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So You Want To Be a Writer?
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- Опубликовано: 7 апр 2023
- so you want to be a writer?
by Charles Bukowski
full poem:
if it doesn't come bursting out of you
in spite of everything,
don't do it.
unless it comes unasked out of your
heart and your mind and your mouth
and your gut,
don't do it.
if you have to sit for hours
staring at your computer screen
or hunched over your
typewriter
searching for words,
don't do it.
if you're doing it for money or
fame,
don't do it.
if you're doing it because you want
women in your bed,
don't do it.
if you have to sit there and
rewrite it again and again,
don't do it.
if it's hard work just thinking about doing it,
don't do it.
if you're trying to write like somebody
else,
forget about it.
if you have to wait for it to roar out of
you,
then wait patiently.
if it never does roar out of you,
do something else.
if you first have to read it to your wife
or your girlfriend or your boyfriend
or your parents or to anybody at all,
you're not ready.
don't be like so many writers,
don't be like so many thousands of
people who call themselves writers,
don't be dull and boring and
pretentious, don't be consumed with self-
love.
the libraries of the world have
yawned themselves to
sleep
over your kind.
don't add to that.
don't do it.
unless it comes out of
your soul like a rocket,
unless being still would
drive you to madness or
suicide or murder,
don't do it.
unless the sun inside you is
burning your gut,
don't do it.
when it is truly time,
and if you have been chosen,
it will do it by
itself and it will keep on doing it
until you die or it dies in you.
there is no other way.
and there never was.
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Ngl some of this is terrible advice, tons of writers have talked about hating the process but enjoying the outcome of writing, it’s normal to spend hours staring at your typewriter and not writing anything.
Great writing doesn’t magically burst out of you, great writing is often thoughtful and honest.
Obviously writing for money or fame is definitely not the right way to approach writing and that I agree with
Exactly, it took me 2 hours to write a sentence the other day.
@@CanadaDryHandsAnd I bet you were pleased with the outcome, who gives a fuck if it wasn't first try, who cares if you worked hard on one sentence, its your work and it was honest.
I believe this was hyperbole.
Oh, and starting off any comment with "ngl" instantly discredits anything you have to say.
Exactly. We ain‘t living in lalaland
Charles Bukowski's way to thin out his competition:
😂
Hahaha, genius
😅
Ironically, this was the best advice i ever had. That also the time when i love writing the most, now i wish i can be as productive as that again.
As someone who's been writing for nearly a decade now, there is no consistency in who you are. At least for me there isn't. Every day I'm a different person, and every day I feel different. And inspiration comes and goes. Some days I feel such urge to write that overshadows everything else in my life. Other days I don't feel like doing it at all.
It's easy to make bold statements like this, but they completely neglect the complex reality. And the reality for a lot of people who may not feel like writing every day, but cannot imagine themselves being anything but a writer. This is not a choice. And to tell them "don't do it" is to kill their only calling in their life.
Exactly… I completely agree
I like to interpret it as this: this is his way of bringing out the rebel in you. If you think this is all bullshit, you should be a writer. This is his test for aspiring writers, if you believe him and stop wanting to be a writer, you never had it in you.
That or weeding out potential competition.
To me, this poem means that if this poem alone is enough for you to stop writing, then you were never going to be a writer in the first place. And it also means to me at least that I'm doing something right bc it does burst from me, I wouldn't live without writing. Of course, there are moments when I don't feel like writing the world ain't all sunshine and raimbows. We all should know that by now. But if we push through the rain, we will see the raimbows for a bried second before it begins raining again. And that is enough for me as a writer. I enjoy the process, every second of it, even when it's hard.
I love thinking of it like that, weirdly super inspiring!
I get the message. Passion above all. But this is the worst advice I’ve ever heard.
Really? The worst you have ever heard?
Fr, you need practice to be a good writer, just like with anything else.
@@Victor-ks3sp He never said you didn't need that. Wow. Surface level thinkers in here.
A Real Writer is not only passionate, but he has to write, because it's in his DNA. This is what he meant by using all these qualifiers to illistrate the point that a Real has to write by his nature or by design, he has no other choice but to write, in other words, that's what he meant in a nutshell. It's a gift from God. A Real Writer is a Messager to the world, he's a prophet.
@@demetriusdion3804 That's what passionate means dude.
I bet Charles couldn‘t even follow his own advice.
Don't listen to him. Just keep your mind on it and do what comes to mind when it decides to. He doesn't want competition.
Use it or lose it. Go for it. Stare at your screen for hours. Whatever gets it out.
"If writing isn't easy, don't do it"....
No writer worth a single page of their work thinks writing is easy for them or anybody else.
