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This Analogy Will Help You Deal With Uncertainty
A lesson from writing a book.
When a person sets out to write a book, he usually has an idea of what he wants the book to be and read like.
Some writers may even design and print out a cover for the yet-to-be-written book to motivate them through the writing process.
However, he can never say how the sentences will connect or the exact words he will be using or predict the twists and turns that will emerge as the story develops.
He may start out wanting to write a story about a young, sickly boy that grew under his grandmother's care, but in the course of writing finds himself telling the love story of an older woman and a lonely preacher. Juicy.
Writers would always marvel at how their book turned out.
Perhaps better than they had thought it would be. Or not exactly what they had in mind when they began, but not bad after all. People would often step away from what they’ve written and said, “Wow! I wrote this?”
Every book assumes a life of its own.
In writing a book, one may come across new information or imagine new connections and possibilities that would significantly alter the direction of the book.
