a thing from the writing portfolio I have to turn in.

[dayofjudah]

We have to write about the revisions we made and our writing process and shit like that. This is my last paragraph: To say I'm interested in publishing is loosely true. Writing is the only thing I can do, so I better give it a shot. If I could do anything else — if I could give a shit about anything else — I would. But I don't give a shit about anything and I'm going to die alone on the street if I don't graduate from college already and actually I'll probably die alone on the street even if I do. I do not and have never anticipated making a living off of writing. I do not want to be famous. I don't think publishing has any prestige, not the way it was and not the way it's becoming. I'm going to write anyway, so I might as well try to get good at it and then, when some asshole asks me what I've done with my life, I can sneer in their face and say, “I'm a writer. I won such and such prize, I'm well known in certain circles, you can read my stories in this collection or this magazine... if you like reading, anyway.” Then I'll spill my martini on them (I don't drink) and walk away.
Oh shit I better send him that Jesus hook thing too.