skipping.writing? i.see… half-stepper
I’m often asked how I write, about my method and such. Unfortunately, after 5 years or so of gigging , I still find myself seeking “the answer” from other more experienced writers.
Things have gotten a lot better though, and when I look back on things I can see there’s a thin line between the sincere I-want-to-be-a-real-writer aspiration and the I’m-gonna-be-a-real-writer hubris. The latter expects it will just happen; the other respects a Jiminy Cricket voice that challenges her the moment she’s tempted to break the daily habits of accretion, of simple discipline factored over time; “skipping writing?” is his favourite question, followed by a seemingly sympathetic “I see” and then the clincher, a muttered observation that calls it like it is, “half-stepper”. Seinfeld’s dontbreakthechain is as good a strategy as any, for any type of writer. I’m gonna use it for keeping these swishisms coming, no half-stepping.
