I have several writing projects underway. A good many of them are in the phase of what I would call “a good start.” Too few of them are anywhere near the finish line.
(With apologies to Shakespeare.)
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof.
Ecclesiastes 7:8
I have several writing projects underway. A good many of them are in the phase of what I would call “a good start.” Too few of them are anywhere near the finish line.
Continue reading “To start, perchance to finish”A lot of writers and other artists have a bit of Thurber in them.
Even when you’re not writing, you’re writing.
I said this recently to a writer-friend who had not been doing much writing lately. My remark was an attempt to help my friend feel better, but I’m not sure it landed as I had hoped. But I’ve thought a lot about that brief exchange, and it prompted me to elaborate on that idea.
The exchange also brought to mind this quip from author, humorist, and cartoonist James Thurber.
Continue reading “Never not writing”I never quite know when I’m not writing. Sometimes my wife comes up to me at a party and says, “Dammit, Thurber, stop writing.” She usually catches me in the middle of a paragraph.
From Conversations with James Thurber, edited by Thomas Fensch
Andy writes! 