The goal is appealing, or even absolutely necessary, but the enormity of the gap between here and there seems overwhelming.
Sometimes, occasionally, I remember that I’m not driving a car. That I am allowed to take my eyes off the road…
“Just to that tree there, then I’ll stop and walk.”
… There was no wrecks and nobody drownded, Fact, nothing to laugh at at all.
Affection, Amusement, Anger, Annoyance, Angst, Anticipation, Apathy, Anxiety, Awe, Contempt, Contentment, Curiosity, Depression, Desire, Despair, Disappointment, Disgust, Ecstasy, Excitement, Empathy, Envy, Embarrassment, Euphoria, Fear, Frustration, Gratitude, Grief, Guilt, Happiness, Hatred, Hope, Horror, Hostility, Hysteria, Interest, Jealousy, Joy, Loathing, Longing, Love, Lust, Misery, Optimism, Pity, Pride, Rage, Regret, Relief, Remorse, Sadness, Satisfaction, Scorn, Sensory pleasure, …
I do think that writing should be hard. That you should push yourself to make it the best you can, or else why bother? Not just writing in fact. Life.