Charles Dickens deals with writer’s block
Whenever he hit a writer’s block, Charles Dickens would design an new Inspirational Poster for his study. After a time he had quite a collection.
Whenever he hit a writer’s block, Charles Dickens would design an new Inspirational Poster for his study. After a time he had quite a collection.
Carrot: I’m a writer. Be nice to me AND I might put you in my next book!
Stick: I’m a writer. Be nice to me OR I might put you in my next book!
According to Steven King, the road to hell is paved with adverbs. Who would you trust more about directions to hell?
Just do it … take a snooze, that is. You’re going to be so much more able to write after a rest.
Hemingway said: There’s nothing to writing. All you do is sit down with a typewriter and bleed.
Tried that.
Research is important for any writer … but you’ve got to strike a balance between research and writing. (Still, I do recommend “The Book Job”, episode 6 of the 23rd series of The Simpsons!) © TheSupercargo
In memorium Lou Reed (1942-2013) – a pencil drawing of Lou Reed’s time ravaged face over Andy Warhole’s poster of him as a young man.
Porphyrophobia: a person with an irrational fear of the colour purple. Irrational fears of certain skin colours lie at the root of so much evil. But purple?
“Surreptitiously” is a Twitter haiku about winter and spring, age and youth. The illustration is probably a bit of wish fulfillment.