Writing is the activity I most enjoy doing (I don’t have a girlfriend at present), and yet, though I enthusiastically await every opportunity to write, hoping to create literary compositions, when I am faced with the blank paper I procrastinate. I do a thousand menial tasks to ‘prepare myself for writing.’ And by the time … Continue reading Fear of Writing
Or do you write and rewrite and edit all the time and strive to uncover the ideas hidden on the page? The first approach seems easy, but is good writing really effortless? It depends on what you have to write. If it’s a poem, short story, or blog post, it’s easier to wait for inspiration. … Continue reading Do You Wait For Inspiration Before You Start Writing?
Millie auctioned off her youthful diaries. 'They are silly things which concern me no more. I've grown up.' A week later, the buyer, a millionaire with a hat, sent her the payment, $568,000. Millie purchased drawing paper, pencils, Mars bars, and a blank diary. Millie began writing a new diary. * (Millie happens to be … Continue reading 50-Word Tales #131 (Concerning Millie)
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