Today's version of the Atlantic Wire's strange bedfellows points you to Guardian's opinion page if you want your funny bone tickled by giggle-worthy analogies.
'Words Are Like Cockroaches' | The Atlantic Wire
says Charlie Brooker.
quote "
To function efficiently as a writer, 95% of your brain has to teleport off into nowhere, taking its neuroses with it, leaving the confident, playful 5% alone to operate the controls. To put it another way: words are like cockroaches; only once the lights are off do they feel free to scuttle around on the kitchen floor. " unquote
But his analogy does make sense - in a funny, creepy sort of way.
The only way you're ever going to be a good writer is if you get yourself a deadline. Meanwhile, don't ask him for advice, he warns. He really doesn't want anyone to succeed and have all the glory:)
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