Even when it's hard, I enjoy myself. Because I'm doing what I love. But, seriously, some days (including the past week for me) Fowler, SO got it correct:
I don't have much commentary on the quote today because it really just speaks for itself. I mean, for all you writers - I know this quote made you sit back and nod your head in absolute empathy.
Happy Friday! Here's to a weekend filled with writing! (Or whatever it is you're passionate about.)
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Nowaday's it's a blank screen, though. Or a screen with my current work on it for which I can't seem to find a way forward. The staring and the drops of blood are the same, though. :)
ReplyDeleteWhy do we writers alternate between soaring highs and abject self-loathing? I dunno, but I guess I wouldn't have it any other way.
I've always loved this one. Even though you can feel the magic in a brilliant work of writing, writing itself is not magic; it's work. Hard work. Sometimes bloody hard work. Sort of like having a baby without the epidural.
ReplyDeleteHang in there [giving your hand a little squeeze]. Your baby's almost here!
It takes a certain kind of person to be a writer. All that time, going over and over a manuscript. Bloody forehead is right, though sometimes mine bleeds from beating it on my keyboard. :) Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteYup. I feel the pain. Except in my case, there's the occasional salty teas mixed in as I read the crit notes I got and think, "I'm never going to get this right!" And yet, I still love it. I think writers are all a tiny bit masochistic, don't you? :)
ReplyDeleteSuch a good quote! You're right - we've all been there :)
ReplyDeleteI feel it every time I start a new chapter. But then I just start typing and before I know it, the words are pouring out. I'm so glad I got the courage to start writing. I just wish that I had done it years ago.
ReplyDeleteAs Anissa said, it takes a certain kind of person to be a writer. Required ingredients are as follows - one who has a thick skin, is a glutton for punishment, stubborn as a mule and bloody lucky to have free reigns over their bubbling imagination :)
ReplyDeleteI knew you guys would see the quote and know exactly what it meant :-)
ReplyDeleteOn the flipside, when the bleeding is over and instead words are what flow (as Melane alluded to) - it's allllll worth it!
Lol, I take the blood, and use it as ink ;-)
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