Writer's Block: The start of something wonderful

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oh hai so I'm actually doing a writer's block wat

It's a contest between two.

 

"Happy families are all alike, every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."

-Anna Karenina

It's a statement that I find rather intriguing, it reflects a fascination with the morbid, and something I personally find reflected in my writing habits. It's just so much easier to write unhappy things because there's so many directions one can go with it and so many vague possibilities around the corner, which at the best, can merely end bittersweet. Happy things, while, they can be fun in their own way, generally end with "and they lived happily ever after, The End." And that's nice and all. But misery loves company and I love misery for company. At least when I'm writing. Misery can leave me alone when I'm off doing work.

 

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of good fortune must be in want of a wife."

-Pride and Prejudice

To be honest? I just find this line absolutely hilarious. I mean. It's a great example of Austen's social commentary of the times, and it just exudes humor and wit. It's a line that never fails to make me smile and what keeps bringing me back to my now battered and dog-eared little copy. I almost regret giving said copy to a young friend I'm kind of sort of mentoring aaaaa but she should know this wonderful work :V