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I Hate Writing
Last week I called my sister. I was in tears, almost.
“I hate writing. I hate it so much. I’ve always hated it. I never want to write again.”
And I meant it.
Until the next day when I came home from work and at 9:30pm, when I’m usually getting ready for bed, I wrote a sentence. Then another and another. An hour later I had something. I didn’t know what. I didn’t care. I had written and more importantly, I had fun writing. Something I hadn’t felt it months.
Two days later, on a whim, I sent the piece out. A publication I had never even thought of sending anything to. Too lofty. The next day I got an email back
.
“If it’s still available, we’d like to publish it.”
Sometimes the most unexpected happens. Thank you to my little sister (aka Rilke in Strip) who reminded me,
“That’s not true. You don’t always hate writing.”
“I don’t?”
I felt and often feel as if I always do.
This is all to say, I’m excited to share this story when it comes out. In the meantime, whether it’s ‘fun’ or not, I will keep writing. Because that’s what we writers do, right? We write because we can’t not write.
“I hate writing. I hate it so much. I’ve always hated it. I never want to write again.”
And I meant it.
Until the next day when I came home from work and at 9:30pm, when I’m usually getting ready for bed, I wrote a sentence. Then another and another. An hour later I had something. I didn’t know what. I didn’t care. I had written and more importantly, I had fun writing. Something I hadn’t felt it months.
Two days later, on a whim, I sent the piece out. A publication I had never even thought of sending anything to. Too lofty. The next day I got an email back
.
“If it’s still available, we’d like to publish it.”
Sometimes the most unexpected happens. Thank you to my little sister (aka Rilke in Strip) who reminded me,
“That’s not true. You don’t always hate writing.”
“I don’t?”
I felt and often feel as if I always do.
This is all to say, I’m excited to share this story when it comes out. In the meantime, whether it’s ‘fun’ or not, I will keep writing. Because that’s what we writers do, right? We write because we can’t not write.
