On Curiosity: Surrendering our idea of the story to let the larger story emerge (on the page and in life)

Lit Salon on the power of "What If?" and the glory of letting ourselves not know, plus three valuable exercises for increasing our writerly curiosity over time

“Our job as writers is to be curious as a child, to see things for the first time and to never assume. We must always be willing to surrender our idea of the story to allow the larger story to emerge.” — Alan Watt

I love this quote from Alan Watt (and yes, it is Alan Watt, author of The 90-Day Novel, not Alan Watts, the British and American writer, speak…