By Anne K. Kaler
How can a jigsaw puzzle help you with your writing?
Let’s start with the metaphor of your writing as a boxed jigsaw puzzle.
You already have everything you need to complete the puzzle picture on the box because no puzzle maker would stay in business long if he left out some pieces. Those writing pieces are lodged securely in the storehouse of your brain, just waiting for your agile mind to activate them. So you already have all the pieces within your life experiences.
Just like the jigsaw puzzle box your mind contains all the “pieces” necessary to re-create “the picture on the box.”
But there’s the problem, isn’t it. After you open the box, spill the pieces out on the table, shuffle through them, just where do you start the re-creation process? Continue reading “Jigsaw Puzzles as Writing Strategies”
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