I’ve seen this floating around a bit, and thought I’d pass it on to Tumblr.
A warning that if you are feeling pangs of nostalgia for Halifax, this might not help. But boy, it’s beautiful.
Absolutely fantastic.
Well, hello there! Are you in the market to have your mind blown, or to feel choked up and also spectacularly great today? You’re just in luck!
D’bi Young will change your life.
Love courageously.
it’s normal!
“When do you have to accept non-phenomenality? Is that an absurd idea? Or am I trashing a lot of good opportunities for a decent, non-detestable life in pursuit of something I’ll never achieve?”
This person’s question is excellent, as it encompasses the ridiculous roller coaster ride of emotions that is “writing.” Do we really need writing advice from Emily Gould? Yes, apparently.
That’s it.
“It’s not possible to advise a young writer because every young writer is so different. You might say, “Read,” but a writer can read too much and be paralyzed. Or, “Don’t read, don’t think, just write,” and the result could be a mountain of drivel. If you’re going to be a writer you’ll probably take a lot of wrong turns and then one day just end up writing something you have to write, then getting it better and better just because you want it to be better, and even when you get old and think “There must be something else people do” you won’t quite be able to quit.”
— Alice Munro (Via diana-vilibert)
Emphasis added. That basically explains it.
deep breath
“The best training is to read and write, no matter what. Don’t live with a lover or roommate who doesn’t respect your work. Don’t lie, buy time, borrow to buy time. Write what will stop your breath if you don’t write.”
— Grace Paley, The Paris Review
