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A writer is like those fish that have to keep moving in order to live. Unless you keep forging ahead, your life as a writer will come to an end.
Your heart is like a great river after a long spell of rain, spilling over its banks. All signposts that once stood on the ground are gone, inundated and carried away by that rush of water. And still the rain beats down on the surface of the river. Every time you see a flood like that on the news you tell yourself: That’s it. That’s my heart.
She makes a strong impression on me, making me feel wistful and nostalgic. Wouldn’t it be great if this were my mother? But I think the same thing every time I run across a charming, middle-aged woman.
He stood up and relieved himself in the weeds—a long, honest pee—and then went over to a clump of weeds in a corner of the vacant lot,
I found myself alone in the woods, totally confused, blood flowing freely from my womb.
she just like me fr
I need Crow’s help—need him to show up from wherever he is, spread his wings wide, and search out the right words for me.
who is crow?! which Freud concept or Jung archetype of OTHER is he?
Or at least I think it is.
bro was spirited away to faerieland
Like they have some dark, prehistoric, magical powers.
it's giving Appalachia
It might come in handy sometime, so I slip it in my pocket.
Chekhov's compass (whenever an inanimate object is mentioned but not used it belongs to Chekhov I don't care what the original definition is)
When the vapor cleared he saw it wasn’t fruit at all but the severed heads of cats.
the gasp I gusp
“This time I decided to take on a familiar shape, that of a famous capitalist icon. I was toying with the idea of Mickey Mouse, but Disney’s particular about the rights to their characters.”
lmfao
Anton Chekhov put it best when he said, ‘If a pistol appears in a story, eventually it’s got to be fired.’
ayyy lmao
A question wells up inside me, a question so big it plugs up my throat and makes it hard to breathe.
"Are you my mother?" (?)
