Understandably those who write and (A) Hope to make some income from their efforts or (B) Have received more rejection slips than is Just or (C) Cannot get their characters to do exactly as they would wish or (D) Are presently engaged in yet another re-write or (E) Staring at the blank page or half-finished paragraph OR any combination of the aforementioned will have looked at this title either screamed…… ‘Are you insane!’ 
OR ‘Oooh !…You smug, complacent…..(deleted)…..
….… to You!!
Which is understandable….(If I wasn’t writing this I know I would resort to such). And yet even the most tormented, frustrated and wretched of us have to admit that from time to time during our journey on putting words from mind into a readable format we must have felt a small secret thrill of joy when engaged in the whole tortuous exercise.
Why? Oh Evasive and Yet Persistent Muse Why?
For art there not many more rewarding and easier tasks?
No, we will not turn away to these delightful pleasures. We will carry on writing….
Just…Because.
And there within us lies the unknown factor, irrespective of whatever may come of it. Therein lies the sheer joy of seeing thoughts coalesced into ideas which in turn settle down upon paper or the electronic equivalent. The bright warm thrill of witnessing the finished work. To know this is something ***I ***created of my own volition and effort. My art, my striving, this is a gift which lies there’s quietly whispering away even in the most fallow of times.
Take it, embrace the warmth and the strength, let the feeling flow throughout you, see you through.
For you are a writer by choice or by design.
Writing Despite Computers and Programmes 
I’m not sure which I am yet…
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Your muse & imagination will tell you which when they reckon you are ready
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I hope so, they’re just taking their time.
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They do, then when you least except it, they are shaking you, waking you, prodding you.🥴
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Yeah I find that too lol
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Adorable little scamps aren’t they? 🤨
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That’s one way of putting it lol
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I thought it best to keep my remarks family-friendly. You never know who is reading them 🤔
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Well quite… Especially in this day and age lol
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🤫 🤭
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Wonderful and true, Roger! Thanks for this encouraging post.
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Glad you found it so Audrey. 😃
(Oh the irony. It’s 5.30am here and I’ve been awake since 4.00am- wondering about…..you’ve guessed My Writing and where I am going with everything!!).
Luckily I have a british solution…’a cuppa tea’
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Just after 10 p.m. here and I’m about to shut down for the night. Getting up early must give you time to write, after that cuppa, of course.
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Hope you had a good night’s sleep. I went back to bed. If I get up too early it throws on the rest of the day…managed to squeeze a paragraph out though 😃
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Yes, I generally sleep well. I can see that waking up extra early can mess up your day. I hope you had a good sleep after that. 😴
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Catching up thanks. 😃
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She wrote,
and I quote:
I’m gonna write,
that’s right!
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How right can you be!
Right- write.
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