So no matter how I might feel, deep down in the dark parts of my heart, about the time I spent over the last few weeks, not writing, not being able to sit with a notebook for longer than five minutes...
Because they want to know YOU KNOW your own story.
Yesterday, I shared this post over on my Bluesky (of which I am now Verified so hurray for me being me!): https://bsky.app/profile/fifthdraft.com/post/3lcq57gkhsk2m https://bsky.app/profile/fifthdraft.com/post/3lcq57nc74s2m Which is exciting, but I realized a lot of people in my close circle may not understand... Continue Reading →
There's a great quote from Terry Pratchett I see from time to time that I think about religiously then, clearly, promptly forget. It goes:
But see, that's just it. It doesn't take much. It won't take much. It didn't take much.
Letting it out just to get stepped on can feel like watching your child take their first steps into preschool only to be tripped by another, bigger, burlier kid.
I thought, "That's cool... maybe I should identify the people who influenced me in the same way and study them." did. I started with Toriyama.
Fifth Draft 