"Better to write for yourself and have no public, than write for the public and have no self." -- Cyril Connolly
She was simultaneously thrilled and alarmed when she saw her typed words appear on the big screen.
This was scary. This was real. She would have to choose her words carefully.
What if someone out there actually READ her words?
But wasn’t that what she wanted?
I mean, if she only wrote for herself, then what was the point?
Except, to write anything worth reading, she would have to write for herself, wouldn’t she?
She knew what kinds of things she wanted to write about.
But dare she?
This wasn’t as black and white as she first thought. There was a huge gray area out there….
YES!
This was scary. This was real. She would have to choose her words carefully.
What if someone out there actually READ her words?
But wasn’t that what she wanted?
I mean, if she only wrote for herself, then what was the point?
Except, to write anything worth reading, she would have to write for herself, wouldn’t she?
She knew what kinds of things she wanted to write about.
But dare she?
This wasn’t as black and white as she first thought. There was a huge gray area out there….
YES!
posted by delta at 5:18 PM
1 Comments:
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