Jenny Zhang on writing the secret languages inside your head

To initiate this step of creation, it is always good to move into a state of wonder, contemplation, possibility, reflection, or speculation by asking yourself some important questions. Open-ended inquiries are the most provocative approach to producing a fluent stream of consciousness: • What would it be like to … ? • What is a better way to be … ?

I like writing that is unsummarizable, a kernel that cannot be condensed, that must be uttered exactly as it is.