I laughed and joked with the anesthetist as he and his assistant wheeled me from a small curtained-off section of the clinic to the examination room. The hallway was bright and cool, and I could hear the other patients behind their respective curtains talking to their doctor or family members. The wheels of the gurney swept smoothly over the tile floor.
Very true. But there is more to life. If I had to do it all over again, I’d have been a writer and nothing else. Well, maybe not nothing else, but as my main occupation.
It’s quite something really. It’s been fun to watch you progress.
I love your writing. Everything you've done in your life up until now probably makes you a better writer than if you would have only written. I feel that tension a lot. Needing to find something to do so that I have something to write about.
Sometimes I feel like that, but really I think we’re getting all the experiences we can handle everyday. You can get caught up trying to define something epic, but it’s almost always better if we examine something really small. When I’m in flow, I can write about literally anything. When I feel detached, I have trouble writing about anything. I have to care. Was it Flannery O’Connor who said that anyone who had survived childhood had enough materials to sustain them for the rest of their lives?
I definitely need short goals. I don’t do well with long projects. I need to be in and out, usually in a day. It’s why I haven’t bothered to work on my piece of fiction. Not sure how much I care. I have to find a way back into the story. Something small, I’m sure.
What you say about the small stuff is definitely true. That's what I loved about This is Happiness (and most of my top five to ten favorite books): how the author brings such meaning to these small, everyday, ordinary things.
Lovely.
Beautiful.
Thanks, Abby.
You’re a good writer. You should write books and things. :)
I don't know. I hear there's not much money in it.
Very true. But there is more to life. If I had to do it all over again, I’d have been a writer and nothing else. Well, maybe not nothing else, but as my main occupation.
It’s quite something really. It’s been fun to watch you progress.
I love your writing. Everything you've done in your life up until now probably makes you a better writer than if you would have only written. I feel that tension a lot. Needing to find something to do so that I have something to write about.
Sometimes I feel like that, but really I think we’re getting all the experiences we can handle everyday. You can get caught up trying to define something epic, but it’s almost always better if we examine something really small. When I’m in flow, I can write about literally anything. When I feel detached, I have trouble writing about anything. I have to care. Was it Flannery O’Connor who said that anyone who had survived childhood had enough materials to sustain them for the rest of their lives?
I definitely need short goals. I don’t do well with long projects. I need to be in and out, usually in a day. It’s why I haven’t bothered to work on my piece of fiction. Not sure how much I care. I have to find a way back into the story. Something small, I’m sure.
What you say about the small stuff is definitely true. That's what I loved about This is Happiness (and most of my top five to ten favorite books): how the author brings such meaning to these small, everyday, ordinary things.