Bitten by the Platypus, or the Wordsmith's Lament

[greygirlbeast]

Yesterday was sort of a disaster. And sitting down to write about it - I am a bit overwhelmed at the tedium. Here's the thing (and I know I've said this before): the life of a writer - a writer who spends her every single day writing or trying to write or attending to the busyness that comes along with writing - well, it's a goddamned tedious

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[chris_walsh]

I remember William Goldman making a similar lament in one of his my-life-in-Hollywood books, Which Lie Did I Tell? He wrote only one paragraph on a film he'd scripted (The Chamber), because "not only was it a terrible experience, it wasn't a very interesting one."

[nykolus]

ironic that a bite from a platypus is poisonous, no?

[greygirlbeast]

ironic that a bite from a platypus is poisonous, no?

Not its bite, but the jab of the venomous spurs on its hindlimbs. Still, the bite is a thing of which to be wary.

[nykolus]

how bout a nibble then?

[greygirlbeast]

how bout a nibble then?

Careful there... ;-)