They Can't Stop Me From Thinking About My Wip In Class

they can't stop me from thinking about my wip in class

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Under the Stars - Lisa Benson

New Zealand , b. 1966 -

Linocut print ,  27 x 35 cm. Ed. 40 /50

The Sentence

by Anna Akhmatova tr. Judith Hemschemeyer

And the stone word fell On my still-living breast. Never mind, I was ready. I will manage somehow.

Today I have so much to do: I must kill memory once and for all, I must turn my soul to stone, I must learn to live again —

Unless… Summer’s ardent rustling Is like a festival outside my window. For a long time I’ve foreseen this Brilliant day, deserted house.

Byron Cooper (1850 - 1933) - Moonrise from the Downs. 1891. Oil on canvas.

when im writing something that i think is terrible i always try to apply the "change of perspective" method, especially as i write with the good ol' pen and ink:

Even if it ends up being bad it's probably not half as horrible as i think it is;

Scenes and events take time to write, especially on paper, so obviously even the shortest bit seems to be dragging on after a while;

Consequently look when the given scene started. It was probably a page ago, not ten, so it cant be bad to the point of ruining the overall project.