Hello internet. It has been a long while. I keep telling myself that I need to get back on here and write things, and then I psych myself out thinking that my first post back on my blog needs to be perfect and then I chicken out and don’t do it at all. It’s an endless cycle, and a really stupid one at that.
Thus said, I wanted to share something that’s really been inspiring me the past few months. I’ve been trying to write more and more, and therefore read more and more, and generally be a more productive individual. I have goals I want to accomplish, gosh darn it, and I’m going to do it.
This is from Stephen King’s book On Writing. I had, admittedly, never read anything by him up to this point, but I picked it up one day while working at the bookstore and didn’t put it down. It doesn’t so much give you little nitty gritty details about the inner workings of language, plot, or what-have-you; but it does highlight the fact that writing isn’t an easy thing in a way that managed to convince me to get over all of the useless telling myself that I’m going to do something and actually do it. My favorite quote:
“…it’s writing, damn it, not washing the car or putting on eyeliner. If you can take it seriously, we can do business. If you can’t or won’t, it’s time for you to close the book and do something else.
Wash the car maybe.” (107)