Comments on: On Writing http://blog.cwillse.net/2009/02/20/on-writing/ on the war between the pitiful teachers and the splendid kids Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:31:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Craig http://blog.cwillse.net/2009/02/20/on-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-497 Craig Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:03:23 +0000 http://blog.cwillse.net/?p=227#comment-497 "Write our way to the beginning" -- I really like that idea. In that case, I can't wait to start my dissertation! PS how nice are these threaded comments functions? “Write our way to the beginning” — I really like that idea. In that case, I can’t wait to start my dissertation! PS how nice are these threaded comments functions?

]]> By: Emily http://blog.cwillse.net/2009/02/20/on-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-488 Emily Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:09:26 +0000 http://blog.cwillse.net/?p=227#comment-488 My sister always says that we write our way to the beginning which, as she also says, is no small thing. I resist and resist and resist, and am always surprised at what a pleasure it finally is to see what's in my brain. But I don't remember this at all, and resist the next time too. I hear the trick is to write a little every day. My brother wrote a book in a house full of toddlers and tenure struggles and claims that it can indeed be done, this writing thing, but it happens in moments, not in long stretches. This does not mean I write that way, but I think I might like to. I sent six hundred words away this morning. It took me six weeks to write them. And to read them you'd think I dashed them off over coffee. Ridiculous. My sister always says that we write our way to the beginning which, as she also says, is no small thing. I resist and resist and resist, and am always surprised at what a pleasure it finally is to see what’s in my brain. But I don’t remember this at all, and resist the next time too. I hear the trick is to write a little every day. My brother wrote a book in a house full of toddlers and tenure struggles and claims that it can indeed be done, this writing thing, but it happens in moments, not in long stretches. This does not mean I write that way, but I think I might like to.

I sent six hundred words away this morning. It took me six weeks to write them. And to read them you’d think I dashed them off over coffee. Ridiculous.

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