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Susan Oleksiw's avatar

Writing a sentence or a paragraph while going through the day is one of my chief pleasures, but also a sign that the story idea I've been thinking about is ready to take shape on paper. I don't try to explain this to anyone because of the blank looks I usually got when I tried.

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Lev Raphael's avatar

I think non-writers (aka civilians) have ideas about writing they've gleaned from movies and TV shows where writing has to be demonstrated and visual. Musing doesn't make for good drama. :-)

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Joaquin Roibal's avatar

Hello, stumbled across your posts from a "Lit Mag" substack. Enjoying your posts so far. I saw a comment you made about bespoke writing "workshops", perhaps we can connect sometime because I'm working on a project I'd perhaps like a bit of guidance.

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Lev Raphael's avatar

You can email me at raphael1836@gmail.com.

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M.E. Proctor's avatar

It's one of the most enjoyable things: writing when not writing. Not to mention that it gives you an excuse for procrastination! I "not-write" write best in the precious minutes between waking up and getting up.

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Lev Raphael's avatar

The brilliance of the writing on Succession is how people want to protect themselves, so their circumlocution, their pauses and hesitations and backtracking are a circus.

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