Jack Campbell Jr.

Tag: writers

  • You Are Not a Beautiful and Unique Snowflake

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    Listen up, maggots. You are not special. You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. You’re the same decaying organic matter as everything else. – Tyler Durden in Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club Writer’s are a fragile bunch.  We are primarily solitary creatures, except when we are gathering with other writers to talk about writing.  We…

  • Truths of the Group Mind

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    I recently went to a couple of writer’s groups.  I have not had my work actively critiqued by another writer since college, unless you count a couple rejection letters. Writing groups are a very interesting place, and I had almost forgotten what they are like.  There are several truths about writing groups.  I am posting…

  • Opening a Vein

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    “There is nothing to writing.  All you do is sit at a typewriter and open a vein.” – Red Smith Writing can be difficult, especially knowing what to write.  I’ve been reading several blogs lately about ideas and the constant influx of them when you don’t need them, their apparent extinction when you do, and…