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MEDIUMERS
Inspiration For Medium Writers
Poetic thoughts about literacy and the art of the written word.
Writing is definitely pretentious to think you are an outlet for improvements to collective societal thought, but not giving a damn about things and having no opinions… that is the greater character flaw.
If every day you write a few paragraphs or even just one tiny poem, it’ll be a good day because after a year of little daily victories you will have quite a book to share with your friends.
Poetry and literature are for strangers. The personal is universal so long as it’s anonymous.
Her work is stupid, said an armchair critic, I could have written them. But he didn’t, and here she is with a bunch of books to show off and sell, and he has nothing but an opinion that is free and still no one wants it.
It’s easy to stagnate writing after a while so taking breaks is not a crime. Sometimes you just gotta live a little to find something new to say.
Writing a novel is like building a transcontinental railroad. You start at the ends and here and there in the middle and at some point after a while you’re traveling the rails looking for a gap to fill in and you realize it’s done, and the track is complete, and you might as well…
