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Richard Ford - On Writing
1. Marry somebody you love and who thinks you being a writer’s a good idea.
2. Don’t have children.
3. Don’t read your reviews.
4. Don’t write reviews. (Your judgment’s always tainted.)
5. Don’t have arguments with your wife in the morning, or late at night.
6. Don’t drink and write at the same time.
7. Don’t write letters to the editor. (No one cares.)
8. Don’t wish ill on your colleagues.
9. Try to think of others’ good luck as encouragement to yourself.
10. Don’t take any shit if you can possibly help it.
Richard Ford is an American novelist and short story writer. His best-known works are the novel The Sportswriter and its sequels, Independence Day and The Lay of the Land.
This advice first appeared in The Guardian
this explains a lot.. *sigh*
Guard your heart.
I hope this makes sense..
Recently I went through an unexpected breakup and have been dealing with it for the last couple of weeks. Fighting back crying every chance someone ask me what happen became a regular thing for me until something recently clicked.. That relationship in my eyes was…
Typewriter Series #30 by Tyler Knott Gregson
Sometimes
I think I can
measure the space
between us
with the
time it takes
your breath
to
reach
my
cheek;
right now,
my love,
I know you
are not nearly
close enough.
-Tyler Knott Gregson-
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