bake the meet in the oven, but it not only will taste moister and juicier it also speeds up the process.
I think writers need to "seize" their idea. You get the story in your head, then either mentally or by running to your computer, you plot it out as far as you can, then you start writing.
By "seizing" your idea immediately you preserve the creative juices, as opposed to doing nothing and letting the idea slip away.
There are ideas and there are IDEAS. When you get an IDEA you have to run with it before it goes away...and it will unless you start to nurture it immediately.
Ordinary ideas drift in and out and become instantly forgettable. With some of the ideas you come up with you can't even believe you allowed your brain to spend more than ten seconds on it. Some ideas sound good at first, but the more you think about it the more stupid or derivative they become.
But, if you're lucky, you get the IDEA, seize it. Contain it. Then get to work. |
