for writing
4 months ago
if george saunders can i do it i should be able to eventually do it too. I’m 17. I still have hope. Practice writing, read and study books.
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lose 20 pounds
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join a book club
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Learn to play the guitar
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read a book a week
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learn more about foreign affairs
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get out of the house and go somewhere once a week
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hop trains
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be on Jeopardy!
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read the classics
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lift weights
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get a pen-pal
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start a band
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learn drums
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learn how to play the piano
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get my driver's liscence
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learn photography
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win an oscar
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write everyday
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win the pulitzer prize
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win a macarthur genius award
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if george saunders can i do it i should be able to eventually do it too. I’m 17. I still have hope. Practice writing, read and study books.
i’m only 17 so i guess i still have hope here even though my writing sucks. i’ll start by writing everyday and trying to get through all the past pulitzer prize winning novels. I’m reading middlesex and angeles ashes’ right now…they’re both amazing.
stop expecting the first draft to be wonderful. just write. half of writing is editing and if you haven’t written anything you won’t have anything to edit. 3 pages a day from now on.