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Writing is a stupid waste of time. It will make you lonely, but it won't make you rich. I can think of only two legitimate reasons to write: A profound and unshakable regret for not having writte...
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2020-01-03T20:41:56Z (over 4 years ago)
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2019-12-08T07:20:28Z (over 4 years ago)
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2019-12-08T07:20:28Z (over 4 years ago)
Writing is a stupid waste of time. It will make you lonely, but it won't make you rich. I can think of only two legitimate reasons to write: 1. A profound and unshakable regret for not having written. 2. A publishing contract with a deadline attached. It follows that the only reasons to write are to shake off the melancholy of not having written or to meet your contractual obligations. Neither of these are a mindset that you should need to get yourself into. The issues is not getting yourself into the mindset. The issue is that writing is hard work, mentally and emotionally exhausting. Actually getting to it requires the same discipline as starting on any other exhausting task. Get on with it because if you don't you are going to be poor and/or miserable. And if that is not the case, don't bother, because writing is a stupid waste of time.
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2019-09-24T12:14:48Z (over 4 years ago)
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