Walter Thinman on Nostr: #WordWeavers 17 What's my biggest fear when it comes to writing? I stand before the ...
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17 What's my biggest fear when it comes to writing?
I stand before the High Council of Literary Gods and they read aloud from my book. They laugh; not at my jokes, but at me. They ask me questions, questions they know I can't answer. They're mocking me, exposing my incompetence. They make me feel not just embarrassed, but ashamed, as if I'd defiled a sacred thing.
When they're finally done grilling me, I go home. Defiant, I write anyway, but they've taken the joy from it.
17 What's my biggest fear when it comes to writing?
I stand before the High Council of Literary Gods and they read aloud from my book. They laugh; not at my jokes, but at me. They ask me questions, questions they know I can't answer. They're mocking me, exposing my incompetence. They make me feel not just embarrassed, but ashamed, as if I'd defiled a sacred thing.
When they're finally done grilling me, I go home. Defiant, I write anyway, but they've taken the joy from it.