My stories are kindled by these sparks, these catalysts.”įor Robert Garner McBrearty, author of three story collections and a novella, memories tend to be rather “fragmentary” – striking at times but mere starting points for stories, not complete storylines. See the spark that leaps between the battery and the jumper cables with a flicker and a zap? That’s the catalyst that gets me onto the page. “Now, grab a pair of jumper cables, open the hood, and clamp the metal jaws of those cables to the battery terminal. “When it comes to writing prompts, think of a dead, frozen car battery in the middle of winter: that’s my brain, lying inert between stories,” says David Abrams, author of Fobbit.
And, if you’re not depending entirely on discovery in at least some of your work, catalysts can be quite beneficial. Wherever you stand on this issue, at least we can all probably agree these “sparks,” or catalysts, buried in your subconscious and surfacing while writing are good. Amanda Skenandore, author of Between Earth and Sky, states: “I’m not a ‘discovery writer,’ but I imagine all writers begin with something – an idea they’re itching to explore, the silhouette of a character they’re eager to flesh out, a nagging question they’re desperate to answer.”
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