Garrison Keillor to me: Get over it, already

[pegkerr]

I have sort of a hard time not taking this personally. Garrison Keillor says that writers who gripe that Writing is Hard (and you all know that I've bitched plenty about being blocked in this journal before) should just get a grip and knock it off. Writing is hard. Get over it.

Writers, Quit Whining. Spare us the self-involved moaning over the agonies of your art. Writing is no harder than anything else, and the complainers should can it.

Ouch.

Thoughts?

Comments

[sleigh.livejournal.com]

Actually, I think that creativity and imagination can be enhanced through practice and exercises...

But yes, to some extent we're probably in agreement. If you want my whole take on the issue, it's here: http://www.farrellworlds.com/formula.html