The challenge of writing
Is to see your horribleness on page.
To see your terribleness
And then go to bed
And wake up the next day
And take that horribleness and that terribleness,
And refine it,
And make it not so terrible and not so horrible
And then go to bed again
And come the next day,
And refine it a little bit more,
And make it not so bad.
And then go to bed the next day.
And then do it again,
And make it maybe average.
And then one more time,
If you’re lucky
Maybe you get to good.
And if you’ve done that,
That’s a success.
– Ta-Nehisi Coates
(narrated by Angela Duckworth)
I can totally relate to this one!
Just me?
I could relate too…
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Haha… Everyday story 😂
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Sadly A First World
(Word) Problem is Life
Of Competition
And Grades if
We Have Hands
And Feet And
Tongues Dancing
Singing As A
Child Before
They
Even
Form
Words…
Key is
Naked Joy
Now With No
Clothes of
Expectation…
A Child Dances
Sings Smiles For
The Heaven Within…
How Easily
The Joy
Disappears
When All
Is A Graded Mask…
Joy is Never A Mask
Do What You
Love
Be
That ❤️ Love
Love is Never
Horrible
Or
Terrible
Love Breathes
As Inner Truth in LiGHT❣️
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Beautiful!
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SMiLes.. Thank You🎶😁
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i really loved it, this how i feel each time i write something. not waiting for perfection
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Yesss Ruchitha!! I can relate completely ❤️❤️❤️
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OH how I love this poem. ❤ I enjoy reading about writers on writing because they let everyone know it's a process not a science!
Thanks 🙂
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Yessss! Exactly!!
Glad you liked it 💖❤️💖
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Its soo relatable and Indeed a wonderful poem…
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Glad you liked it Simran!! ❤️💖❤️
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Love this Vrunda…Lots of love:)
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Thanks a lot Madhuri!! ❤️❤️❤️ Appreciate your kind words ☺️💖
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thats given me a bit of motivation during my exams right now so thank you!!!xx
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This is an incredible piece, really loved reading this piece ♥️
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Thank you so much Pia 💕💗
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I can so relate but when you work in clay you can see the flaws. why are errors so much harder to work out when the medium is words??
Stay well and Laugh when you can
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It’s process, that’s for sure. Sometimes it’s about rewriting, sometimes it’s about sheer volume.
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True. It takes time and so much of editing
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So true 💯
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thank you💛
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There is a point, if you over-edit when you start veering back to the terrible.
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Haha.. yes true! Happens
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