Comments on: Responding to Kafka http://blog.writenothing.com/2008/01/10/responding-to-kafka/ Writing and I have a love/hate relationship. And by that I mean hate/hate/love. But I'm gonna do it anyways... so you might as well come along for the ride Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:16:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Yuletide http://blog.writenothing.com/2008/01/10/responding-to-kafka/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Yuletide Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:50:47 +0000 http://writing.yulebomb.net/2008/01/10/responding-to-kafka/#comment-16 Word. Word.

]]> By: Alex R http://blog.writenothing.com/2008/01/10/responding-to-kafka/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Alex R Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:49:24 +0000 http://writing.yulebomb.net/2008/01/10/responding-to-kafka/#comment-15 The writer hacking away at a sea of ice is pretty hilarious. I agree- writing does (or should) embody that sense of urgency, sometimes, of desperation. It's frightening to think of the sea underneath this poor writer, trembling, and waiting for the slightest fissure to erupt in his face. What I like about this quote is also that it implies that writing is work- you have to hack it out. Though divine inspiration is lovely and wonderful- to really find what we mean we have to be willing to work for it. When something is well articulated, it generally didn't spill out that way. There was a certain level of hacking away, trimming off the unnecessary pieces involved. The writer hacking away at a sea of ice is pretty hilarious. I agree- writing does (or should) embody that sense of urgency, sometimes, of desperation. It’s frightening to think of the sea underneath this poor writer, trembling, and waiting for the slightest fissure to erupt in his face.

What I like about this quote is also that it implies that writing is work- you have to hack it out. Though divine inspiration is lovely and wonderful- to really find what we mean we have to be willing to work for it. When something is well articulated, it generally didn’t spill out that way. There was a certain level of hacking away, trimming off the unnecessary pieces involved.

]]>