Boredom is just “What’s the use?” in disguise. And “What’s the use?” is fear, andfear means you are secretly in despair. So put your fears on the page.
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Boredom, that yearning for stimulation and distraction, for something to pass the time, is simply how we experience any pause in the program of control that seeks to deny pain.
She thought about that for a moment. “But it’s so boring,” she said. “Yes, that’s true,” I said. “Boredom is not just boring. It can also be terrifying. It forces us to come face-to-face with bigger questions of meaning and purpose. But boredom is also an opportunity for discovery and invention. It creates the space necessary for a new thought to
... See morewhere you feel stuck in your writing, you’re not really stuck in your writing. You’re stuck in your life. When you don’t know what words to put on the page, it is almost always because you don’t know what to do in your life. When you aren’t sure what words to use, it’s almost always because there is something you want to say or do that you feel you
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