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the art of writing
Because right now there is someone
Out there with
a wound in the exact shape
of your words.
Out there with
a wound in the exact shape
of your words.
Sean Thomas Dougherty • “Why Bother” by Sean Thomas Dougherty
why bother to write?
‘We all have a story to tell – the denial of that story can cause despair.’ I credit this to Arnold Zable but I think it comes from Jungian psychology . We are nothing but the sum of our stories. The more I write and perform, the more clarity it gives me on my personal history and understanding of human nature. Writing releases so many emotions and
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Putting aside the need to earn a living, I think there are four great motives for writing, at any rate for writing prose. They exist in different degrees in every writer, and in any one writer the proportions will vary from time to time, according to the atmosphere in which he is living. They are:
(i) Sheer egoism. Desire to seem clever, to be... See more
(i) Sheer egoism. Desire to seem clever, to be... See more
Animal Farm • Why I Write | the Orwell Foundation
i can’t believe this is the first time i read this.
It is the stuff about you that is odd that is interesting. So, don’t think to much about how you are supposed to do it, or what the genre convetions are. Just try to amuse yourself.
Another way to phrase it: the best writing tend to be when you surrender to your nature. This is hard to do!
Here is a classic pattern: you try really hard to do
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