It’s strange to think of pâté. Personally I have never tried the stuff and really don’t want too.
When I was growing up my mom let my sister have a pet duck. His name was Peepers. I always thought it strange to have a pet duck but we did. He was a cute little thing.
When I think of pâté I think of him. It just couldn’t think about doing it. Eating Peepers, uh, no.
When I read what Ms. Abercrombie wrote it was more like she was comparing someone who proclaims to write but does everything else besides writing as the duck and the person who actually sits down to write as the pâté. So in that sense I most certainly want to be the pâté. I will just make sure I keep good ol’ Peepers out of mind.
Distraction. We can be so easily be distracted over some of the silliest things. Here is a list below from the book: "1. I have nothing original to write because everything interesting has already been written. "2. I don’t have enough time right now. I’ll start writing later. I’ll write…
When I went to go read today except, this was the first line: "The fear of going back into your past — reliving trauma or grief — sometimes can block writing about the most important part of your story." This struck me to the core. I have so many things…
