For a nerdy geek writer like me, conjuring complexities is "second nature", easy, but of course the ideal is not maximal complexity, it's optimal complexity. I once wrote a book about writing and editing a novel. I had to address "the most persistent and agonized query" of the serious creative writer.:
"If the novelist can manage to discern the master-effect he wants his book to have, it can be an immense aid in answering the most persistent and agonized query of the would be serious novelist, which isn't b Where do I get ideas?b or b How do I get published?b It's this basic: b How do 1 judge what to put in and what to keep out?b "One tactic for clarifying and strengthening the mind's grip on the master-effect is to try to put it into words, try to articulate the persistent overall objective in writing the book. These words probably won't express the objective perfectly, but they can still serve the purpose of keeping the writer on course. ". . . If this b mission statementb is optimally phrased, it can serve constantly as a compass, tuning fork, stimulant, and sentinel."
