Pg 43- 47
"Imagination. like motivation, comes by way of regular involvement in activities that we may not ordinarily associate with writing. The most important work in writing occurs before we write." (Boice 43)
This immediately caught my eye (not only because it was at the beginning) but because I find myself trying to find new ways to get my imagination flowing before I begin to write poetry and even while trying to think critically about literature that is presented to me in classes.
Boice's ingredients for imagination of "patience, comfort and involvement" seem to be pretty spot on because I know the best work I get out of my imagintion tends to happen when I'm simply relaxing and not even thinking about my writing. I tend to be laying in bed or outside and all of a sudden my imagination will start flying and I will end up running to a notebook or computer.
I like that Boice addresses certain reservations that the reader may have about Mills' steps to furthering and finding the imagination. Although, I am in full agreement that it will take those five steps to help further your thought process as a writer I definitely can see where it is possible that a lot of people may feel that it would not work for them.
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