by Edie Melson
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| A writer's life is one filled with ups and downs. |
A writer’s life is one filled with ups and downs. Some days
the words flow and it seems that you have a pipeline from Heaven to the
computer screen. The words swirl and dance with a life of their own.
At other times the sentences start and stop, stuttering in
an ugly disjointed rhythm. You can’t seem to connect the words into coherent
thoughts, and the voices in your head are no longer kinds ones brimming with
inspiration. Instead they scream at you to stop. Give up the dream, and quit
kidding yourself. The secret to success on those frustrating days is to keep
writing—sometimes you have to go through the junk to get to the gems.
I know it’s true because I’ve been there . . . more than
once.
