Comments on: A writer is someone who likes writing. http://carolynkellogg.com/2008/06/a-writer-is-someone-who-likes-writing/ and Pinky's Paperhaus Wed, 03 Nov 2010 05:15:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Donigan http://carolynkellogg.com/2008/06/a-writer-is-someone-who-likes-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-3329 Donigan Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:52:07 +0000 http://pinkyspaperhaus.com/?p=734#comment-3329 The url for my web page has changed; clicking on the one above is a dead end. Sorry. I can't figure out how to change it from my original registration. If you can change it, Pinky, here is the correct url: http://web.mac.com/hdmerritt Thank you. The url for my web page has changed; clicking on the one above is a dead end. Sorry. I can’t figure out how to change it from my original registration. If you can change it, Pinky, here is the correct url:

http://web.mac.com/hdmerritt

Thank you.

]]> By: Donigan http://carolynkellogg.com/2008/06/a-writer-is-someone-who-likes-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-3328 Donigan Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:05:01 +0000 http://pinkyspaperhaus.com/?p=734#comment-3328 We all know what Dorothy Parker famously quipped when asked what's the best thing about writing ... having written. I do like having written, but no less than I like writing. I like writing even when it makes me sad or depressed or ecstatic or feverish. I like writing even when it's painful. There is nothing about writing I don't like, but there are some aspects I like more than others: the fluid artistry of a good pen applying ink to receptive paper, revising work to make it sparkle, and of course, holding the book that ends the process of (often) years of writing everyday. And yes, I also agree that ideas are everywhere every moment, and a writer's elemental task is sorting them out into the valuable and the trivial. We all know what Dorothy Parker famously quipped when asked what’s the best thing about writing … having written.

I do like having written, but no less than I like writing. I like writing even when it makes me sad or depressed or ecstatic or feverish. I like writing even when it’s painful. There is nothing about writing I don’t like, but there are some aspects I like more than others: the fluid artistry of a good pen applying ink to receptive paper, revising work to make it sparkle, and of course, holding the book that ends the process of (often) years of writing everyday.

And yes, I also agree that ideas are everywhere every moment, and a writer’s elemental task is sorting them out into the valuable and the trivial.

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