Comments on: Writing Wramblings http://youareadouche.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/writing-wramblings/ Discourse, Diversion, and Douchebaggery from the Midwest Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:27:49 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: David http://youareadouche.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/writing-wramblings/#comment-108 David Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:27:49 +0000 http://youareadouche.wordpress.com/?p=151#comment-108 You should call it Piles: The Memoirs of E. Springer. Wait, do you call piles the same thing we call piles in the UK? Hemorrhoids. You should call it Piles: The Memoirs of E. Springer.

Wait, do you call piles the same thing we call piles in the UK? Hemorrhoids.

]]> By: Kay-tay Grill-the-Meat http://youareadouche.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/writing-wramblings/#comment-107 Kay-tay Grill-the-Meat Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:34:29 +0000 http://youareadouche.wordpress.com/?p=151#comment-107 Yo J Spice! May I suggest also a book of essays? Or contributions to McSweeney's? Your style sometimes reminds me of those Open Letter essays. Another facet of your wordsmithing. I love it. I wanted to be a writer for a long time. You know what? Writing is hard. Fucking hard, so I decided I didn't want to do it anymore. That, and a conveniently timed hard drive failure. Alas, "Cloud Ponies" was not to be. Yo J Spice! May I suggest also a book of essays? Or contributions to McSweeney’s? Your style sometimes reminds me of those Open Letter essays. Another facet of your wordsmithing. I love it.

I wanted to be a writer for a long time. You know what? Writing is hard. Fucking hard, so I decided I didn’t want to do it anymore. That, and a conveniently timed hard drive failure. Alas, “Cloud Ponies” was not to be.

]]> By: Rachael http://youareadouche.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/writing-wramblings/#comment-106 Rachael Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:20:40 +0000 http://youareadouche.wordpress.com/?p=151#comment-106 Is this why you wanted the absinthe? So you could be the next Hemmingway, or Poe? It might just work. You are good, E. A good writer. You have a way with making something out of nothing - and a way of twisting and contorting your words into pictures in my mind. Now the trick is to find something to make something out of. Thats always been my problem. What is my something? Absinthe will certainly help. It makes everything seem special. It also will turn you into an alcoholic, since it gave me and my friends 3 day hangovers. That will drive you to the hair of the dog that bit ya! Is this why you wanted the absinthe? So you could be the next Hemmingway, or Poe? It might just work. You are good, E. A good writer. You have a way with making something out of nothing – and a way of twisting and contorting your words into pictures in my mind. Now the trick is to find something to make something out of. Thats always been my problem. What is my something?
Absinthe will certainly help. It makes everything seem special. It also will turn you into an alcoholic, since it gave me and my friends 3 day hangovers. That will drive you to the hair of the dog that bit ya!

]]> By: William Lawson http://youareadouche.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/writing-wramblings/#comment-104 William Lawson Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:09:26 +0000 http://youareadouche.wordpress.com/?p=151#comment-104 "Don’t feel obligated to stick to shitty first ideas." Does the same follow for shitty second ideas? (Just wondering) In either case, not many come with a "shitty" tag attached. Usually that quality appears only in proportion to the time spent on them. Put another way, spend enough time with any idea and you'll discover that it was shitty all along. Some are just tougher to crack than others. The answer is not to waste time with any of them. Always use them fresh out of your mind...while they're still wrapped in a cloak of brilliance. :) By the way, this post was unusually well-written, and a genuine pleasure to read! “Don’t feel obligated to stick to shitty first ideas.” Does the same follow for shitty second ideas? (Just wondering) In either case, not many come with a “shitty” tag attached. Usually that quality appears only in proportion to the time spent on them. Put another way, spend enough time with any idea and you’ll discover that it was shitty all along. Some are just tougher to crack than others. The answer is not to waste time with any of them. Always use them fresh out of your mind…while they’re still wrapped in a cloak of brilliance. :) By the way, this post was unusually well-written, and a genuine pleasure to read!

]]> By: smarlett http://youareadouche.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/writing-wramblings/#comment-102 smarlett Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:41:35 +0000 http://youareadouche.wordpress.com/?p=151#comment-102 Just write about bacon. That will cure your writer's block. But seriously. This post is an achievement by itself. I'm jealous of just about anything you pen. Or type. Just write about bacon. That will cure your writer’s block.

But seriously. This post is an achievement by itself. I’m jealous of just about anything you pen. Or type.

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