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... that you fuckers won't listen to.

terribleminds.com/ramble/2013/…

#14 much?  how about #20?  and oh christ #4.  wanting to know how get published seems to come up more than wanting to know how to write.

i don't agree with him 100% about #36, though.  without a character, there is no story.  but without a character doing something, it's just some asshole sitting around waiting for his number to be called.  they're 50-50 equal.  character is not everything.  what that character does is everything.  how that character reacts to the shit that happens to him is everything.  otherwise why not read a character sheet.  do you want to read a character sheet?  do those get published?  no.  stories do.  come on.

i don't think outside of maybe five people in the lit community here understand what writing really is.  everyone else is faffing about thinking they're cute.  chuck, as salty as he is, is right.  i think the romanticized notions about writing are embraced too much here and the work, which is actually is, falls to the wayside.  too many people think it's supposed to be easy and when they realize it isn't, they start to kick up with dumb shit and make this place look like a joke.

why not be serious about something you claim to love doing?  why not take it seriously?  why treat something you love like a joke?  is it a fear of failure or a fear of success?  whatever it is, either stop being afraid and take the wheel or get out of the car.
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Dude, I don't know where you find this stuff, but it's awesome! Thank you!