What has it got in its pocketses
A word is not the same with one writer as with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it out of his overcoat pocket. — Charles PeguyThe post What has it got in its pocketses appeared first on Eating Paper.
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I writed a thing!
Only took me, like, eleven fucking hours.
I’m going to bed now. I will try to write another thing tomorrow. Hopefully it won’t be as much like pulling teeth.
OK, words not stupid anymore.
So, that thing what was fighting me all afternoon yesterday. I gave up and went to bed.
And then I proceeded to write 1500+ words. On my phone. Lying in bed with the lights out. Like a dork.
But still. It was pretty fucking awesome. I was marveling at it even as I was doing it.
Now I just have to edit it. XD
Warren Ellis on writer's block
“The trick — and it’s imperfect and can take a while, but — is simply to write something else. Don’t let your hands go cold. Don’t let yourself stop thinking. Shift to something different. I think it was Robert Silverberg who used to do his (type)written correspondence on bad days, and then “trick” himself into writing by slipping manuscript paper into the machine once his fingers were flying…”
Click the title for a link to the rest of the piece
I was about to post this myself, when I saw that Kadrey had beaten me to it.
Nobody becomes a writer overnight. Well, I’m sure somebody did, but that person’s head probably went all asplodey from paroxysms of joy, fear, paranoia, guilt and uncertainty. Celebrities can be born overnight. Writer’s can’t. Writers are made — forged, really, in a kiln of their own madness and insecurities — over the course of many, many moons. The writer you are when you begin is not the same writer you become.
Chuck Wendig (via planb-becomeapirate)
(Source: writingquotes)
Things learned from being a writer
- Everything starts off horrible. It needs to if it’s going to be truly great.
- Free time can manifest itself in the oddest of places.
- Don’t talk about your horror ideas when there are a lot of people around. Also, nobody appreciates hearing your horror stories during meals.
- Everything can be inspirational if you stare at it long enough.
- There are a lot more writers out there than you think! ^_^
- There are a lot more people who haven’t read a book outside of high school out there than you think. :(
- Support is good; accurate criticism is better.
- I have a great joke about how writers procrastinate. I’ll tell it to you tomorrow.
- It’s hard to tie up loose ends nicely.
- Your favorite author has flaws you never noticed before.
- Your work will never be perfect.
- People with different approaches to writing than you can still produce great things.
- There is no such thing as too many books.
- Bad ideas are rare; bad prose is common.
- The more you write, the more you’ll want to write.
- A good story is pretty much the best thing ever.
ugh
Today I feel like writing.
Which would be way more awesomer if I actually had ANY FUCKING CLUE WHAT I’M GOING TO DO WITH JOHN WATSON.
Because I still don’t quite know what’s going on.
Just… Baskerville.
And a hound.
And Sherlock.
And possibly a bunny. I dunno. What’s with the bunnies, anyway?
Someone fill in the blanks for me, eh?
argh. grr.
It could be bunnies.
See where it goes! ;)
Can you tell I’ve been watching way too much Buffy lately?
Can there BE too much Buffy? Srsly? ;D
Well, not as such, no. But I’ve got to season 6 and I’m already rolling my eyes pretty hard.
And I’ve been watching it A LOT.
