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I used to think that I was a decent writer, but as I began to write more, I realized that I was only a decent writer compared to writers who didn’t articulate better than I did, and to readers who had no idea what “ good” writing was. It blew my mind away when I joined a writing group and read some of the submissions for these competitions they had going on for the month. I wanted to quit, I wanted to literally throw my creative mind in the garbage and crumple it up like a piece of paper when people used to write ideas on that 8inch by 11inch piece of chopped up, processed, bleached tree. And whatever else is part of turning a giant living plant into parchment so that people like us can write utter garbage on, just to tear up into little pieces. Same with the small businesses that don’t offer paperless receipts and continue to purchase tons of paper receipts from wholesalers. I guess there are more redundant things in the world other than wasted paper. 

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duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude. "The CREATOR, CREATED us to be CREATIVE!" so I mean in a nutshell, I'm a fledgling writer (obviously lol) and have huge dreams and ambitions and goals and things of that sort! THANKS SO MUCH FOR STOPPING BY AND READING!

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  1. ” You ask whether your verses are any good. You ask me. You have asked others before this. You send them to magazines. You compare them with other poems, and you are upset when certain editors reject your work. Now (since you have said you want my advice) I beg you to stop doing that sort of thing. You are looking outside, and that is what you should most avoid right now. No one can advise or help you – no one. There is only one thing you should do. Go into yourself. Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depths of your heart; confess to yourself whether you would have to die if you were forbidden to write. This most of all: ask yourself in the most silent hour of your night: must I write? Dig into yourself for a deep answer. And if this answer rings out in assent, if you meet this solemn question with a strong, simple “I must”, then build your life in accordance with this necessity; your whole life, even into its humblest and most indifferent hour, must become a sign and witness to this impulse.”

    – Rilke

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