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I am 16, writing about how my hands hurt.
I am 20; a doctor dismisses me as "too young" to have chronic pain.
I am 26: sharp stabs pierce my forearms, and I drop things. Coworkers call me clumsy.
I am 32; doc says I wear wrist braces "too often."
I am today, defeated.
#tinytruth
I am 20; a doctor dismisses me as "too young" to have chronic pain.
I am 26: sharp stabs pierce my forearms, and I drop things. Coworkers call me clumsy.
I am 32; doc says I wear wrist braces "too often."
I am today, defeated.
#tinytruth
This tinytruth was inspired by:
At 26, I had to stop keeping handwritten journals.
I grieve this loss.
I miss the feel, the texture,
the press of pen to page.
I miss selecting a unique notebook to represent "this chapter" of my life.
I grieve this loss.
I miss the feel, the texture,
the press of pen to page.
I miss selecting a unique notebook to represent "this chapter" of my life.
I thought today we'd have a nice chat about outlines today.
Are they the enemy? Are you making them the enemy? What do they do? What good are they? Why is this the hill people want to die on?
#ontheporch #amwriting #amrevising #writerlife #amwritingromance #amwritingfantasy
Are they the enemy? Are you making them the enemy? What do they do? What good are they? Why is this the hill people want to die on?
#ontheporch #amwriting #amrevising #writerlife #amwritingromance #amwritingfantasy
For reasons I never learned in school and have only barely begun to learn in life as a professional, people absolutely love labels for their work, and the work of others. It gives them something to debate, it gives them something to cling to or hide from.
Right up there with the show-vs-tell argument is another ancient battlefield with its own misconceptions, assumptions, heaps of bullshit, and utility.
Pantser and plotter.
Yeah, we're going there today.
Pantser and plotter.
Yeah, we're going there today.
