Photo by Sylvia Duckworth (cc)
A spiders web begins with a frame. It works, creating the structure as it goes along, but it knows what will strengthen it is the detail.
It travels round and round. Spinning it's thread into the image it needs, but knowing the truth can't be seen until the end.
But it still works. detail after detail. If it falters, it doesn't give up. It rests and returns to work.
We spin our story in the knowledge that it could fall apart at any moment, but we work. We push on with the fine thread of our plot, layering it with the detail we need. Until the day we step back and (hopefully) reveal something beautiful.
The structure holds it together, but it's all in the details that catch the reader in our story webs.
9 comments:
What a beautiful analogy! I'm going to remember this forever!
Jessica @ The Alliterative Allomporph
Exactly! Love this analogy, and I love adding in details, too.
Love this post. Perfect analogy!
This is a lovely analogy! Spider's webs are beautiful creations. When the weather gets warmer, a big spider (well, big to me, lol) spins a web outside my bathroom window. It's fascinating watching her work!
what an awesome analogy, thats so beautiful.
Lovely post! And one I needed to read right before hitting the keyboard for the day. Thanks.
Ooh, pretty analogy! This is exactly what I'm struggling with right now in my revisions. Adding the right amount of detail in the right way. It really is an art as delicate as web-weaving. :)
Great analogy!
Perfect. With description and details our story is dead in the water. I love this.
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