My Monthly Contribution To The Accrued Writing Knowledge of the Ages

[rdansky]

Or, this month's Storytellers Unplugged post - here.

"At its core, this makes sense. Most people who say they want to write, don’t. Most people who call themselves writers aren’t, for the simple reason that they never actually sit their asses down in front of something suitably keyboard-shaped and pound out actual words in sequence. The real

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[rdansky]

You have to be careful. The pixies have unionized and they take long-ass coffee breaks these days.

[tenzil]

This is why I don't think of (or call) myself a writer anymore. It's sad! But the time that would get filled with writing gets filled with other stuff.

Or, in the active voice: I fill the time that I might otherwise fill with writing with other stuff.

[rdansky]

I'm not necessarily saying "stop writing". I am suggesting that if all you do is write, you may not in fact have much that's interesting to write about.

[tenzil]

Yep, sorry -- I replied to this post before going over and reading the entire posting at SU.

[badger]

I am suggesting that if all you do is write, you may not in fact have much that's interesting to write about.

Great, and concise.

[rezendi]

Well said.

[rdansky]

Thank you.

[elbales]

Me likey. Now I want a t-shirt that says WRITING PIXIE in sparky pink letters. Make it so!

Also... uh... you forgot to close some quotes in the third graf.

AUGH CANNOT TURN OFF EDITOR BRAIN PLZ SEND HELP

Also also, Ms. Meyer has no A's. In her name, I mean. But also in my scoring of her work, which I know only through the wit of cleolinda and also that time I stood in Borders and skimmed bits of Breaking Dawn to see if it was as bad as I thought it would be. (The answer, for the record, was No. It was worse.)

i cannot believe crap like this takes up valuable real estate in my braincase oh god help

[rdansky]

Clearly, this was the t-shirt edition...