How to be a writer
Write a paragraph. Delete what you’ve written. Write some more. Two paragraphs, three, maybe a whole page. Read them, scream, delete and rewrite them.
Bang head on desk. Get some sudden inspiration and write six pages. Spell and grammar check them. Read them and feel a thrill that they make sense.
Write a paragraph. Delete what you’ve written. Dig deep inside you. Find additional inspiration and write five or six more pages.
Life interrupts.
Write a paragraph. Bang head on desk…
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Doggonedmysteries 
Sounds like the usual strategy though I usually bang my head on the wall beside me rather than the desk. The desk is too cluttered and I might hit something important.
To bang my head on the wall I’d have to leave my desk.
In literary fiction I have found books that propound the same idea at much greater length and considerably less clarity. Well done!
Thank you I do try to write in a concise manner. 😉
lmao that was so good it explains some of the noises we heard when we were kids
I bet your father had the dents in his desk to prove it.
lmaooooooooo, if you aim for the keyboard you could have a QWERTY headache as well as a temporarily imbedded tattoo. Of course, to do this properly, you have to yell QWERTY every time you bang your head;)
I wonder what Patty and Gavin would think…LOL
The pups already think I’m nuts.
I feel like that quite often, although mine isn’t about writing, it’s about lacking inspiration for crafting things. WHY can’t I just find something I’m good at and can work at at home??
The images you created did make me chuckle though. Hope your inner editor goes out for a long coffee break for you!
That danged little editor needs to take a looong vacation.