Joy in the Process

Writing is a process. I’ve heard that mantra since college. I’ve also said it to others a million times or more. Well, nowhere is the truth in that statement more obvious and relevant to me than in the work we do here at Writers of the Round Table. I mean, it’s easy to take the process for granted when working on your own projects; as writers, our own processes can become just sort of integral to the way we do things. When working with other people, though, it is absolutely essential–and absolutely so ultimately rewarding–to be able to step back, and give our tried-and-true processes room to evolve to meet the individual needs at hand. After all, our clients approach us with not just projects, manuscripts, ideas. They approach us with dreams, usually dreams that have been alive and kicking in them for years…dreams that they envision carrying them into the future, shaping their lives, creating legacies.

I’m happy to say that as our clients learn and grow in the process of crafting their project, so do we. Each new project is more than just a project. It’s the birth of team, of a synergy between people all pulling for the life of words and the ways in which those words, in turn, bring life to more ideas. Lives are challenged and changed in the journey that IS creating a book, script, screenplay, biography…you name it. At every stop of the journey, the team is steeped in–and sometimes tossed around by–the ebb and flow of finding and maintaining its stride. And what a joyous process that is!

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