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meaningfall · 14 hours

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Hi CT! A while ago you mentioned how you once trained yourself in a kind of writing where you start going and just don't stop. I forget other details, but I was wondering if you could talk more about it.

What is this writing technique? How is it practiced? And do you have any tips for those who want to start doing it?

Automatic writing! It originally started as an esoteric method, but now it's just a pretty normal writing warm up. Basically, you just write, no stopping, no backspaces. Its an excellent way to build confidence. You know what they say, all writing is rewriting. Automatic writing is a great way to train up the base quality of your first drafts.

What's funny is that's basically how I was trained to write. I can crank out some insanely high daily word counts if I need to. After years of practice, my first drafts are faster and higher quality than most authors 3rd.

Though, it really is just a way to turn out junk and iterate on it faster than most authors. It makes me really good at producing solid C+ work, but it still takes me just as long to make A+ work.

#on writing

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meaningfall · 18 hours

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C. A. Singh • blank pages

2017

#blank pages #my poetry

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meaningfall · 20 hours

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Sometimes I think that if someone cut me open, the words would really be there. Like a whale that consumed too much garbage, and now her body is nothing but a time capsule for all the things humans throw away.

If These Wings Could Fly 🐦‍⬛ Kyrie McCauley

#if these wings could fly #kyrie mccauley

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meaningfall · 2 days

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Love like a Lake

My love is like a lake. It knows its place, never moving, ever nurturing in your sleep and your wake.

The lake sees your love when you look back and knows you're the sky— it welcomes your thunders and cries.

My love, like the lake, you'll only find my arms spreading when the earth shakes; when it rains or storms, you'll see me welcoming you all the more.

Because just like the lake, you are my earth; I exist with you to create and make a home for what you make, to show kindness and unmoving love.

—Casey Huang

#poetry #poetry community

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meaningfall · 2 days

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C. A. Singh • Behind Her Smile

2015

#behind her smile #my poetry

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Chelsea Dingman, from "Of Those Who Can’t Afford to Be Gentle"

#quotes #poetry

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meaningfall · 3 days

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comment on 10cc - im not in love

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meaningfall · 3 days

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C. A. Singh • Before Life, Before Bed

4-5-21

#before life before bed #my poetry

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meaningfall · 3 days

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I know now that the last is never true. It will happen again. And he probably does love us, but it’s never been enough to make him stop. Instead, it makes it worse— his love for us. And ours for him. It makes it impossible to leave.

If These Wings Could Fly 🐦‍⬛ Kyrie McCauley

#if these wings could fly #kyrie mccauley

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