Alright. Wasted again, but got an offer to write. Not paying, but certainly interesting. I'm always being asked to write, now that I think of it. I need to find in writing the voice that people hear that attracts them to me. I need to render myself in type. I need to practice. www.igsreality.ca
Cam wants me to write for the site. He didn't say what--he was drunk too. But the fact is, I can write, and he can put it up where people can read it. I should write. But politics? I don't know. I hate politics. Not really, but I hate writing on politics because I always disagree with myself the next day. You never need to disagree with fiction. But you can say it's good or bad. Yes, this is just the same. I should write for him. I don't know what to write. I read the news. I'm interested. I must learn journalism. Not journalism. Column-writing. I must write a column. Then make people pay me. Then I can eat and write, which is all I need to live. I'm not yet a failure, but soon if I don't get cracking.
Cam wants me to write for the site. He didn't say what--he was drunk too. But the fact is, I can write, and he can put it up where people can read it. I should write. But politics? I don't know. I hate politics. Not really, but I hate writing on politics because I always disagree with myself the next day. You never need to disagree with fiction. But you can say it's good or bad. Yes, this is just the same. I should write for him. I don't know what to write. I read the news. I'm interested. I must learn journalism. Not journalism. Column-writing. I must write a column. Then make people pay me. Then I can eat and write, which is all I need to live. I'm not yet a failure, but soon if I don't get cracking.
Just be careful that the pursuit of journalism doesn't kill your creative self. 'Tis dangerous.
[Edited on Apr 27, 2003]