On Writing

I really enjoyed and agree with King when he says to use plot as an absolute last resource. Often in my writing I have a pretty good idea of what I want to say and where I want it to go , or so I think, but I often find that it does not go the route I intended. Normally I become frustrated when this happens but King has opened my eyes to the fact that it may be for the best. He states that as a writer, we are not the creator of a story but merely a discoverer and interpreter of that story. I felt that he had just let me in on writings biggest secret. Why hadn't anyone told me this before? Why were people not running through the streets shouting it from the tops of their lungs? I wish they were. I wish I was amongst them! I know I will keep that bit of information with me and as a future Educator I will be sure to pass it along. It'd be selfish of me not to.