Putting a rotisserie together

'What's really annoying about instructions of this sort is that they imply that there's only one way to put this rotisserie together - their way. And that presumption wipes out all creativity. Actually there are hundreds of ways to put the rotisserie together and, when they make you follow just one way, without showing you the overall problem, the instructions become hard to follow in such a way as not to make mistakes. You lose feeling for the work. And not only that, it's very unlikely that they've told you the best way.' This quote comes from Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig. I think that it's an important quote for writers. The key words are 'feeling for the work.' That's what every writer needs to have. We've all got our own way of writing and our own approach to our work. It's the process which is important not the product. Don't let anyone else tell you how to put your rotisserie together.