How Not To Write

An interesting title, seeing as I haven’t posted here in a long while. It’s a melancholy thing, but the reason is simple: I’m not practicing.
Notice how I haven’t blamed any one of a host of issues. I won’t even bother to list them, because listing them invites them to be used as excuses [...]

blub blub blub… The only thing I really have to whine about is being fat, and that’s my own damn fault too.
As we work through this craziness of writing, we all struggle with the same problems. It might happen at different times or in a different order. We might be so unfortunate as [...]

The morning before you didn’t write is a morning filled with promise.
You are not writing just yet. You are sitting somewhere, in a cafe or maybe just lying in bed staring at the ceiling thinking that it will be just fine if you lay there for ten minutes more (which will turn into a [...]

I’ve been lazy.
Isn’t that what we’re supposed to say after the new year? Aren’t we supposed to flail ourselves for our failings and weaknesses, promise to be better, and then within a fortnight (if you’re lucky) fall, fall again into a pattern of loathsome idleness?
Yes, I’ve been lazy.
In the past month, I’ve fallen away [...]

Shiny! I wonder if my dome is as blinding?
The winter break is almost over.
This morning, I am sitting in my favorite coffee shop. The world is just beginning to filter in: old men drinking coffee, reading newspapers in isolation; a couple enjoying breakfast; the staff getting jumpy because it ought to be busier. [...]