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What writing does is to reveal.
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What Writing Does Is To Reveal.

Rita Dove
What writing does is to reveal.
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I have a hard time writing. most writers have a hard time writing. i have a harder time than most because i'm lazier than most. [...] the other problem i have is fear of writing. the act of writing puts you in confrontation with yourself, which is why i think writers assiduously avoid writing. [...] not writing is more of a psychological problem than a writing problem. all the time i'm not writing i feel like a criminal. [...] it's horrible to feel felonious every second of the day. especially when it goes on for years. it's much more relaxing actually to work.
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Planning to write is not writing. outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing - none of that is writing. writing is writing. writing is like driving at night in the fog. you can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.
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I haven’t had trouble with writer’s block. i think it’s because my process involves writing very badly. my first drafts are filled with lurching, clichéd writing, outright flailing around. writing that doesn’t have a good voice or any voice. but then there will be good moments. it seems writer’s block is often a dislike of writing badly and waiting for writing better to happen.
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The secret to writing is just to write. write every day. never stop writing. write on every surface you see; write on people on the street. when the cops come to arrest you, write on the cops. write on the police car. write on the judge. i'm in jail forever now, and the prison cell walls are completely covered with my writing, and i keep writing on the writing i wrote. that's my method.
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If you have to find devices to coax yourself to stay focused on writing, perhaps you should not be writing what you're writing. and if this lack of motivation is a constant problem, perhaps writing is not your forte. i mean, what is the problem? if writing bores you, that is pretty fatal. if that is not the case, but you find that it is hard going and it just doesn't flow, well, what did you expect? it is work; art is work.
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When i used to teach writing, what i would tell my playwriting students is that while you're writing your plays, you're also writing the playwright. you're developing yourself as a persona, as a public persona. it's going to be partly exposed through the writing itself and partly created by all the paraphernalia that attaches itself to writing. but you aren't simply an invisible being or your own private being at work. you're kind of a public figure, as well.
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