There's a quote that's been attributed to various people including Ernest Hemingway and Red Smith. I've seen a couple of versions of it, but my favorite is: Writing is easy; you just sit down at the typewriter until beads of blood form on your forehead."
Because writing is one of the things that distinguishes us from our barbarian ancestors, mastering it is truly something to be proud of. Writing well is taking a primitive impulse to blather and making it into something truly special. The Internet has given us many opportunities to put our thoughts out for anyone to access, which is a very mixed affair. If our thoughts are rubbish, everybody with a computer can instantly find that out, and we may be subject to a barrage of derision that can reduce our egos to dribbling mucus. Congratulations to anyone brave enough to put their words out into the arena, and especially those who can tell a good tale, or make us think in a different way.
Surrounded by writers I have no idea how you do it. Looking at a blank page and knowing I have to write something intelligent and meaningful makes me hyperventilate. Just gotta put my head between my knees now...
Your writing IS incredible, transformative and groundbreaking and commas are overrated! Please continue to write, even tho it may sometimes wrestle you to the ground and attempt to pin back your shoulders
There's a quote that's been attributed to various people including Ernest Hemingway and Red Smith. I've seen a couple of versions of it, but my favorite is: Writing is easy; you just sit down at the typewriter until beads of blood form on your forehead."
Couldn't agree more. And the line about "the inverse of that moment between when you stub your toe and the moment it starts to hurt" is perfect.
Because writing is one of the things that distinguishes us from our barbarian ancestors, mastering it is truly something to be proud of. Writing well is taking a primitive impulse to blather and making it into something truly special. The Internet has given us many opportunities to put our thoughts out for anyone to access, which is a very mixed affair. If our thoughts are rubbish, everybody with a computer can instantly find that out, and we may be subject to a barrage of derision that can reduce our egos to dribbling mucus. Congratulations to anyone brave enough to put their words out into the arena, and especially those who can tell a good tale, or make us think in a different way.
Surrounded by writers I have no idea how you do it. Looking at a blank page and knowing I have to write something intelligent and meaningful makes me hyperventilate. Just gotta put my head between my knees now...
You took the words right out of my mouth. MY dumb brain feels the same way!!!
Your writing IS incredible, transformative and groundbreaking and commas are overrated! Please continue to write, even tho it may sometimes wrestle you to the ground and attempt to pin back your shoulders