D.I.Y. Writing Workshop tip #3
If you’re serious about writing, start looking at the world through this frame: Everything is material.
Your train is ten minutes late—why? That’s material. Your boss yells at you for a missed deadline while you are hypnotized by a stain on his awful tie that looks like lipstick—whose? That’s material. The guard lets everyone in the mall without looking, but inspects every inch of your bag—Is it your outfit? That’s material. Suddenly, everything is interesting. The most random, mundane things are charged with potential.
If everything just looks the same to you, forget it.
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