Word count

[dampscribbler]

Not exactly sure, yet, but I'm way behind for the month, and only at about 1,000 for today.

"People should be writers if and only if they feel that they have to write, no matter what the consequences."

Do I?

If I have to ask, isn't the answer no?

Comments

[wardo68.livejournal.com]

I always go back to the line in Throw Momma From The Train: "A writer writes -- always." That's not to say you need to spend your waking hours doing nothing but writing, but if you feel a compulsion to write, then yeah, you're a writer.

Now, I don't know what you're writing about, or what the consequences might be, but I say go ahead and write. The consequences only come when someone else reads it, and you can cross those chickens once they're hatched.

[dampscribbler.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Ward, I appreciate the support.

Here's what's half-assed about my writing, what causes me doubt again and again. I do, indeed, feel a compulsion to write. I am constantly and compulsively creating sentences, mulling ideas, inventing characters -- but -- 99.99% of it happens in my head. The actual physical act of writing, whether with pen on paper or keystrokes on a computer, well, it's rare.

So. Am I writing, or not? The only answer I have is "sorta."