Winter has set in and every evening soup is on in our home! As I went about making cauliflower soup for this evening’s meal, I was was still wondering what I’d write about here today. And then I realized that I love writing as much I love making soup. The creative process process of writing and soup making are quite similar for me. I decided to share with you what writing and soup making have in common for me.
Stirring Up The Imagination
I’m an intuitive cook – I’ve never had any formal training and I just follow my gut when it comes to putting the soup together. I’ve learned to work with the ingredients I’ve got on hand. But in my mind there’s a particular taste I want the soup to have. The basic ingredients stay the same – a vegetable or a meat stock, but I keep varying the other ingredients. Sometimes I’ll add onions and garlic, other times it’s ginger. Sometimes I’ll put in a couple of basil leaves from my garden for flavour. Other times it’s mint, parsley or celery. Sometimes the stock will be lentils. I keep stirring the pot, tasting and adding the flavours till I think it’s just right. I love sharing what I’ve made – my parents are regular recipients of soup from my kitchen and I’ll almost always call and ask them how they liked it. (If you’re interested here’s a link to one of my soup recipes : Bottle Gourd and Corn Soup )
Can you see the ingredients of a blog post in my soup making process?
- An idea of what I want it to turn out like – the outline.
- Following my intuition as to whether I think it might be interesting to others
- Basic ingredients – good language and easy style
- Adding ‘flavour’ – personalizing it to make sure it reflects my thoughts
- Tasting – this involves reading it over and over to see if it is what I want to express and editing it
- Sharing it
- Asking for feedback.
Do you have a similar process for writing?
PS: This post first appeared on Write Tribe.
Linking into Write or Die Wednesdays hosted by Mia of The Chronicles of Chaos and Vashelle of Shelly’s Cabaret a bi-monthly creative writing prompt.
Today’s prompt is : What is your writing process?
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For the first time in my life, I just start making “intuitive” soups last year. I had never made soup before that. But I do the same…kinda throw everything in. Though, I haven’t tried mint or ginger yet. Gotta throw that into the mix next time.
I start with an idea but I don’t have an outline, thought I do have a concept of how I think it will turn out. Then I sit down and start typing laying down thoughts without any editing. It gets really fun when the writing takes a turn I never expected. That’s when I know my creative process is in charge. And those posts have been my most successful. No recipe, just like your delicious soups!
that’s a really good analogy Corinne – even though I don’t make my own soup, I can see the process in my mind’s eye and how that translates to blogging – especially when you always “make it your own”!
I have a similar recipe!
Heart warming post. Love the picture quote a lot..writing must be freshly brewed and stirred:)
This was good. I tend to get an idea I can’t get out of my head so I have to write it down. Then I edit out typos and errors, sometimes delete paragraphs because it either got too long or there were too many points going on with battle each other – then I hit publish.
I guess it is like cooking, I start with the idea and then use a notebook to flesh it out (work out the ingredients) I finish in WordPress (cook it) and then share it or serve it up through my blog!
Ahh, I love this, Corinne! Wonderful analogy. I feel like the creative process can be adapted to suit just about any activity. 🙂 Thanks so much for linking up with us for #WODW. xo
I love this comparison!! I’m not a natural cook, but I can certainly see the similarities! So creative 🙂