Erin!
Erin!
Erin!
I appreciate your friend Christy’s objections!!! *(insert footnote, redirecting to comments from last post) Let us exclaim as much as possible!!! For while all writers must quit writing - for good, forever, and for sure - at least twice weekly, we must also do the work of talking ourselves out of it.
For heaven’s sake, didn’t you learn anything about Scene & Sequel???
As such, I much demand, that you pull out a computer and complete your post assignment for this week, as the portion included in yesterday’s mailing shall not be allowed to stand on its own.
Oh, how I loved your Line Tamers picture! I zoomed up close to see you as a young, spry (Louise has feelings about that word, just so you know) 3rd semester student. And what letter were you? R. That is right, R.
So,
R you kidding me?
R you really thinking any of us will allow you to quit?
Remember who you are, even if that is cliché (poems written in the early hours of the second week of residency are not required to delete clichés).
Really take a moment and think.
R you going to let the youth of the world hate numbers???
R you????
Round up a few choice jokes.
Regale innocent passers by and
Remind yourself of how important it is that
Rhombuses be fun.
Right away, I insist that you
Reject your rejections.
Really tell them off for me.
Rancid, ridiculous rejections, that’s what they are. Instead
Ruminate on all the delicious of words
Repeat several affirmations and
Rally yourself.
What would we do without you, Erin?
Wishing you were here,
and awaiting your Revise and Resubmit,
Jamie