Charles Bukowski really nailed that feeling in this one. One thing I’ve learned as a musician is that some of your best work will be that which comes out naturally with very little to no thought at all. Although unlike Bukowski, I would say that you MUST create as much as you can. Try out all the weird and bad ideas and get them out of your system so you can get to those good ideas.
Absolutely terrible advice. Authors , even the most successful ones, have days when nothing comes out of your pen. You don't just give up. It takes time. Not all days are same for anyone, the same applies to authors.
Yeah, no.
Motivation doesn’t last. At some point it comes down to discipline. Take this exact same advice and apply it to fitness… we’d have like 2 ripped dudes in the world Schwarzenegger and the Rock.
Stop mystifying practical pursuits. My first day of my songwriting class, we basically got beat over the head with the fact that songwriters don’t wait to be inspired. They do the work, and make great music.
They’ve done studies with photography - one half of the class was graded on quality, and the other on quantity. The side that was graded for quantity did better. Why? Because it’s a skill. Like any skill, you can improve. Writing is no different.
Some are more naturally inclined. Some people objectively and measurably have better talent, skills, and insights. But talent alone won’t produce great work.
The mystical “only if you have words flowing out of you” idea of a writer is horsecrap. It’s not how it works.
As someone who has recently taken on writing consistently - I’ve learned that it’s a skill set, not purely an art form.
I was never big on writing or reading, but in the last week, I decided to pick up a book and read it. Now I’m starting to write, in the matter of like 2-3 days, I’ve written 3 chapters in a book that I’m writing. It’s probably an awful book that most likely won’t catch anyone’s attention but I’m having fun doing it. I’m not good with using big words which doesn’t help the process of writing a book but I’m enjoying coming up with new ideas. It’s like the ideas are flowing out of me every second of everyday.
I really hate how people try and romanticize the act of writing and being a writer. This whole idea of it “roaring” out of you, you being “chosen,” etc. It’s fucking egotistical and obnoxious. The majority of this is terrible writing advice dressed up to look useful.
You just described the very escense of bukowski, nastiest egotistical and obnoxious writer for sure that thinks because hebwrote he can actually TEACH to write.
I agree.
Oh yeah? You would know being a published writer right?
If this poem gets to you then you don't have what it takes.
There's little water in you as a writer, the poem is a test of your resolve.
Also, this is one poem from a man who possessed a staggering work ethic and kept writing despite not getting any recognition till his twilight years.
Yeah its pretentious.
@redsol3629 I like you, and I can see that you have exactly what it takes. You'll succeed one day, I can tell. Even if you don't have fame, you'll be an awesome writer, even better than you are now.
I feel like encouraging upcoming writers to not value the input of others is a very damaging suggestion. One of the most useful things you can do as a writer is get someone else's perspective: they help keep you from getting tunnel vision and often all it takes for an amazing idea is to hear something you never considered before.
Yes. But also being in frint of a blank page is one of those struggles a writer has to overcome. All writers live through. Nothing comes easy. This video should be banned.
Some of us are like that: explosive bursts . Some the other way. Either way, if the desire is there inspiration will come, and the feeling of relief will be felt equally. Who was it that said “It is the differences that delight?”
Terrible terrible terrible advice
I agree.
I see a lot of comments against his advice, but if his words stop you from being a Writer, you were never meant to be one! Wrinting is in a Writer's DNA. No one can preven you being a writer, but you yourself. You just have to have something to say from your own unique perspective. There's have never ever been anyone quite like you in the universe nor will there be anyone quite like you ever again. Every human being on this earth have exactly the same DNA (99.9) with a .1 variation, this makes us all brothers and sisters, and the .1 variation causes all the problems in the world today, because this makes each and every last one us uniquely different from one another (this includes our individuality, our race and ethnicity, and the color of our skin and texture of our hair), we are exactly the same, but uniquely different from one another. We see things from our unique perspectives, this is what makes a real writer, and not a copycat one.
I think you are missing the point of the disagreements. It's that up and comers who are just starting maybe had a good start but struggle with their next one. Could start thinking "man was I only meant to write one because I don't have it as easy this time around."
This is accurate advice. There is a difference between what you think you should be doing and what you are passionate about aka what you are meant to do. A passion combines what you are best at with what you enjoy doing most. If you disagree with what he is saying you don't know yourself as well as you think you do so start there.
I get what you’re saying but this advice is misleading. The journey may be difficult and frustrating, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t pursue the passion. “Oh, so you have to plan your moves for hours to get better? That means you’re not ready and/or not good enough.”
@@tylerb.1008 "Passion breeds perseverance, while mere interest breeds excuses.”
There will come a time when a persons will is challenged. People who are passionate in their pursuits will find motivation and determination to overcome challenges. In contrast people who have a casual interest or liking for what they do will more easily make excuses and give up when faced with difficulties.
