tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686858402526456375.post5802847957411506215..comments2024-01-07T05:14:42.256-05:00Comments on eNOTHING - Poems, Poets, and Poetry made easy...: POEM OF THE DAY -- So You Want to Be A Writer" by Charles BukowskieNOTHINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11858327687532162162noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686858402526456375.post-14359503111768920032014-03-08T11:03:11.651-05:002014-03-08T11:03:11.651-05:00Absolutely!! What a great find! This is brilliantl...Absolutely!! What a great find! This is brilliantly worded to capture the essence of what makes a GREAT writer. It must come from the e-PIT-ome of you. It must be something that you can't live without…only then does writing become transcendent! Writing that doesn't well from the heart lacks an essential passion. Wow…how insightful and enlightening this piece!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686858402526456375.post-32383499470591800952011-05-11T21:24:04.529-04:002011-05-11T21:24:04.529-04:00I agree it's a passion and calling. If the wor...I agree it's a passion and calling. If the words aren't calling you then it will be that much more difficult. <br /><br />If you're a writer, an honest to goodness "have to write or you'll go insane" writer, then you have no choice. If not, call it a hobby, and then find something that speaks to you and go do it.Ranee Dillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08673357492374295171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686858402526456375.post-2711579620376183522010-01-28T14:21:15.972-05:002010-01-28T14:21:15.972-05:00Marisa, you pretty much said exactly what I was th...Marisa, you pretty much said exactly what I was thinking.<br /><br />I also think that most people who write or call themselves writers DO have that bursting feeling, it's just that what they do with it might be different. <br /><br />I mean, let's be real. If someone wants money or fame, there are easier ways to get it, especially money. There are lots of high-paying jobs with concrete career tracks that don't involve zillions of rejection letters, and years of perseverance and a constant uncertainty about when you'll be published next. Writing is not exactly a stable, steady career path for most people. <br /><br />That's not to say there aren't a lot of pretentious, self-important people out there who write, or people who call themselves writer to fit into some social niche or feed that self-importance, or to try to get laid, or whatever. I guess I'm just saying that I think a large percent of writers feel that sun inside, burning in their guts or they wouldn't do it.<br /><br />But again how that burning gets channeled is a different story.Chryshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08888604641107836723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686858402526456375.post-76968885234192770262010-01-28T13:37:20.298-05:002010-01-28T13:37:20.298-05:00So true, so true. And yet. There have been many gr...So true, so true. And yet. There have been many great writers who have had to wait a little while before the burst, the gush, of words. Each time.<br /><br />And polishing the story--again and again--does not really mean one should put down the pen and find something else to do.<br /><br />I suspect that the ones who never polished are the very same pretentious ones whose works are found in the yawning libraries.Marisa Birnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17945909737147497606noreply@blogger.com