verareyhood

So you wanna be a writer 
          	
          	if it doesn't come bursting out of you
          	in spite of everything,
          	don't do it.
          	unless it comes unasked out of your
          	heart and your mind and your mouth
          	and your gut,
          	don't do it.
          	if you have to sit for hours
          	staring at your computer screen
          	or hunched over your
          	typewriter
          	searching for words,
          	don't do it.
          	if you're doing it for money or
          	fame,
          	don't do it.
          	if you're doing it because you want
          	women in your bed,
          	don't do it.
          	if you have to sit there and
          	rewrite it again and again,
          	don't do it.
          	if it's hard work just thinking about doing it,
          	don't do it.
          	if you're trying to write like somebody
          	else,
          	forget about it.
          	
          	if you have to wait for it to roar out of
          	you,
          	then wait patiently.
          	if it never does roar out of you,
          	do something else.
          	
          	if you first have to read it to your wife
          	or your girlfriend or your boyfriend
          	or your parents or to anybody at all,
          	you're not ready.
          	
          	don't be like so many writers,
          	don't be like so many thousands of
          	people who call themselves writers,
          	don't be dull and boring and
          	pretentious, don't be consumed with self-
          	love.
          	the libraries of the world have
          	yawned themselves to
          	sleep
          	over your kind.
          	don't add to that.
          	don't do it.
          	unless it comes out of
          	your soul like a rocket,
          	unless being still would
          	drive you to madness or
          	suicide or murder,
          	don't do it.
          	unless the sun inside you is
          	burning your gut,
          	don't do it.
          	
          	when it is truly time,
          	and if you have been chosen,
          	it will do it by
          	itself and it will keep on doing it
          	until you die or it dies in you.
          	
          	there is no other way.
          	and there never was.

verareyhood

by Charles Bukowski
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verareyhood

So you wanna be a writer 
          
          if it doesn't come bursting out of you
          in spite of everything,
          don't do it.
          unless it comes unasked out of your
          heart and your mind and your mouth
          and your gut,
          don't do it.
          if you have to sit for hours
          staring at your computer screen
          or hunched over your
          typewriter
          searching for words,
          don't do it.
          if you're doing it for money or
          fame,
          don't do it.
          if you're doing it because you want
          women in your bed,
          don't do it.
          if you have to sit there and
          rewrite it again and again,
          don't do it.
          if it's hard work just thinking about doing it,
          don't do it.
          if you're trying to write like somebody
          else,
          forget about it.
          
          if you have to wait for it to roar out of
          you,
          then wait patiently.
          if it never does roar out of you,
          do something else.
          
          if you first have to read it to your wife
          or your girlfriend or your boyfriend
          or your parents or to anybody at all,
          you're not ready.
          
          don't be like so many writers,
          don't be like so many thousands of
          people who call themselves writers,
          don't be dull and boring and
          pretentious, don't be consumed with self-
          love.
          the libraries of the world have
          yawned themselves to
          sleep
          over your kind.
          don't add to that.
          don't do it.
          unless it comes out of
          your soul like a rocket,
          unless being still would
          drive you to madness or
          suicide or murder,
          don't do it.
          unless the sun inside you is
          burning your gut,
          don't do it.
          
          when it is truly time,
          and if you have been chosen,
          it will do it by
          itself and it will keep on doing it
          until you die or it dies in you.
          
          there is no other way.
          and there never was.

verareyhood

by Charles Bukowski
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verareyhood

hi everyone ; )
          
          
          how are you
          
          is anyone still writing? 
          and loving it. 
          
          i have a quotev now and discord 
          i don’t have much else to say
          
          i have so many ideas and books to publish
          and that i love you guys 
          
          i guess that’s all that needs to be said 

verareyhood

how- how did time fly by so fast!
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verareyhood

i’m dying to update my work- i’m redoing everything 
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verareyhood

to the few who read my stories or read them before, I just want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart. also, all the people (YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE :)) who inspired me to continue writing and reading. 
          
          what if i post a prologue of every book i’ve been working on for literally the past two years? would you guys read it ahahah- but anyway, thank you so much- i am just so grateful
          
          but wow, i really am and i appreciate everything and anything and i can’t wait to continue to thank everyone personally <333

verareyhood

@_Aliceneverland you do it so much!! i always get an email of you giving gratitude and it’s just the best for me to see!! at least both of ours were from our hearts!! 
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_Aliceneverland

@Vanessak11 ahaha no way XD yours was sm better! <3
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verareyhood

I’m looking for free cover makers... anyone know anyone ahaha 
          
          and yes I’ll @ you and make sure you’re followed❤️

verareyhood

@Vanessak11 andddd i did. literally made three covers so far!
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verareyhood

WAHAHAHA NO ONE and bahahaaa- i wish i could do it myself
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