This was a wonderful read, thank you. I've been in one of these down moments very recently, questioning absolutely every facet of every decision that brought me to writing and trying to do it as my main income, so to see it so plainly reflected back at me from someone else is honestly comforting. Writing can feel like such a solo endeavour most of the time, and then we trip over something that reflects our own experience so well. I also loved your quotes from Orwell and Atwood etc. some great insights chosen there as well! The Economics of writing is such a barbed subject, it can so quickly make the whole discussion around writing sticky and awful. And quickly bring on another of those "down" moments! Really loved this, sorry the comment is a bit scattered, I don't think my coffee has quite sunk in yet this morning. Anyway, great work!
Thanks for your lovely comment Fran. It's not an easy path and I also find it comforting to connect with others experiencing something similar - both the joys and the really tough parts. It doesn't help that AI is undermining the value of our writing but I do believe in humanity and our need to connect with what is fundamentally real, so there will be a way forward and perhaps even a renaissance for those who are still willing to walk the writing. path. x
A question I have been asking myself recently too. It’s like an invisible string that pulls you forward and before you know it you’re putting more words on to the page or absorbing them off the page of another. I really enjoyed your perspective as someone who is fully immersed and whose questions hold a similar but different set of parameters to my own. Thanks for sharing
It's a huge question isn't it! And right now there are lots of reasons to be asking it, but even more reasons to keep going I feel. Love the thought of the invisible string. It will stay with me and I'll hold on tight!!! x
This was a wonderful read, thank you. I've been in one of these down moments very recently, questioning absolutely every facet of every decision that brought me to writing and trying to do it as my main income, so to see it so plainly reflected back at me from someone else is honestly comforting. Writing can feel like such a solo endeavour most of the time, and then we trip over something that reflects our own experience so well. I also loved your quotes from Orwell and Atwood etc. some great insights chosen there as well! The Economics of writing is such a barbed subject, it can so quickly make the whole discussion around writing sticky and awful. And quickly bring on another of those "down" moments! Really loved this, sorry the comment is a bit scattered, I don't think my coffee has quite sunk in yet this morning. Anyway, great work!
Thanks for your lovely comment Fran. It's not an easy path and I also find it comforting to connect with others experiencing something similar - both the joys and the really tough parts. It doesn't help that AI is undermining the value of our writing but I do believe in humanity and our need to connect with what is fundamentally real, so there will be a way forward and perhaps even a renaissance for those who are still willing to walk the writing. path. x
A question I have been asking myself recently too. It’s like an invisible string that pulls you forward and before you know it you’re putting more words on to the page or absorbing them off the page of another. I really enjoyed your perspective as someone who is fully immersed and whose questions hold a similar but different set of parameters to my own. Thanks for sharing
It's a huge question isn't it! And right now there are lots of reasons to be asking it, but even more reasons to keep going I feel. Love the thought of the invisible string. It will stay with me and I'll hold on tight!!! x