Ernest HemingwayDo you suffer when you write? I don't at all. Suffer like a bastard when don't write, or just before, and feel empty and fucked out afterwards. But never feel as good as while writing.
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The writer's block is the worst, but the one that sticks with you the most after writing something. "The worst" because it's really hard to write when you don't know what to write next and "the one that sticks with you" because it takes a couple of days to get over this kind of block.
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