for my writerly friends

[novapsyche]

Final thoughts (found in choriamb)

It doesn't matter what you think about your work. This is one of the weirdest lessons a writer has to learn, that the emotions that push you to write better, with greater accuracy, truth, verve, wit; the despair that makes you cast your eyes to the ceiling and then plunge back to the keyboard; the running pleasure of one good word being followed by a better; the glee as you set a time bomb ticking in the text; the glorious megalomania with which you set out to describe and yes! conquer! the! world! ... are all completely redundant once the piece is finished.

Comments

[psychedelicsand.livejournal.com]

If you had your own church, I'd totally join it. But it would have to be an entirely collective church where all living bodies are treated as one central power.

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

You're reminding me of things I had considered. I like your idea. I don't know how it would be implemented when it would come to decision making, but I'll think on it.

[psychedelicsand.livejournal.com]

Please, add me to your friends list. I'd love to get to know you.

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

No problem. You seem like someone I'd really get along with in real life.