For those writers out there wrestling with writing, battling your inner demons and wallowing in self pity: I see you. When you work tirelessly on a story and it gains zero traction, you feel like a failure. You’re just spinning your wheels and grinding and failing while those who have less experience surpass you. TheyContinue reading “The Art of Not Quitting”
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A Message to My Teenaged Self
Dear 17-year-old Eric: Greetings from the future. I know it’s probably weird getting a letter from someone so old, especially when the oldster is yourself. Yes, I am your older self writing from the year 2025. No, we don’t have flying cars, but the computers talk. And robots vaccuum the carpets. And people are angrierContinue reading “A Message to My Teenaged Self”
Hunting for Words (or How to Feel Relevant Again)
I chase the words outside, hunting them down one by one, following their tracks through deep snow. They twist and turn and laugh at my feeble attempts to capture them. Some escape into the woods, while others succumb to my net. I trap them and nail them to the page. They scream and curse me,Continue reading “Hunting for Words (or How to Feel Relevant Again)”
Got the Morbs?
How to keep writing when you’re feeling blue Ever sit down to write and the words won’t flow? Not only are you blocked, but you’re sliding off a precipice into an existential crisis, blindsided by thoughts of sadness and futility. Why bother writing? What’s the point of writing anything? Why don’t readers flock to yourContinue reading “Got the Morbs?”
Eric Avedissian 