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

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Nice essay, although a little heavy handed.

I agree with his main point, that lots of things in life are hard and that whining about it is not very pretty. Of course, some things are harder for some than others, and other things are harder for others than some. That's what makes the world fun.

But everyone complains about their job, and so what?

B