Status Updates From Una vita a scrivere

One line of a poem, the poet said – only one line, but thank God for that one line – drops from the ceiling...and you tap in the others around it with a jeweler’s hammer. You find and finger a phrase at a time; you lay it down cautiously, as if with tongs, and wait suspended until the next one finds you: Ah yes, then this; and yes, praise be, then this."

“This writing that you do, that so thrills you, that so rocks and exhilarates you, as if you were dancing next to the band, is barely audible to anyone else “

im generally sceptical of essays on writing and advice on how best to go about it, because writing is such a unique, individual experience and there's no single approach that can suit everyone. that being said, i like the way this is written, and there are some nice passages to ponder