Nevermind. Fuck it. Doesn’t matter.
I can’t even write the fucking title of the thread right so what fucking difference does it make
Um… Take a break, then “get back on the horse.”
Don’t give up, just relax for a while.
Writing is too important to stop doing.
What kind of writing do you do? Fiction, poetry, essays, death-threats to politicians, technical writing, gossip columns, or…? Anyway, sympathy. Still, anything worth doing is going to pose a challenge.
Courage. And maybe a couple beers.
Thay call it Mellow Yellow
Quite writing
Quite for a teence, but then quite quiting…
…by doing some quiting for ‘fun’: jot down a conversation in a café, then make up a conversation in a café (a local coffee joint is all I need to jumpstart my creativity).
NEVAH QUITE!
– Winston Churchill –
I want to be a successful, full-time writer some day, but I know that I will keep writing whether or not I’m successful.
“Quite” for “quit” is not a big deal. It’s not about spelling – it’s about your fingers’ memory, and they just ‘remember’ that an ‘e’ comes after ‘quit-’ out of habit.
Don’t stop writing!
What exactly was the title supposed to be? I just have to know. Please!
The suspense is killing me!
(I just hate it when writers write a cliff hanger and you have to wait for them to publish the next installment.)
One may have a love for writing, but find that love unrequitted.
Spelting is overratted
Guys, the title is misspelled.
Obviously, he didn’t mean “The Day I Quite Writing”.
My guess, is he meant “The Day I Quiet Writing”, but when he noticed his typo, he flew into a blinding rage that broke the serenity and peacefulness that he was trying to capture with words.
Don’t despair. Eventually the rage will fade and you’ll get that peaceful, easy feeling again and the words will just pour out.
They’ll still suck, but they’ll pour out.
I have a successful career in non-fiction. I’d be ruined if my clients found out that I have the spelling ability of a toddler.
iiandyiiii, do you write now and hope it blossoms into a full-time profession? Any advice for someone thinking of dipping his toes into fiction?
I think he meant “The Day I Quit Writhing: My Story of Pain Management.”
You just have to get super drunk and drugged up like all the great writers do
In Xanadoo did Kublai Kant…no, wait…someone at the door…
Man up, scribbler. Quiters never whine.
“Every journalist has a novel inside him, which is an excellent place for it.”
― Russell Lynes
It was imperative that he answered the door. Imagine if everyone thought that whatever they were doing was more important than answering the door?
“Thank you for your book. I shall waste no time reading it.”
“Thank you for your submission - the subject of which fills a much needed space.”
-variously ascribed
Yes, I write now (sci-fi and fantasy) – I’ve written 2 novels (after submitting and getting rejected for a year or two, I self-published them) and am finishing my 3rd, along with 4 short stories, one of which was just accepted for publication (my first accepted submission!) in a sci-fi magazine. And I hope very much that I will be able to make it a career one day.
Thanks for asking, and congrats on your writing success. What kind of non-fiction do you write?
“If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re happy.”
― Dorothy Parker