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 Some writers are convinced there is a magic bean. There is at least
one bean hopeful at every writing club meeting. (Look next time, you'll
find them.) At the meeting the chairs are often pulled into a semblance
of a circle and the membership waits. The speaker is there too, usually
sitting in the cushiest chair, waiting for everyone to settle so she or
he can tell all about her or his latest book. (They are there to market
their book, not to impart the secrets of the universe. You did know that
didn't you?) But the reason some are waiting has nothing to do with the
book this particular author spent months or even years writing and rewriting,
submitting, resubmitting, dealing with rejection and every other bad (and
a few good) details of seeing a book to publication. No, the bean hopeful
are convinced that, at last, this author will be handing out the one necessary
magic bean, and that if planted, maybe on the night of a blue waxing moon,
this magic bean will produce writing success. That the magic bean the
author has brought will soon grow a great and giant beanstalk that any
writer might scale and breaking through the clouds at the top all the
secrets will be revealed.
I have considered once or twice the marketing idea of encasing pretty
little bean seeds trussed up in some biodegradable paper like a Brach's
candy with these instructions…
Magic Beans ~ Instructions
1. Day 1, fill a pot with potting soil, and place three Magic Bean seeds
½ inch deep in soil.
2. Write for one hour.
3. Lightly water pot containing Magic Beans and place it in a sunny window.
4. Write for another hour.
5. Day 2, lightly water pot containing Magic Beans, turn pot ¼
turn.
6. Write for one hour and spend at least one half hour reviewing what
you have written to this point. Make any necessary changes to your writing.
7. Turn pot another quarter turn.
8. Repeat Steps 5 thru 7 every day for at least three months.
9. Send completed work to an editor for review.
10. Feed fertilizer to bean plant.
11. Make revisions to work according to your editor's suggestions.
12. Pick beans off plant.
13. Send your writing creation(s) to the most appropriate market(s) and
eat all your new Magic Beans but three.
14. Begin again with Step 1 and your three new Magic Beans.
| The sellers of the Magic Beans make no guarantee
that your writing will ever be
published, but if you write every day the sellers
of the Magic Beans guarantee you are a writer. |
If you would like to drop a line to Laura to say, "Wow, you are
an incredible writer!" or "What the heck are you thinking? This
is horrible!" either way works email -
freshink@wwdb.cc
Laura can be found on the web also, address below.
http://www.angelfire.com/amiga/iecwc/index.html
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