Israel ShenkerWriting is an affair of yearning for great voyages and hauling on frayed ropes.
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Writing is an affair of yearning for great voyages and hauling on frayed ropes. If you are an avid reader, you probably know this quote by Poe. However, if you didn't already know it, it's about writing. It's the reason so many writers who haven't yet started to write often wonder if they should or not.
That's because writing can be a very lonely life, if you're not careful. When you're starting out, it can be very easy to feel like all your writing is trapped inside of you and that there's no escape for it to find its way into the world. It's also very easy to feel like your writing isn't good enough because it doesn't come out as easily as you'd like - like hauling on frayed ropes.
But the thing is, there are many ways to get words onto paper or screen. And sometimes those words are very good despite what you might think at first glance.
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