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The worst advice to give a writer? To stop writing, to give up, to take another job. Stupid tips one should not care about, it’s unnecessary to abandon writing when you can do it alongside whatever else you do. A writer writes, takes notes, and doesn’t care if it’s just a meme, a slogan, a column, a journal entry, a short story, or if it’s scribbled on paper, a napkin, or a wall. Writing is an urge, an art, a need to express, no more, no less. Only those without that urge and creativity give such stupid advice, the same counts for teachers. The same goes for artists, painters. You paint, express, colour your feelings and ideas. If there are no colours available, it’s drawing, sketching, painting in black and white, or using pigments from plants, fruits, tea. Creatives are those who feel the urge; the dead are those who believe art isn’t needed—to brighten, to make people think, act, love, laugh, or respond. Telling an artist to stop being one is the worst advice. It’s not true that artists can only exist if they do it professionally. A job takes about eight hours a day—that leaves sixteen to create, if not more. To me, it’s something always present. Not AI-generated text for a quick sale, but observing life, people, watching films, engaging, and taking notes—on paper or in my mind. Everything is worth writing about. The power of words is immense, even the harsh ones no one wants to hear. Someone must say them aloud. Writers will weaving irony, sarcasm, poetry, fables, stories… The world is full of good writers, famous or not, and they all have words worth reading, worth remembering.
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Prompt: see title - @freewritehouse
I used: https://thestoryshack.com/writing-exercise/ just type what pops up in your mind}