The Importance of Metaphor in Writing

I think that if you're not capable, it's a good idea to be not interested. I mean, that's what Susan Sontag was talking about in Against Interpretation,. She would have come to your defence, I think. Would she? Yes. Thank you so much. You've said so many incredibly interesting things this evening and I'm on the page. So thank you for sharing all of that with everyone in the room. My question is really to do with something that you were saying about how you come to the work with a metaphor, with an idea and how something else emerges through process. Is that something you're seeking to engage with the possibility that you might lose your