Via The Paris Review: “A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination—any two of which, at times any one of which—can supply the lack of the others.” —William Faulkner
Pfft! What three things do you think a writer needs?
#awriters3needs
Pfft! What three things do you think a writer needs?
#awriters3needs
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Some things are better left unknown.
" ... there is no excuse for poetry. Poetry gives no adequate return in money, is expensive to print by reason of the waste of space occasioned by its form, and nearly always promulgates illusory concepts of life."
"As I lay dying" has a black humor that sears & heals.
The 4th thing is talent.
“A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.” ―Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own #sheisneverwrong
If I am not posting much tonight, it's because I will be busy ordering a bazillion other bits and bobs from the local cash and carry.
https://paperneverrefusedink.com/2021/11/17/ode-to-editing/
Robert Musil
-courage 💪
-vulnerabilty 😢
-knowledge of boundaries so you can break and reestablish them elsewhere 🚫
That was on the first trip across the water.
This was on the last one... 😜😂
#TriedAndTested. #BarrysBoy