that guy is writing
that’s what writing looks like
the mechanical process of putting the words down isn’t what people like about writing
it’s creating the words, and that is what that looks like (in the pics)
“I hate writing, but I love having written.”
Dorothy Parker, as quoted by Oscar Madison
Does this apply to programming? Because I make those expressions/faces all the time when I code
I think those expressions are universal. I’m a stone mason and I do those expressions twice a week minimum.
Having done both, I feel like for writing you need to dig deeper. One is logical instead of narrative, but I’d say yeah there are similarities. They’re both mentally and sometimes emotionally exhausting anyway.
In English, I can’t write to save my life. My brain just refuses to make any narrative.
The writing isn’t that bad.
The editing is fucking brutal
Writing is fun until you read what you wrote.
Then you hate yourself for being such a garbage writer, delete everything, and start again.
I wish you could have seen my face melt onto the floor reading your first sentence. It hurt.
delete everything, and start again.
Kill your darlings. As long as you start again.
