The Gate

Dear Writers,

Tell  a story of a time when you walked through a gate. Maybe the gate is real. Maybe it is metaphorical. Either way, can you describe it so vividly that we cannot help but recognize it for the gate that it is? In a way that makes the here and the there--that is, the two sides of the gate--unmistakable? Can you describe the gate in such a way that we actually feel your movement from before to after? This kind of deliberate, hyperconscious intention and awareness around movement and change is a superpower in your writing on both the micro and macro levels. Why not play with it for a while, making lists of "gate" moments? Remember that these moments need not be monumental shifts (although some certainly might be). They can be quiet moments, too. List and develop as many as you can, just a way of practicing change on the page. If any of them pop, well, then, you're off to the races! Develop that one (or two or three or ...) until you start to intuit what it's really about, o…