1. Companionship. Unfortunately for me I enjoy the presence of others, and therefore cannot hide in my basement tapping away at a keyboard 24/7.
2. Fear. Of many things such as my electric toothbrush and the way it mysteriously dies on my wisdom teeth only to come back into full vibration power once its out of my mouth, or the feeling of missing out on the most important episode of criminal minds ever to hit 2009 in which I have to go watch it ASAP, but mostly of rejection which is ironic because never submitting anything is in itself a submission to refusal. (did that make sense, as I always believe: no it did not.)
3. Even if I did get anything published, I seriously think there may be three thousand people worldwide who would find it interesting and the people at the pulitzer prize company are definitely excluded. (maybe Roger Ebert)
4. Finite amount of spendable cash. Although I am currently unemployed, this is sure to only last another month or so, and then I will be forced to rejoin the working world, in which I will make excuses like "I've worked all day, I can't write tonight." or "It's my day off, I deserve to sit on a couch watching the criminal minds marathon."
5. Starcraft. Fuck. Why is it's power over me more addictive than cigarettes, booze, and rock n' roll?
6. School. Although I suck at attending, and my grades reflect that, in the back of my mind it's always nagging and making me feel anxious so therefore I get nothing done and nothing accomplished.
7. I like waiting. Although I have completed my first novel, I have yet to try anything with it because I feel the perfect time to put all my time into it comes directly after I learn I have won the $40 million lottery.
8. Technology. In my opinion I would have finished and published my first novel at least two years ago, however, technological breaks in the space-time continuum along with my own inability to create backups has resulted in me re-writing the whole thing more than once.
9. Confidence. Yeah this one goes without say and is kind of a cop-out, but hey ten reasons is a lot of thinking...
10. The New York Times Crossword. Fuck you Will Shortz. You've made my life a living hell.
-Richard
10 reasons why I am yet to write a best-seller
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Brilliant. I especially enjoyed Nos. 2, 7 and 8. But seriously, No. 6 has a lot of merit. I have finally figured out that when I'm doing the hamster in a wheel thing, it's because there is something else that needs to be completed first. The Anxiety of Unaccomplished Things is definitely a barrier to writing, although writing could itself be considered in that classification. Kind of like a literary Mobius strip. Or something. I also read your post after this one and all I have to say to that is 'don't stop writing, but don't do it in a vacuum'. You've got an amazing mind.
^ that's a dope reply.
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