"How much of my writing needs to exist? It’s not like I’m producing semiconductors, or beehives, or lipsticks that stay put even when you eat a burrito, or other things the world truly needs..." THIS. What a reframe I needed today. I have been in a phase of first draft-hording lately - generating a ton of writing that goes... nowhere. What a great reminder to look at some of my recent drafts with a mind for quality over quantity.
“Read promiscuously.” Yeeess! Hopefully a past tense summation on my headstone. Also lol Karen Russel’s line about people in sweaters and the multiple ways you dissolve into puddles of goo 😆
"How much of my writing needs to exist? It’s not like I’m producing semiconductors, or beehives, or lipsticks that stay put even when you eat a burrito, or other things the world truly needs..." THIS. What a reframe I needed today. I have been in a phase of first draft-hording lately - generating a ton of writing that goes... nowhere. What a great reminder to look at some of my recent drafts with a mind for quality over quantity.
Thank you for this!
Brilliant as always. Love reading the snippets of your writer conversations too! Gosh the reading one!
I did this exercise recently with a line from Death In Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh. Such a great way to dig into and begin a piece.
This is so true! I've find myself doing too much reading for work/study recently, so this month I only read thrillers and it's been SO MUCH FUN.
THANK YOU for this reminder. I, like many of us writer beings, tend to forget it pretty often. 😁
“Read promiscuously.” Yeeess! Hopefully a past tense summation on my headstone. Also lol Karen Russel’s line about people in sweaters and the multiple ways you dissolve into puddles of goo 😆