John Baker’s Blog

What phases are involved in the creation of a text?

I came back from vacation earlier this month, and the forest across the street from my grocery store had been chopped down to make way for a shopping center. It fascinated me, how completely that changed the look and feel of a street that I use [...]

What are the phases involved in the creating of a text?
* Phases of Creation
* Let the poem guide its creation.
* I wonder if the Biblical God had a master plan, or when he saw he’d created birds did he only then think of fish; when created earth only at the instance of that wonderful sight [...]

What phases are involved in the creation of a text?

I have been thinking about your question. I think my first creative phase comes visually - I can see a picture very clearly and then normally an idea or a theme will come, either in discussion with a real person or from the page which brings [...]

What phases are involved in the creation of a text?
When I started writing (short stories) I used to carry a notebook around and make endless notes: ideas for current works in progress; ideas for new stories; overheard conversations. I still carry a notebook but rarely make notes. They tend now to be from books [...]