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Are you satisfied with your writing? What is it about? How often do you write? Do you dream of people finding out about it eventually?

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[–] FritzApollo@lemmy.today 13 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I had a Kafkaesque writing crisis recently. I was close to destroying 25 years of writing, because no one's interested and what's the point etc. I was so worn down that my writing just seemed like garbage. Maybe that's why no one's interested, I thought. As I tried to build the courage to destroy it all, I began to see it all in a sharper focus. It was good writing. So I'm satisfied with it on that level. I tend to write about life in the grey areas, where regular language doesn't do it justice. I usually write every day, but I'm taking a break so as to break my ingrained writing habits, create new ones, keep things fresh. I would like for people to "find out about it", but at this point, I'm also OK if no one does.

[–] DeceasedPassenger@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Your description sounds more than interesting enough to me, glad to hear you didn't destroy it. Is there somewhere I can view your work? Assuming you want to share.

[–] FritzApollo@lemmy.today 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm a songwriter and because life has been iNtErEsTiNg for a while, I haven't been able to record anything properly. That's part of the frustration. I might be able to share some lyrics in a sort of poem form, though.

[–] DeceasedPassenger@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Understandable, I'd definitely be interested in reading though. Hope things get more manageable for you 🤙

[–] FritzApollo@lemmy.today 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Thanks. Maybe I can PM you some lyrics?

[–] DeceasedPassenger@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

I would definitely appreciate that, it's been a while but I used to read and share poetry and lyrics with some close friends pretty often. It's been a while.

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