Someone’s talking to you, ya hear?
Oh, hi friends!
Are you listening to the little whispers?
Apply to that job…
Run this route instead of that one…
Say hi to that person…
Follow that story idea…
Where do you think they’re coming from? They ain’t happening for nothing. So pick up the crumbs and make your way to a meal.
“Look out the window the way Dorothy looked out the window in The Wizard of Oz — as if the tornado has plucked you up and next you might see anything. Pretend that you’re a child and homesick and get a sleeve of saltines and a stack of books and read the choicest parts of each one of them. If you can’t work, watch a movie. Before every movie, play exactly one of those old 30s cartoons where the worst thing that’s happening in a mouse’s life is that a bee won’t leave him alone.
Think about who you are writing for, who you are writing against.
Think about what isn’t in poetry yet that you could put here.”
From Patricia Lockwood: How Do We Write Now?
You know I love learning about creative process. This New York Times look at how the pop hit “The Middle” was made shows you the deep collaboration needed between songwriter, producer, and singer. And the INTENSE trial and error it takes to get to number one.
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Thanks, as always, for reading.
Love, Kara