"A writer falls in love with an idea and gets carried away. A critic looks at the finished product and ignores the rush of a river that went into the writing, which has nothing to do with the kind of temperate thoughts you have about it. If you can imagine the sheer bloody pleasure of… Continue reading Doris Lessing
Tag: growing up
Nobody ever tells you how it should go…
A paragraph dictated directly from the chaos of my own thoughts: Regret, this is an aspect of art. Something that makes you human. The act of Burning Bridges is (a) sadly absurd but important sword to wield this day and age, and I'm sorry, but it's true: With their pop psychology and passe' metaphysics, burn the posers… Continue reading Nobody ever tells you how it should go…
Documentation
Just trying to live. Learning how to do everything again and again, and again. Seriously, people don't get how much that I quote on quote, "work". For me I would love to just write and write and never finish anything. Like right now, to the left of my desk is my typewriter, and on the sheet of… Continue reading Documentation
Jonathan Franzen on Midwestern Values
Random Rules, For Writing, 1
Basic rules for writing # 1(always for the subject) Sitting around waiting for a classical and inspirational disc to burn. Wasting moments looking out there, into space. Once a day I will share some rules for becoming a writer, a man, a citizen, a human, and I've grown on this path alone; being human is… Continue reading Random Rules, For Writing, 1
Adventures In American Writing 