People think creativity is something you either have or you don’t. That’s a lie. Creativity is practice and mistakes and it’s developed as you nurture it. If you want to be a writer just write, you’ll learn along the journey.
If you think a book will just come out of you and write itself without any difficulty, then you don't know what it is to write.
There are plenty of writers that had a hard time writing.... But never gave up. James Joyce was one of them.
I get the basic meaning of this advice “do it bcs you feel it, bcs you love it, not bcs you have to” but there’s a lot of wrongs here to go about it
I think this advice is more about rethinking the way you view writing. It’s not saying “give up”. It’s saying - “learn to see it as a privilege rather than a burden, and your work will reflect your focus and joy”
Kinda like raising children. It’s hard, but remembering to appreciate the little moments, every little stage, will improve your work astranokically
As a working writer... this is the most pretentious and terrible advice I have ever heard.
Charles bukowski
What this man just said is 1000% facts, if youve ever watched tv, movies, played video games, remembered those favorite stories as kid then you know that feeling.
My take away: I'm gonna f'ing do it
Writing is a natural talent that develops as you grow up!
Very poetic and completely wrong based on advice I’ve heard from a lot of successful writers with bad work ethic
i dont think its too bad to think about money even, i mean its good to strategically position yourself so that you can sell your writing and atleast get small jobs and start somewhere
I love how this guy is reading this as if it's some amazing divine masterpiece lesson on writing and is apparently oblivious to the fact it's actually the most garbage writing advice ever heard.
I will 100% agree that the only people who should try and be writers are the ones who HAVE to write and would do it anyway. If it doesn't already consume you then don't even try, there are much easier ways to make a living. I have written and self-published seven novels. Before writing word one of the first novel, I had already written more than a million words of fanfiction for which I received not a penny.
Thank you
With writing you have to let it flow from you, that is what writing is, at least my own, I found.
You need to figure out your craft and take charge.
Pointless and wrong
That is so true. I'm a writer; G the Writer.
Flow 🫀🙏❤️🔥
This guy would be excellent at funeral readings!
In summary, don't be a writer
It’s a Poem… a Bukowsi Poem… It’s Art
I just want to write for my happiness🙃
Join the fight #thecrookedpencil
Hell yeah @outstandingscreenplays . Didn't know you were a Lex Fridman fan. He is the best!
The guy has a point man i hv always had passion for it writting since childhood i tried it in highschool without much success but it never died out in me right now i have resumed practicing it with the help of AI❤
The only thing about this, is I write all day long, every day, because I love it so much. So, some of that's not true.
This advice is hilarious 😂😂😂
i’m a writer and i don’t agree. if the ideas don’t spark or i have trouble capturing words on a document then i live my life and don’t give up because eventually it comes to me. there’s days where i hate the process and others where i love writing scenes and learning more about the characters as i write and develop them. my best advice is write the story in your heart and listen to that one voice in the back of your head when it tells you what to write
I just overthink and when i do i get this crazy thoughts when i see something watch a movie,watch a anime ,read a book listen to music i imagine senarios with these characters i build i .idk if i want to be a writer but keeping these thoughts inside is very hard ive been doing this from the age of 12 and the story ive created even has a ending it kept evolving throught which started as a fun thought in 3rd grade i dont know if its common idk if my stories even worth it but i will not give up without trying
Worst message to instill in new writers. I've heard of BS advices...this one is easily No.1....
only thing i dont agree with is sitting in front of the screen struggling to find words.
I think all writers struggle with that from time to time. Lapses in confidence
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you all dont get it
Kinda a mixed review of doing what you want here, there are times you burn out. Doesn't mean you don't want to do what you do, or love it.
I'm not sure if this is advice. I think this is just him making you angry and rebellious and reigniting the flame for writing. Because whenever I read this poem, I suddenly get an urge to continue my writing. It's meant to be kind of a motivation, I think.
Total bullshit. Real writing takes work, real writers are the ones who can sit down at an empty page or a blank screen and work until they have something in front of them.
Waiting for it to happen to you is a guaranteed way to never find the inspiration you need. You have to want it yes, you have to want it more than you could ever imagine. You have to find it, but when you do find it, you have to work as hard as you can to turn that inspiration into something real.
And the real trick? Learning how to find it on demand. Learning how to create something from nothing whenever you want. Learning how to do the work. That’s what the true writers have mastered. And if you’re waiting around for it to come out of nowhere? It’s never going to happen to you.
So many sour people in this comments. Lex is amazing and genuine. I think there are just a lot of haters of Anyone from Rogan's podcast. Why? I have no idea.
