One: Sometimes people will stick things in your ears while you write. If you pull these things out, they'll just stick them in again. Or find something worse. Leave said objects in ear.
Two: When a pony wants attention from you, and you want to write, it actually is possible to compromise. Just pretend they're a giant cat and let them flop over your lap. Pet occasionally. This gives them attention and it is very therapeutic to do when stuck on a particular sentence.
Three: Ink will make you very sick if you drink it.
Four: Quills do not belong in any orifice of the body. Not in ANY ORIFICE.
Five: Sometimes watching the strange, strange, strange things other ponies do can bring about incredible inspiration.
Six: No matter how much you love someone, don't ever let them "collaborate" with you if they're Luna. Ever. Never ever ever ever ever.
Seven: Quiet and rational discussion is the proper way to explain to someone that you want a few hours for quiet time to write and concentrate. Not pummeling each other.
Eight: Just because you're sitting in a chair does not mean you can't be picked up and thrown out the window. But it does mean that if you manage to keep hold of your writing tools, you can continue to write surprisingly peacefully outside and don't have to sit in broken glass.
Nine: Do not have sex on the writing desk.
Ten: If you really want to sit down and write, nothing in the universe can stop you if you just sit down and write, no matter how much it hurts at first and how slow it's going. And when you're finished for the day, you get to feel like a kid showing off his first drawings all over again when you turn to that person you care about - who often brings aforementioned apocalypse - and get her to read the stuff for you. Especially since no matter what, she always makes you feel good about what you've done, and like maybe you're a little worthwhile.
Ten B: Unless she wants coffee, then she's a total
~Scrivener Blooms
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