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Can you write about writing? Know somebody who does?
Hey everyone,
Still pretty new to 20sb but absolutely loving it! I thought I would ask what you guys thought about 'writing about writing'? It's something new that I'm doing, more for the sake of encouraging myself to progress, but I have gotten some pretty good feedback on it so far. Basically, I am writing a book and I am posting "Book Updates" which basically talk about the process, etc. Any tips of how I could make these posts more interesting would be super appreciated?
Also, does anybody know about any writers who write about writing? Do you write about writing from time to time? Specifically in a blog format? Anyways, hope you're all having an awesome day/night/evening/time? Time is safe lol...
Cheers,
A.
Tags: book, publishing, writing
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Permalink Reply by Eric the BeehiveHairdresser on -
Stephen Elliott who has authored several books (including the Adderall Diaries) has a great website for authors and people interested in writing.
http://therumpus.net/
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Permalink Reply by Abid Virani on -
Awesome thanks!
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Permalink Reply by Allison on -
I write about writing all the time - well not all the time. But yes, I think the process is important.
I wrote a blog about my "tips" not long ago: http://websterslaw.blogspot.com/2010/03/how-i-write.html
I'm no pro or anything - and I certainly haven't tried to write a book or anything. Good luck!
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Permalink Reply by Tabs on -
Nothing wrong with writing about writing. I do it quite often, updating on my progress of my current writing project, or pouring out my frustrations. Once in a while even asking for ideas.
As a writer, I find sometimes, writing about writing is what fuels my passion to keep pushing forward :)
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Permalink Reply by Abid Virani on
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Awesome thanks!
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Permalink Reply by Anthony Licari on -
Yeah, Charles Bukowski and nothing will make you hate 99% of people who "write" than reading or listening to some of his thoughts on the matter.
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Permalink Reply by Anthony Licari on
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So you want to be a writer? by Charles Bukowski
if it doesn't come bursting out of you
in spite of everything,
don't do it.
unless it comes unasked out of your
heart and your mind and your mouth
and your gut,
don't do it.
if you have to sit for hours
staring at your computer screen
or hunched over your
typewriter
searching for words,
don't do it.
if you're doing it for money or
fame,
don't do it.
if you're doing it because you want
women in your bed,
don't do it.
if you have to sit there and
rewrite it again and again,
don't do it.
if it's hard work just thinking about doing it,
don't do it.
if you're trying to write like somebody
else,
forget about it.
if you have to wait for it to roar out of
you,
then wait patiently.
if it never does roar out of you,
do something else.
if you first have to read it to your wife
or your girlfriend or your boyfriend
or your parents or to anybody at all,
you're not ready.
don't be like so many writers,
don't be like so many thousands of
people who call themselves writers,
don't be dull and boring and
pretentious, don't be consumed with self-
love.
the libraries of the world have
yawned themselves to
sleep
over your kind.
don't add to that.
don't do it.
unless it comes out of
your soul like a rocket,
unless being still would
drive you to madness or
suicide or murder,
don't do it.
unless the sun inside you is
burning your gut,
don't do it.
when it is truly time,
and if you have been chosen,
it will do it by
itself and it will keep on doing it
until you die or it dies in you.
there is no other way.
and there never was.
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