Bukowski wrote this
@@hinevermind2688 I never said Lex wrote that. Just people's reaction to him reading it
It seems strange to me to hear that then choose to write: "that's horrible advice" and nothing else.
@@brockparaf97 Ah I hear ya. Yeah I'm all for opinions but it just seems like hate. I get both sides
@@hinevermind2688 Yeah absolutely. I get one side , but the other should separate what they think about the quote from the person reading it.
Don’t write unless you’re a child prodigy .. got it. Give up on your dreams.
Sounds like Charles bukowski
This opinion seems appropriate for the Joe Rogan crowd.
Absolutely true... If , (if!) you have it, it's will come out, it's will bother you every second of you existence, until at the right time and place it will come out and land on the paper...
Then you will feel the life, everything around you.. then you will be free..
Quickest way to dry up the creative juices is to be arrogant. This stuff that comes “roaring “ out of you is not coming from you and doesn’t belong to you. A person needs to know when to shut up. It’s the fourth rule of writing (any endeavor): to know, to dare, to do, and fourthly, to keep silent. Mr. Know It All, you’re in danger of losing what you have. It’s a gift that can be taken back. Then what will you have to say to us aspiring authors? Huh?
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Bukowski...
The reason so many people say this is horrible advice is because they misunderstand it.
The most horrendous advice anybody capable of sperch could ever mutter
I am a writer then. I don't want to be but something some story just bust out of me. I write it down and i don't know what to do with this talent.
Who even is this guy? Anyone can buy a suit and speak from a sheet in front of them
It depends on the story. If you have to do a lot of rewrites, or your story is very complicated then of course youre gonna have blocks most of the time or staring at the empty page.
Its normal and it shows that youre doing some critical thinking. It would be more worrisome if you think every line you write and think up on the fly is gold and perfect.
That sounds cool but it’s sad that loads of people have probably.been put off writing by that advice
I'll take Shia LaBeouf's advice instead
How many of you say to yourself, I’ll just write a paragraph, and find you have written 2 1/2 pages? A lot of you!
Writing begets writing. Make yourself available. A lot of you always carry paper and a pen in your pocket, Huh?
Me too. And how many compose full blown dialogue in your bed half asleep? Ha ha. And you’re so angry that you left your paper and pen in the other room. Oh well, I’ll remember it in the morning. You don’t. Ha ha, writing is so fun! Realize you are your own treasure. That little bit of dialogue is still inside you; don’t fret. Besides it’s not coming from you anyway. You have been bitten, and the wound never heals, ha ha.
That's just an arrogant writer. It's so much BS.
BS
Im currently staring at a blank paper, trying to come up with words, as though I've never written in my life, I wholeheartedly think this is bad advice.
This is probably some of the worst advice anyone's ever given. If anyone here wants to be a writer, please do not listen to this. It's a skill. No one's jus magically amazing at a skill when they first start. Get good at it. I can't stress enough how awful this advice is. So, so bad.
Did he miss a line?
Half of that is right the ither half is totally wrong.
Bukowski was a drunk romantic. And really, not as great a poet as he thought he was. A lot of this is his own self-contempt turned inside out, flagellating others. I’d take him with about five platefuls of salt - or possibly pepto.
Beautiful; Salute Salute Salute! 🙏🏾🔥🙏
Tell that to George RR Martin who's lucky if he writes 1 word a day, and yet wrote some of the greatest fantasy ever written...
This is so much BS. Writing is like any other skill-it takes hard work and practice. If it’s something you want to do then do it. No matter how hard you have to work.
😂
“If you ever had to study to do surgery, the skill doesn’t just burst out of you, don’t do it.” This is absolute nonsense.
Bukowski is terrible
Screw this
Spoken like a true 20-something. Dude takes himself WAY too seriously.
Who??
@@rahuldahoob bukowski, but I'm pretty sure he was in his 40's when he wrote that
I feel like Stephen king would agree with this, even though it's a romantic notion. Habits!
Not really, Kings philosophy is all about rewriting, write shit until its not shit, sometimes it does burst in the most unexpected moment but if all you do is to wait for those moments without actually sit down sometimes to stare at nothing and work on it you won't make it pass your first work. Its the soul and the talent are nothing without work, and not everybody write for the same very reasons, some enjoy the process more and viceversa, the only good advice here is that no matter how long did that idea take, don't pretened or be fake about it, sometimes you have the idea that naturally came to you but sometimes youll need to rewrite it so its actually worth reading, substance, then aesthetics. Each process is gold on its own as long as its real. "So you want to be a writer" is not Bukowskis field, the man as a writer is one thing, as a teacher? Black and white.
@@tacofingerz7247 damn I meant disagree* lmao sorry I made you waste your time
What a load of rubbish
Hell yeah, @LexFridman