Writing Rebellion; Messiness Makes Me Happy

Since Kellie put it so well, I decided to let her words tell how I feel on this subject. 🙂

Magic in the Backyard

typewriter

I once had a dispute with my English professor. She said, no matter what you’re writing, you should always write an outline. I said bullshit…just say no to outlines. Maybe if you are being forced to write about something you aren’t really feeling (such as an essay for English class on the differences between Finnish and American governments) then, yes, an outline may be of some help because it’s not like it affected your spirit so deeply that you are bursting with something to say in reply. (Well, it didn’t me anyway.) But when it comes to poetry and prose…these are things written (or should be written) in the moment, as you feel it, when your spirit is deeply stricken with an emotion that you can’t do anything else but spill your feelings onto the page.

When I write, and this includes everything on my blog, I do not edit…

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2 thoughts on “Writing Rebellion; Messiness Makes Me Happy

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