At the same time as it seems impossible for a writer today to draft a line without the help of a computer, that is, without this wonderful tool that makes it possible to have a mountain of data organized, accessible and, above all, in which anything can be researched in seconds, there is the fact that neither this nor any automation is put to good use when one does not know how to carry out the process without it. In other words: one must take advantage of it, but not depend on it to get the job done; which means, in short, understanding its possibilities and limitations.
Tag: writing
There Are Many Examples of Beautiful Works…
Many are the examples of beautiful works that were only started late, but it is rare to find a great writer who did not venture into writing long before he was able to produce something worthwhile. In fact, to be able to do this is precisely to practice until mastery is acquired, to experiment, make mistakes and learn. What is not acquired through this is the baggage of study and experience; but through this, and only through this, is acquired the ability to write well.
The Impressive Thing About Habit…
The impressive thing about habit is that it accustoms the mind to difficult tasks, making them seem almost, almost easy; and even if it does not go that far, it trivializes doing them, something extraordinary in itself. Psychologically, getting used to doing something means doing it with less effort, like switching on an automatic execution mode. And it is only possible to see how beneficial, how powerful a habit is when one breaks it and then tries to do what one used to do naturally. Almost always, the effort needed to pick it up is less than the effort needed to give it up.
The Commitment Not to Give Up…
The commitment not to give up is the beginning and the harbinger of literary work. Without it, what is done does not become a work, but merely something fleeting and equally disposable. It is only this commitment that will sustain the effort when circumstances sabotage it, when the will to write itself fails. It is this that motivates habit, and it is only this that restores normality when habit, violated, transmutes a state of productive inertia into absolute torpor.