6. Idea that you always wanted to write but could never make work?Ā
this kind of falls into the same category as WIPs. because there are a lot of stories iāve started, or vomited out bits and pieces, and never managed to really sit down and give them the attention they deserve. so i guess that classifies as not making them work? some ideas feel too big for my brain to handle. like echoes, which started as an experiment but is really a book series waiting to happen and iām not ready for that yet lol. tight, intricate plots are something iād like to get better at. which i can only achieve by doing, soā¦.hereās hoping ;p
10. Favorite line or lines of dialogue that youāve writtenĀ
eeee sheila whyyyyyy. I DONāT KNOW. man. like, yeah, there are sentences iām really proud of but i have no idea how to begin searching for them. okay i went through the first chapter of tmbtp and i remember lovingĀ āwhiskey brave and hopelessā. itās tiny, but i like the rhythm. most of my favorites are things like this. a handful of words that sound good together.
20. Go nuts, and talk about writing.Ā
go nuts, she says. hmm. writing feels like the only thing i know how to do anymore, so when i canāt or when iām stuck or life is being dumb, itās kind of like getting a lobotomy. and i become zombie!sam, floating around without purpose. but at the same time, as much as writing is my favorite thing in the world, iāve kind of put all my eggs in one basket. like if i canāt support myself by doing this one day, i pretty much have nothing going for me because i gave up on everything else. which is a stupid thing to do to myself. really, really stupid. because writing shouldnāt be ~the answer. the thing you love shouldnāt be the only thing that can save you, you know what i mean? so coming to terms with that has been fun, lol.
in a not-so-depressing vein, writing still prevented me from living a less fulfilling version of reality where i didnāt drop out of college and worked in an office forever. it makes me happier than i can articulate. i feel confident in saying that iām good at it. i write because language is beautiful and iām always learning new ways to use it. or not to use it, as the case my be.Ā
itās frustrating. itās challenging. itās gratifying as hell. i donāt know what else to say. sorry if i failed at really answering basically all of these.
as for 21, you already know my answer <3333
