We all have this misunderstanding about heartbreak, which is we think we should AVOID it. But what I think is that HEARTACHE is a clue toward the work we're supposed to be doing in the WORLD. What BREAKS each person's HEART is different - be it racial injustice, war, or animals. And when you figure out what it is that breaks yours, go toward it.
Read MoreI pretty much drink a cup of coffee, write in my journal for a while, and then SIT at a COMPUTER in my office and torture the keys. My one saving grace as a writer is that, if I'm having trouble with the novel I'm writing, I write SOMETHING else, a POEM or a short story. I TRY to avoid writer's block by always writing something.
Read MoreI feel LIKE I'm CONSTANTLY trying to AVOID awkwardness. I always TRY to pretend that the awkwardness doesn't exist, and then it just becomes more awkward.
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