And anyone can write when all they have to do is write. But can they really?
I think you need to DO life to write, and not sit in front of your computer and think "Now, what shall I write today?"
Yesterday, two of my family had a tiny tiny 2 line dialogue about something, and an idea INSTANTLY popped into my head. Here is the dialogue I wrote down.
Life gives these gems (at least I think they are) of human social exchange. It's little tiny bits of life which you need to catch and write down, and not copy from the classics or from another writer or movie. It's why I write, to share these things. Like when Billy Connolly was asking for directions in Glasgow, an old lady said "You know, I don't think you can get there from here." lol
"Is this okay?"
"It doesn't
matter."
"Like
this?"
"No, not
like that."
"This?"
"No, turn it
around. Yes. No. Like that."
"Like
this?"
"Yes, that's
better. Err..no, no, it's not."
"So, it
doesn't matter?"
"No, no, it
doesn't matter."
"Like
this?"
"No, not like that! Oh, I'll do it."(I added 1 word for another entry into Austin Briggs' competition this month (the word 'decide'), it'll be up to vote on soon hopefully...)
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