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Zak Standridge Donald Trump ran for president.
...He Won.
Zak Standridge Never had it.
But, my suggestion is to write about something else that you care about, then write about something you don't care about, then write GIBBERISH or POETRY just to keep your writings hands working.
Eventually, you'll become interested once more in the project which had you stalled out.
Zak Standridge Proving beyond the shadow of a doubt that you can be a brilliant, passionate and imaginative PUBLISHED AUTHOR, with a fan base, yet NEVER ONCE had to shell out a single cent on formal writing education, NOR have to have a DEGREE in literature. (The difference between being a 'Film Actor' and being a 'Legit Actor', I suppose...)
Zak Standridge BETTER to write for YOURSELF, and have NO public...
Than to write for the PUBLIC...and have NO SELF...

(Cyril Connolly, 1933)
Zak Standridge I've been writing LITERALLY all of my life. I still have the original story I'm working on RIGHT NOW that I wrote when I was 12...300 pages, all in pencil, baby!
Zak Standridge Spiker's Spiral was inspired by J.O'Barre's 'The Crow' (GRAPHIC NOVEL), and Nine Inch Nails' 'The Downward Spiral' (ALBUM).

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