- Write.
- Put one word after another. Find the right word, put it down.
- Finish what you’re writing. Whatever you have to do to finish it, finish it.
- Put it aside. Read it pretending you’ve never read it before. Show it to friends whose opinion you respect and who like the kind of thing that this…
I’m in the middle of trying to write my dissertation for the creative writing MA I’m in, and man…I’m struggling. I feel like I’ve “lost it” or something. My head is swimming in technique and form and structure and all the tiny little scraps of advice I’ve gotten from all the wonderful writers and artists I’ve met over the last year.
Neil Gaiman, I haven’t read much of your work, and what I have read I’ve had reservations about. But you are a class act all the way, and that line about writing honestly…
That’s the truest fucking thing I’ve ever read.
(Source: goodtimeforpie)
