That would be the opposite of my intention, to discourage anyone from experiencing the genuine magic of creation.

But the world is full of grifters and people in love with the idea of themselves as writers, rather than in love with the process. Hollow vessels and status-chasers. You know what I'm talking about.

To some extent, every piece of writing is discovered in the act of becoming. Nothing ends up the way we planned or says what we thought it was going to say, and that's what makes writing live.

Still, I'm tired of reading one-sentence paragraphs from mediocrities whose best idea is to add another boring 'hot take' on the day's headlines. People who never had a single idea in their lives.